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1) An American indie rock and hip hop band
2) A British folk-pop band
1) A trio of Cincinnati-born men who fiddle with skins, strings, bells and microphones and present their findings to the listening public. Singer Yoni Wolf grew up the second son to an art book editor and a rabbi. He got his start recording bad poems and sloppy beats on the family synagogue’s 4-track. In junior high he discovered hip-hop. At art school, he learned how to drop out. Yoni’s brother Josiah played drums at Rabbi Wolf’s worship service as a kid, became a band geek as a teen, and fell in love with Thelonious Monk on his way to study music at University of Cincinnati. Doug McDiarmid would eventually get expelled from that same school for carrying a stun gun, but first he was raised by two French teachers and taught piano while in kindergarten. He also went to high school with the Wolfs, where he played in Steve Miller cover bands.
In various permutations together and with other now-notables (i.e. Doseone, Odd Nosdam, Mr. Dibbs, Atmosphere’s Slug), these three created and/or contributed to several freewheeling rap and lo-fi rock-related projects including Greenthink, Miss Ohio’s Nameless, Reaching Quiet, and the seminal cLOUDDEAD outfit. Their wildest dreams were achieved when they relocated to Oakland to make pop-inflected psychedelic folk-hop.
For four years, two EPs and 2003’s cult classic LP, Oaklandazulasylum, WHY? comprised Yoni Wolf alone. He honed his trademark delivery – a sickly sweet, half-rapped, singsong style – shined up his wry, picturesque poetry, and developed a clip-and-collage aesthetic using keyboards, toys, guitars, samplers and anything worth banging on. When Doug and Josiah moved west to join Yoni, they brought with them a hoard of instruments and the ability to wail on every last one. By chops and imagination, WHY? grew into a thing of flesh, bones and fully fledged songs, resulting in 2005’s Elephant Eyelash album. Critics swooned; ladies lauded; WHY? neither resisted nor rested. They toured – with Silver Jews, Yo La Tengo, and Islands. They collaborated – with Danielson Family, Department Of Eagles, and Subtle (Yoni also recorded with Fog’s Andrew Broder as “Hymie’s Basement”). They put out yet more music.
The brand new album Eskimo Snow is something of a companion piece to last year’s celebrated Alopecia LP. In February of 2007, the WHY? trio temporarily relocated to Minneapolis and officially inducted Fog players Andrew Broder and Mark Erickson. Recording live as a five-piece, WHY? created two distinct albums from those sessions: Alopecia, with its taut rhythms and biting wit, and Eskimo Snow, a shadowy and sprawling set that finds Yoni resigned to and ever-awed by those infinite erring bits of existence that make WHY? what it is.
2) Also an English folk-pop band active during the 90s. They released nine albums between '91 & '99, including the curiously-titled Pinnenstripeensuitenwearenfoddergeburnenclippenclopen.
Twenty Eight
Why? Lyrics
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Tell me are you single yet
My heart's as big as texas
It'd take more than just a lingual threat
To get this pest to let live
At best he'll need a sedative
And strap him to a steady bed
The first time folks have heard this
A song of these: the bone dry jokes
From the grown kid's spokesmen's notebooks
Lil pone go slow and hollow
Like an empty rowboat looks
Left to float alone it follows
Where any air goes, it's took
The song Twenty Eight by Why? is a melancholic piece that focuses on the struggles of love and the fear of rejection. The lyrics suggest that the singer is in love with someone who is potentially already in a relationship. He paints a vivid picture of his unyielding affection, claiming that his heart is as big as Texas. However, he is aware that his advances may not be welcome, and he might need a sedative or be strapped to a steady bed. The imagery of being physically restrained highlights the singer's desperation to hold onto his love, to the point of risking obsession or madness.
The lyrics can be interpreted in various ways, but they primarily showcase the singer's vulnerability and insecurity when it comes to love. The repetition of the phrase "Tell me are you single yet" implies that the singer might have been rejected before, and he is afraid of facing another rejection. The idea of being left to float alone in an empty rowboat further highlights the loneliness that comes with unrequited love. In conclusion, the lyrics of Twenty Eight portray love as a complex emotion that can bring both joy and pain, and ultimately revealing how complex the human mind can be.
Line by Line Meaning
Tell me are you single yet
Asking if you are available for a relationship
My heart's as big as texas
I have a big and pure heart
It'd take more than just a lingual threat To get this pest to let live
I'm stubborn and won't be controlled by mere words
At best he'll need a sedative And strap him to a steady bed
I may need medication or hospitalization to calm down
At worst it's he's already dead
I may already be dead inside or figuratively speaking, due to emotional pain
The first time folks have heard this A song of these: the bone dry jokes
This song is my personal expression and might be new to many
From the grown kid's spokesmen's notebooks Lil pone go slow and hollow
Despite being an adult, I still feel like a child and unsure of myself
Like an empty rowboat looks Left to float alone it follows
I feel directionless and alone, like an abandoned boat adrift on the sea
Contributed by Miles S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Hector Reyes
This house is not a home to you
But you decide to go ahead and lay down, lay down
There are no words to describe the depth of your indifference
'Cause I see you're here to stay
Should've known to pick my fate
I'm so wrong, I'm so wrong
(To let you in my)
To let you in my home
(Now you know where I sleep)
Now you know where I sleep
(Never felt so damn weak)
Hey there, lonely girl
Did you have to tell your friends about the way I got you screaming my name?
Did you have to tell the world?
Now your girls all wanna fuck
Girl you could've been the one
Gotta change my number twice a month
When you could have simply kept it on the down low
I'm so wrong, I'm so wrong
(To let you in my)
To let you in my home
(Now you know where I sleep)
Now you know where I sleep
(Never felt so damn weak)
And baby if I knew you'd be living in my sheets
I wouldn't have shown you any love
I would have left you in the club
You said you don't belong
You keep saying there's no one
And there's no where to go
But who keeps calling on your phone?
I'm so wrong, I'm so wrong, I'm so wrong
I'm so wrong, I'm so wrong
(To let you in my)
To let you in my home
(Now you know where I sleep)
Now you know where I sleep
(Never felt so damn weak)
I'm so wrong, I'm so wrong
(Girl, if your man call your phone again)
(To let you in my)
To let you in my home
(Girl, if your man call your phone again)
Now you know where I sleep
(Never felt so damn weak)
The Groovy Guitar Dude
For anyone who wants to play this on guitar, here's how :)
- Standard Tuning - Capo 6th Fret -
- Chord Progression & Picking Pattern -
Am, Em, Dm, F
For each chord, pick: GBe (at the same time), then Bass Note [repeat x4 for each chord]
This matches up perfectly with the piano! Repeat for the ENTIRE song!
Hope this helps out! If you get stuck or need a little extra help, I just posted a video lesson for this on my channel :)
Nathan Merz
This man wrote this song at age 19. Truly destined to succeed.
Hibbs4Prez
No, he wrote this song exclusively for the Trilogy album (one of the three originals for that album). He'd be in his early 20s by then.
Hopeless Romantic
I thought he wrote it when he was twenty eight lol
Onyx
pretty sure hes at least 21 here. i may be wrong tho.
Orest Lapi
22*
Onyx
@Orest Lapi nop. 2011 - 1990 = 21
Aiysha Azula
He just sings with his soul and it's beautiful
calholli
+Aiysha Azula he just makes noise with his food whole just like everyone else.. its only your perception that changes
Lonely One
You aren't lieing 😂
I'm trash
That's why we love him 😜