Starting with 2001's brilliant day darkener, Here's Luck, the band charted a course of, as Paste magazine said, capturing "the Zeitgeist of this anxious era." The follow-up, 10,000 Years, was hailed as the bands' masterpiece—a concept album based on Levy's experiences in social work telling the story of a poor urban test tube kids’s rise and fall during a genocidal apocalypse in the not-so-distant future. In 2006 the band released Amygdala, a record thematically exploring fear in its varied forms—abandonment, losing children, war & death, aging, social decay.
In 2009 the band emerges with an offering considerably more hopeful in these desperate times. The tracks on Sunshine Committee reflect a complex, often nuanced intersection of art and humanity while marking a return to a more live, rocking sound.
Once featured guests, Matt Darling on trombone and Steven Kung on trumpet have now become integral core members of the band, adding a vintage Stax/Volt-Muscle Shoals unctuousness to the record. Bass player Trent Norton’s writhingly hooky parts almost singularly define the new improved sound. Levy and Brian Halverson have further perfected their guitar matrimony, playing off each other and swapping leads and obbligatos. Peter Sands, given extra real estate space, layers clavinets, harpsichords, pianos, Hammond organs, Chamberlains, and various odd keyboards from his museum of myriad electronic instruments. Drummer Peter Anderson directs traffic like an empathic inner city principal, alternately slamming and playing with great economy, sensitivity and restraint.
As always, the band refers to the traditional soul and rock touchstones while creating something interesting, unpredictable, insightful, and moving: shades of the Stones' Exile on Main Street, Fresh-era Sly Stone, twilight Hendrix and Revolver-esque Beatles, all with Levy's surreal, evocative and enigmatic lyrics winding sinuously through the savory mix.
Sunshine Committee is the band’s first truly self-produced effort, with the entire band involved in the conception, engineering and editing of the record. Granted permission to record this and his children’s record (Bunny Clogs) at the Institute of Production and Recording where Levy is a teacher, the EP's production provided top students with a “laboratory” environment in which to experiment with various mics and recording techniques, comment on arrangement and performance, and assist in the editing process.
Capping off the roster of contributing talent, friend and mainstay John Fields, freshly finished with recording the Jonas Brothers, offered up his mixing expertise to the band.
On the eve of this, the Honeydog's 10th release, with solo projects and new records percolating, the band emerges confident in their ability to reinvent their sound while keeping alive the best musical and thematic features that have been their trademarks for nearly 15 years.
Your Blue Door
The Honeydogs Lyrics
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First Sunday kiss I could not resist
Well, have you come to tell the truth?
Are you tired of roaming too?
Would you go around with me?
Would you take me out at two or three?
Would you lie to me with the cheapest form of flattery?
Three shades of red when I heard what you said
White knuckle road, I'm going down
Would you go around with me?
Would you kick me out at two or three?
Would you lie to me with the cheapest [Incomprehensible] flattery?
Surprise me and read between my lines
Between my lines
Your blue door, it won't let them in anymore
And wind blowing through your screen
The candle's burning clean
I'm not green, I'm not green
Would you go around with me?
Would you take me out at two or three?
Would you lie to me with the cheapest form of flattery?
Surprise me and read between my lines
Your blue door that I walk through once more
Your red ripe fruit, all hell breaks loose
Would you go around with me?
Would you kick me out at two or three?
Would you lie to me? Will I be your favorite [Incomprehensible]?
Surprise me and read between my lines
Between my lines
The Honeydogs's song "Your Blue Door" appears to be about returning to a past love or relationship and questioning if that love can be rekindled. The singer reflects on a relationship that started with a first kiss on a Sunday and walking through a blue door. The song seems to explore the idea of whether or not the relationship was based on truth, or if it was just flattery. The singer asks if they can go around together, take walks at two or three, and if they can read between the lines.
The song's chorus suggests that the relationship cannot be the same as it once was, and that the blue door is no longer open to others. The singer seems to have a sense of self-awareness, as they mention that they are "not green," implying that they are not naive. The song's final verse talks about "red ripe fruit," suggesting that the singer is tempted to give in to desire.
Overall, the lyrics to "Your Blue Door" seem to be about the complexities of returning to a past relationship and questioning if the love can be real or if one is just looking for something comfortable.
Line by Line Meaning
Your blue door that I walked through before
The door that I once walked through, which is blue
First Sunday kiss I could not resist
The first kiss that happened on a Sunday that was irresistible
Well, have you come to tell the truth?
Asking if the truth is going to be told
Are you tired of roaming too?
Questioning if the other person is also tired of moving around
Would you go around with me?
Asking if they want to spend time together
Would you take me out at two or three?
Asking if they want to go out together at unconventional hours
Would you lie to me with the cheapest form of flattery?
Asking if they would give compliments only for an ulterior motive
Surprise me and read between my lines
Challenge to understand the true meaning behind the words being said
Three shades of red when I heard what you said
Feeling embarrassed or ashamed, expressed through the color red, when hearing what the other person said
White knuckle road, I'm going down
Feeling scared or anxious and gripping the steering wheel tightly while going down a difficult road
Your blue door, it won't let them in anymore
The blue door acts as a barrier to keep people out
And wind blowing through your screen
The sound of the wind blowing in through an open window screen
The candle's burning clean
The candle flame is bright and steady
I'm not green, I'm not green
Reassuring the other person that they are not naive or inexperienced
Your red ripe fruit, all hell breaks loose
Things get out of control when temptation is present, expressed through the imagery of red, ripe fruit
Would you kick me out at two or three?
Asking if they would be rejected or ejected at unconventional hours
Would you lie to me? Will I be your favorite [Incomprehensible]?
Asking if they will be deceived or whether they are the favorite of the other person (note: the word in brackets is incomprehensible in the original song)
Surprise me and read between my lines
A challenge to the other person to understand the true meaning behind the words being said
Your blue door that I walk through once more
Referring to the blue door previously mentioned
Between my lines
The true meaning behind the words being said, which is not explicitly stated
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ADAM L. LEVY, NOAH LEVY, THOMAS BORSCHEID, TRENT NORTON
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