With the engineering and production help of Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Yo La Tengo), Thom Monahan (devendra banhart/Lilys), Mark Alan Miller (J Mascis/Dar Williams) and Elisha Weisner (kahoots), Spouse has captured stunning recordings of their music over the years.
1999's '1 Marvel To DC' and 'Focus' were hits on college radio, making enough of a stir to have the song Superman featured on National Public Radio's 'This American Life'.
2000's Nozomi was met with much critical acclaim and was widely broadcast through heavy internet radio play.
2003's Love Can't Save This Love broke into the College Music Journal's Top 200 through February and March 2003. The album included a video for the over-the-top electro-dance song Boots & Pants.
A single for the song Catch 22 was released in February 2004, including their much loved cover of Til Tuesday's Voices Carry.
The summer of 2004 saw the arrival of Spouse's third full length, Are You Gonna Kiss Or Wave Goodbye?, and Spouse's first tour outside of the northeast, with Chicago-based Millimeters Mercury. Over the next two years, college and internet radio play continued to spread Spouse's music around the country or world, with the songs Are You Gonna Kiss Or Wave Goodbye? and Army Song receiving much attention. MTV also took notice of Spouse and licensed the entire album of Are You Gonna Kiss Or Wave Goodbye? for their popular shows, 'Laguna Beach' and 'The Hills'. During this time Spouse began touring frequently, including doing a tour opening for their friends, the pernice brothers.
From the summer of 2005 to 2006, Spouse wrote and recorded a large body of work in a turn-of-the-century farmhouse, formally owned by nina simone's manager as a recording studio for her. The outcome was Spouse's fourth full-length album, relocation tactics, which was mixed by Adam Lasus and Mark Alan Miller and was released on April 10th, 2007. In support of relocation tactics, Spouse went on their longest national tour to date, spanning more than five weeks and hitting many of the lower forty-eight states, including a fun show opening for friends Dinosaur Jr. at the Cashbah in San Diego. In the fall of 2007, Spouse cut a video for the song Hangover Cure For Humanity with MetroSpace Media in Chicago, which has a fast growing viewership on youtube.
official website: www.spousemusic.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/spouse
* Spouse members...
(••• indicates a frequent live performer, •• regular live performer or • occasional live performer)
José Ayerve ••• – founding member, co-writer: N, LCSTL, K/W?, RT (v, g, b, k, d)
Liz Bustamante • – since 1998, co-writer: N, LCSTL (k, d, v)
John Cowden – founding member, co-writer: N, LCSTL (d, b, g, v)
Alisha Goldblatt – founding member, co-writer: N, LCSTL, RT (d, b, g, v)
Naomi Hamby • – since 2000, co-writer: LCSTL, K/W?, RT (g, k, v)
Ken Maiuri •• – since 1998, co-writer: N, K/W?, RT (k, g, b, d, v)
Don McAulay •• – since 2004, co-writer: K/W?, RT (d)
Michael Merenda • – original member, co-writer: N, LCSTL, K/W?, RT (d, g, v)
JJ O’Connell ••• – since 2001, co-writer: K/W?, RT (d, v)
Kevin O’Rourke ••• – since 2004, performer: RT (b, g, v)
Daniel Pollard •• – original member, co-writer: N, LCSTL, K/W?, RT (b, g, k, d, v)
Mark Schwaber – since 2003, co-writer: RT (g, b, d, v)
(key: d = drums, b = bass, g = guitar, k = keys, v = vocals; albums: N = Nozomi, LCSTL = Love Can’t Save This Love, K/W? = Are You Gonna Kiss or Wave Goodbye?, RT = Relocation Tactics)
Producers / Engineers...
Adam Lasus – LCSTL, RT
Mark Alan Miller – N, LCSTL, K/W?, RT
Thom Monahan – N, LCSTL
John Truscinski – LCSTL
Elisha Wiesner – K/W?
Extended Family (past or occasional live or recording players/vocalists):
Bart D’Alauro, Nick Lamberto, Gabe McElwain, Erin McKeown, Ruth Ungar Merenda, John Nunan, Henning Ohlenbusch, Anne Pinkerton, Peyton Pinkerton, Philip Price, Flora Reed, Jeremy Smith, Robert Voyer, and many others...
