1) American indie rock band curren… Read Full Bio ↴There are two bands called Aloha
1) American indie rock band currently signed to Polyvinyl Record Company. The four members of Aloha are scattered across the eastern half of the country, but spend most of their time making music together. Some Echoes is the second Aloha album since T.J. Lipple joined the band, and was recorded, mixed and mastered at Silver Sonya, the studio he runs with Chad Clark (Beauty Pill) in Arlington, Va.
Tony Cavallario and T.J. began playing together during a lull in Aloha's schedule in late 2002, when they both lived in Pittsburgh. T.J. joined the band in May of 2003, when Cale Parks, Tony and Matthew Gengler joined him at his grandpa's empty house in Altoona, PA. There they began writing 2004's Here Comes Everyone though at the time they didn't know it. With T.J. came a more focused approach to making music and a host of new tools including marimba, homemade mellotrons, organs and tape manipulations. T.J.'s skilled drumming also allowed Cale to move to the piano on occasion.
Aloha began with Tony and Matthew in the summer of 1997 in Bowling Green, OH, USA along with Eric Koltnow and Anthony Buehrer. Their first release, a self-titled and self-released 7" in an addition of 330 was delayed and issued sporadically when the artist hired to due the intaglio accompanying the record couldn't produce them to speed. One of the few bands to ever actually get a record deal based on a demo tape, the band spent time based out of Cleveland. In recent years, Aloha has operated from a number of bases, doing their writing, rehearsing and living in Chicago, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Rochester, Pittsburgh and Altoona. Extensive touring has made Aloha renowned for their intense, non-stop live shows as well as their homemade T-shirts and self-reliant ethic. They have shared the stage the likes of Q and Not U, Ted Leo, Clinic, as well as Cex and Joan of Arc, two bands in which Cale Parks has been a member (including White Williams).
2) Female fronted heavy metal band from the 80's
Boys In The Bathtub
Aloha Lyrics
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Cure in the form of a raindrop
To take my antidote to the people below.
They got wet but they didn't go home.
But everybody,
Everybody said "Goodnight, thanks for stopping by.
We're doing fine."
Because I heard them waiting for the footsteps to fade
And when they thought I was gone,
It was 3 a.m., but we move on.
Find me singing in the bathtub,
Where the walls are kind to a stuttered song.
In my mind it's a critical minute, you knock and the moment's gone.
Well, to what you hold, you can never hang on.
But everybody, everybody said "Goodnight, thanks for
Stopping by, we'll be fine. But all we do is try."
And the sun turns your pillow to a rock.
But if I had my way, I'd just turn back the clock.
Oh, let that water roll
Boys in the bathtub
'Til I can't hear them anymore
Oh, let that water roll
Over the voice in my head
I don't need to hear you anymore
You were wrong
In Aloha's song "Boys in the Bathtub", the singer is describing a scene where he climbed up to the rooftop to take his antidote in the form of a raindrop and administer it to the people below. While they do get wet, they don't go home. The singer then hears everyone say goodnight and that they're doing fine, but he knows it's a lie because he heard them waiting for his footsteps to fade before they continued. He finds solace in singing in the bathtub, where the walls are kind to a stuttered song. The singer reflects on the fact that nothing lasts forever, and the things we hold onto eventually slip away. Finally, he asks for the water to roll and drown out the voices in his head that were wrong.
It's challenging to pinpoint the exact meaning of the song, but it seems to be about feeling lost and isolated from the world. The singer is searching for a connection with others, but ultimately realizes that true happiness comes from within. Singing in the bathtub is a metaphor for finding peace and comfort in the small things in life.
Line by Line Meaning
Climbed up to the rooftop
I ascended to the flat surface of the building above the ground level
Cure in the form of a raindrop
There was a remedy for my problems in the form of a small drop of liquid falling from the sky
To take my antidote to the people below.
I wanted to share the healing method that had helped me with the individuals present at a lower altitude than I was
They got wet but they didn't go home.
Although the people I was trying to help got wet from the rain, they did not leave the location – instead, they stayed with me
But everybody, Everybody said "Goodnight, thanks for stopping by. We're doing fine."
Even though everyone said it was time to leave and they were fine, they were lying about their condition
But oh, that was a lie!
The statement made earlier by everyone had turned out to be untrue
Because I heard them waiting for the footsteps to fade.
I listened to the people waiting for my footsteps to become inaudible and for me to leave
And when they thought I was gone, it was 3 a.m., but we move on.
At around 3 a.m., the people thought that I had left, but I was still there, and we eventually carried on with our lives
Find me singing in the bathtub, Where the walls are kind to a stuttered song.
Discover me vocalizing inside a standard bathtub where the solid surfaces are merciful to adjusting notes of my melody
In my mind it's a critical minute, you knock and the moment's gone.
Mentally, it is an essential moment, but when you knock, the opportunity has passed by
Well, to what you hold, you can never hang on.
Whatever you possess, you can never cling to it forever
And the sun turns your pillow to a rock.
When the heat from the sun reaches your pillow, it makes it stiff and rocky
But if I had my way, I'd just turn back the clock.
If it was possible for me to do so, I would go back in time and alter events that have occurred
Oh, let that water roll, Boys in the bathtub, 'Til I can't hear them anymore.
Allow that water to flow, young males situated in the bathtub until I cannot hear their sounds any longer
Oh, let that water roll, Over the voice in my head, I don't need to hear you anymore, You were wrong.
Let the water keep flowing, covering the vocalization of the singer in my brain, I no longer want to hear you; you were incorrect
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