Eitzel's first solo album was the (now elusive) cassette-only 'Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat' (1982), which pre-dates his AMC work. He released a solo live album, songs of love live in 1991, featuring raw and emotional acoustic versions of his best AMC songs. His first solo album proper was 1996's 60 Watt Silver Lining, a highly personal, jazz-inflected work.
He went on to release albums of varying styles and quality, including another difficult-to-find effort in Lover's Leap USA, produced as a tour-only CD and notable for including two songs which Eitzel's own sleeve notes instruct the listener to skip past. This was followed by 1997's West, a collaboration with REM's Peter Buck, and the stark and harrowing Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby in 1998. 2001 saw him take a new electronic direction with The Invisible Man, followed in 2002 by two covers projects: Music for courage & confidence and The Ugly American, which included re-interpretations of American Music Club songs by Eitzel and a traditional Greek band!
american music club reformed in 2003, and released an album, Love Songs for Patriots, as well as touring the United States and Europe. Eitzel released new solo material in 2005, candy ass, which saw a return to the electronic experimentation of the invisible man. A new AMC record, The Golden Age was released in February 2008.
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Jenny
Mark Eitzel Lyrics
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Another stupid party again
A celebration for nothing
Your eyes are following
The kings and the queens of the zoo
Immune in their black clothing
They let the world down
And they let you go
Please don't go home now
Home is a place to rob
Home is alone in the mob
Home is an unheard sob
Jenny don't go home now
Please don't you go home now
Here you are again
Another stupid party again
Everyone here thinks that when they die
You will be there to let them in
Jenny don't go
Please don't go home now
The lyrics of “Jenny” by Mark Eitzel essentially talk about the dread and melancholic presence of a party which has lost its meaning. Moving from the first stanza, the lyrics accentuate the singer’s indifference to another never-ending party, which signifies nothing but a mere futile celebration. The crowd in their black outfits resembles the queen and king of the zoo, immune to the world, and letting the expectations of the world down. Despite this, the singer is urging Jenny to stay and to not return home, which the singer describes as a place to be robbed, alone in the mob, and an unheard sob.
The chorus repeats the plea not to go home, defining the persona as a person who is either scared of the unknown outside or has lost trust in the familiar. The second verse accentuates how the attendees of the party here feel that they will gain admittance into some Elysium in the afterlife, with the expectation that Jenny will let them in. In conclusion, the persona appears resigned to the situation at hand, urging Jenny to stay despite the hopelessness of the party's meaninglessness.
Line by Line Meaning
Here you are again
You have returned to this place once again
Another stupid party again
Another party that is nonsensical and meaningless like the ones before
A celebration for nothing
This party has no reason or purpose to celebrate
Your eyes are following
Your gaze is fixated on
The kings and the queens of the zoo
The people who believe they hold ultimate power
Immune in their black clothing
Unaffected by anything and disguised in a façade of darkness
They let the world down
They have given up hope and failed to make any improvements or progress for the world
And they let you go
They have given up on you as well
Please don't go home now
Don't return to your abode at the moment
Home is a place to rob
Home is a place to exploit and take from
Home is alone in the mob
Even within a group, an individual can be lonely and unsupported
Home is an unheard sob
Home can be a place where cries and struggles go unnoticed
Jenny don't go home now
Jenny, avoid going home now
Please don't you go home now
Please don't go back to your residence currently
Everyone here thinks that when they die
All people gathered at the party assume that after they pass away
You will be there to let them in
Jenny will be present to welcome them into heaven
Jenny don't go
Jenny, don't leave
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JOHN MARK EITZEL
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