Bäng
Spouse Lyrics
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You tried so hard
But waking up with you
Is just so hard to do
Getting out of bed is like a bullet through my head
You told them you would stay
Until the sun came out again
Is just so hard to do
Getting out of bed is like a bullet through my head
Wind won't give me chills
But your lips, they often will
I could never lie
Put the emphasis on why
Wake up, wake up
Get out of bed
Put the bullet in your pocket
Hold the gun up to your head
Try to wave a cup of coffee in my face
I told you to stay all day
And be my one (ah) hundred whore
But I was still asleep
You were running out the door
And I could be a creep
You could hit me to the floor
But waking up with you
Is just so hard to do
Getting out of bed is like a bullet through my head
Bang
The song "Bang" by Spouse is a poignant depiction of the struggles of waking up with a loved one and trying to face the day. The opening lines "You had to save the world by yesterday, You tried so hard" suggest that the relationship might be strained, possibly due to the pressures of modern life; the singer's significant other is burdened by responsibilities outside the relationship, and in doing so, they fail to fully attend to their partner's needs. The following lines "But waking up with you Is just so hard to do, Getting out of bed is like a bullet through my head" reveal how the partner's absence makes it difficult for the singer to face the day.
The rest of the song delves into other aspects of the relationship, including the physical attraction between the two characters, as evidenced by the lines "Wind won't give me chills, But your lips, they often will." There is also a sense of conflict, with the singer expressing a desire for their partner to stay with them all day, but acknowledging that they might also be a "creep" and deserving of being "hit… to the floor." Ultimately, the song leaves us with an unresolved tension between these two characters, with the final word "Bang" suggesting a sense of finality or explosive resolution.
Line by Line Meaning
You had to save the world by yesterday,
You had high expectations placed upon you to accomplish something significant, but the deadline was too tight and unrealistic.
You tried so hard
You put in a lot of effort and hard work to achieve your goals, but it was not enough.
But waking up with you Is just so hard to do Getting out of bed is like a bullet through my head
Being with you in the morning is challenging. Getting out of bed is dreadful and equivalent to being shot in the head by a bullet.
You told them you would stay Until the sun came out again
You promised to remain present until things improved or returned to normal.
Wind won't give me chills But your lips, they often will
I'm not affected by the cold breeze, but your kisses have a powerful impact on me.
I could never lie Put the emphasis on why
I am always honest, and my reasoning behind my actions is essential and necessary for you to understand.
Wake up, wake up Get out of bed Put the bullet in your pocket Hold the gun up to your head Try to wave a cup of coffee in my face
I'm trying to wake you up by being persistent and aggressive. I'm even bringing a coffee cup to your face to get your attention.
I told you to stay all day And be my one (ah) hundred whore But I was still asleep You were running out the door
I asked you to remain present, and to be present fully, physically and emotionally, but you left me alone while I was still asleep.
And I could be a creep You could hit me to the floor But waking up with you Is just so hard to do Getting out of bed is like a bullet through my head
I can be annoying, but you might react to me with violence. Nevertheless, being with you in the morning is strenuous and makes me feel drained.
Bang
An expression of frustration or dissatisfaction with the situation.
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@Juliaflo
Under NO circumstances do I want to see a remake of this. Those in agreement, raise your hand. Happy New Year.
@darthstarkiller1912
Juliaflo I second that!
@pip12111
Juliaflo just dont cast Marilyn Manson as the Child Catcher
@lorieorie11
SAME
@YourLocalWitchDJ
Unless it’s a continuation, where Dick Van Dyke hands off Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to his grandson
@orangie8426
There will never and can ever be a "remake" of this movie... It is what it was and nothing would ever come close to it...
@nathenfoster6375
I watched this when I was like 7 and I just randomly said “chitty chitty bang bang” out of no where just now and it brought back so many memories that I forgot about lol.
@justinklassen2965
Literally same
@adcombe
Same here
@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat
😂 When you were 7.......or when you were like 7 !!