'Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We are Monster Movie and this is how i… Read Full Bio ↴'Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We are Monster Movie and this is how it all happened:

It started out as a joke and it still is. We were The Geeks and we still are. In 1989 we (Christian Savill and Sean Hewson) were a couple of hairy sixth formers with unlikely body shapes and unlovely faces. We had no plans other than to avoid hard labour, grown-up emotions and deep thought. We formed a band called The Geeks that consisted of us on guitars and anyone else that could bear to stand near to us. We played anything that was in E. The Geeks became Eternal (not literally, we are still mortal, much to our chagrin) and we had a steady line-up and some OK songs. We put out a record on Sarah Records but Sean wasn't on it so it didn't go Top Ten. We performed one gig which was 90% guitar tuning, 10% confusion. Christian, very sensibly, cried until Slowdive let him join them and they went on to invent Jazz-Funk.

After Slowdive broke up, Christian was anxious to play with someone uglier than him again and so we were back together. Though not romantically. We wrote some songs about sex toys and no one liked us. It was just like the old days. But it didn't last. There were too many ideas and none of them were any good.

It is 1999. We work in an office - we hate it. We try to listen to modern music - we hate it. So, we try to make the music we want to hear. We hate that too but decide to call ourselves Monster Movie and carry on with it anyway. In our minds we are a modern Krautrock band so we call ourselves after a Can album that we have never heard. In reality we are a pop band with weird bits. We write some songs and take the whole sorry mess down to Martin Nichols at The White House Studio. He makes it sound nice and fixes our guitars for us. Our demo becomes our first EP - Crash Landing. We follow that with a debut album called Last Night Something Happened. It's pretty good. We then decide that we don't need Martin's help and record our second album - To The Moon - without him. It's terrible - good songs, badly realised. We learn our lesson and run back to Martin. The next album (All Lost) is the best one yet. We also get Rachel Goldstar to do some singing for us. It seems that the less that we have to do with an album the better it is.

2009/2010 sees our twentieth anniversary as a duo and our tenth as Monster Movie. In an attempt to prove to our parents that it hasn't all been a waste of time we have recorded an album called Everyone Is A Ghost. On this album we have added Ryan Graveface to our band of chums. Ryan has long been our label boss but we have decided that, as well as actually paying for the album, he also has to make it sound better by playing and singing on it. Sophie Pittaway also helped out on the vocals. The album has our usual blend of pop songs rendered in a variety of ways - acoustic, electronic, noisy, sparse. We have sent the album to our parents. We have heard nothing back.

We are currently writing and rehearsing in Reading with a bass player and drummer with a view to recording an album and possibly playing some gigs later in 2010. Further details will be revealed if it actually works.'

4th and Pine
Monster Movie Lyrics

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Last night something happened
Down on 4th and Pine
Involving Betsy Kline
She said goodbye to all her friends
And left a little note
This is what she wrote

Shadow, shadow that's all I seem to be

I am a shadow, shadow of who i used to be now
Sorrow, sorrow that's all I bring to you
I am your sorrow, sorrow that's all I bring you

Wake up another day
People talking but never much to say
I said I'm too tired I'll walk away
I think I'll disappear I know I can

Shadow, shadow that's all I seem to be
I am a shadow, shadow of who i used to be now

Sorrow, sorrow that's all I bring to you
I am your sorrow, sorrow that's all I bring you

Overall Meaning

The song "4th and Pine" by Monster Movie depicts a tragic event that took place on the streets of downtown Seattle. The story is about Betsy Kline, who seems to have reached a breaking point in her life. She says goodbye to her friends and leaves a note, which we can assume is a farewell message. The lyrics of the song create an atmosphere of sorrow and despair. Betsy is portrayed as a shadow of her former self, carrying nothing but sorrow in her heart. She is the embodiment of her own sorrows, which she brings to everyone else.

The second half of the song takes a more introspective turn, with the singer reflecting on his own life. He is tired of the mundanity and triviality of everyday life. He is tired of people talking but never really saying anything. He wants to disappear, to be a shadow like Betsy. However, the lyrics imply that he doesn't have it in him to go through with it. He is resigned to his fate, trapped in the cycle of his own sorrow.

Overall, "4th and Pine" is a haunting and melancholic song that draws its strength from the simplicity of its lyrics and the raw emotion it conveys. The song captures the tragic essence of human suffering in a way that is both poignant and profound.

Line by Line Meaning

Last night something happened
Something significant occurred last night

Down on 4th and Pine
It happened at the intersection of Fourth and Pine streets

Involving Betsy Kline
Betsy Kline was involved in this event

She said goodbye to all her friends
Betsy bid farewell to her friends

And left a little note
She left a small message

This is what she wrote
The following is what her message said

Shadow, shadow that's all I seem to be
I feel like a mere shadow of my former self

I am a shadow, shadow of who i used to be now
I am like a shadow of the person I once was

Sorrow, sorrow that's all I bring to you
My presence only brings you grief

I am your sorrow, sorrow that's all I bring you
I am the personification of your sadness

Wake up another day
Another day has begun