1. an indie folk ba… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three bands called The Dodos.
1. an indie folk band from San Francisco, CA, United States, formed in 2005
2. a short-lived British punk/rock band that evolved out of Swansea punk band The Urge in 1979
3. a short-lived British rock band that relelased one single in 1967
1. The Dodos are an indie folk band from San Francisco, CA, United States, formed in 2005. Almost all of their albums (except the very first one) are credited to Dodos (without 'The'), but they made their recording début as The Dodos and are listed as such on streaming platforms, which is why most of their scrobbles end up here. The Dodos is the preferred spelling. The band has two core members: Meric Long (vocals, guitar) and Logan Kroeber (drums). They have released eight studio albums since mid-2006: Beware of the Maniacs (2006), Visiter (2008), Time to Die (2009), No Color (2011), Carrier (2013), Individ (2015), Certainty Waves (2018) and Grizzly Peak (2021).
2. Having evolved in late 1979 out of Swansea punk band The Urge, The Dodos were named after the ephedrine-laced asthma tablets, consisting of Dickie Evans (vocals), Phil Roberts (guitar), Anthony Reed (bass) and Steve 'Gagsy' Garland (drums). They contributed a song (1981's 'Blind To Fiction') to a rare compilation called Sex, Violence and the Eternal Truth.
3. The Dodos were a very short-lived British rock band of the late 1960s. They released just one single: 'I Made Up My Mind' b/w 'Can't Make It Out' (Polydor, 1967). Both sides were penned by the band's main songwriter, Alan Hawkshaw.
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The Dodos Lyrics
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Your welcome awhile now
Begone, this one too proud to love
Too careful to send you off
I cannot sleep
I cannot think
I cannot dream
This kid, grotesques the paintings proof
That someones created
He knows, not what he thinks to lose
Too stable to lend you off
I cannot sleep
I cannot think
I cannot dream
Tend to gatherers and together
these lyrics paint a picture of someone struggling with the inability to sleep, think, or dream. The first verse is a plea to recall memories in order to conjure up someone who is missed, but who the person is too proud to love or too careful to fully let go of. The second verse references a "kid" who creates grotesque paintings as proof of someone's existence, but who is too stable to lose someone. The chorus repeats the same lines as the first verse, highlighting the person's inability to find rest or clarity.
The lyrics convey a sense of longing and sadness, with the singer unable to let go or move on from someone or something. The references to stability and carefulness suggest a fear of change or taking risks that could lead to loss, while the idea of using memories to conjure someone up hints at a desire to hold onto the past.
Lyrics © MERIC LONG PUBLISHING
Written by: LOGAN KROEBER, MERIC LONG
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Sonia C
I like listening to this when I cannot sleep.
Braindead_Fuzz
there are a lot of bands that do well or even better in making in music after they get so called "mainstream" also change is sometimes needed because then they would get stale.
ikenna45
no i say who ever knows the dodos, knows pure music. getting them on the radio will only expose them to those godforsaken lugheaded banwaggoners that will try to play out the dodos and make them mainstream garbage
Connor Corwin
I FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND! AS YOU CAN SEE I'M WRITING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS TO EXPRESS FEELING! SO TRY PICTUREING SOMEONE SCREAMING THIS OUT OF A MOVING CAR WINDOW. thanks :)
Hannah Addington
How many time in a row have I listened to this?Ha, guess I lost count.
ChopTheBean
underrated :)
8ACCG7
@MisterUnderdog105 What happened to that kind of support that made people buy some of the band's records?
5674jt
Under a 1000 views club. lol now to unspam that comment, they picked an amazing time to release their new album, fall time!
inMuro
and you just gave him that.
Santiago
I dunno man ikennan45 has a point, have you seen what happend to Gotye their song "Somebody I used to know" was un-mainstream and now its like the most heard song and their changing their music to more rapish kind of music its stupid!