Or if you’re feeling lazy, too, you can just listen to a song about a death metal band. The best-ever death metal band out of Denton, in fact.
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So anyway, I’ve had a weird week, and as such, I’ve really been enjoying listening to The Mountain Goats. An awesome band (slash-guy, as its mainly one person’s thing), with some great songs. And, I believe, a new album that I can’t wait to get my hands on.
That being said, here is a vide of and the lyrics to “the best ever death metal band in denton,” the video via youtube and the lyrics copied from the official site. This song is a solid mixture of pathos, storytelling, and just plain good writing. Minimal, like many of my favorite things, and with a cadance that elctrifies me just looking at the lyrics, much less hearing them.
the best ever death metal band out of denton
were a couple of guys, who’d been friends since grade school.
one was named cyrus, and the other was jeff.
and they practiced twice a week in jeff’s bedroom.
the best ever death metal band out of denton
never settled on a name.
but the top three contenders, after weeks of debate,
were satan’s fingers, and the killers, and the hospital bombers.
jeff and cyrus believed in their hearts they were headed
for stage lights and leer jets, and fortune and fame.
so in script that made prominent use of a pentagram,
they stenciled their drumheads and guitars with their names.
this was how cyrus got sent to the school
where they told him he’d never be famous.
and this was why jeff,
in the letters he’d write to his friend,
helped develop a plan to get even.
when you punish a person for dreaming his dream,
don’t expect him to thank or forgive you.
the best ever death metal band out of denton
will in time both outpace and outlive you.
hail satan!
hail satan tonight!
hail satan!
hail hail!
Gotta love it.