Something I've noticed about the OLP albums

robcore · Post by **robcore** » 8/20/2002, 3:44 pm

I remember that Mike was once asked a question about the first three albums being a trilogy, seeing as they all start with songs that have the word "man" in the name. I find it kind of neat to see that the past two albums have the word "you" in common. Maybe we'll see two trilogies.(SP?)

Staley · Post by **Staley** » 8/20/2002, 3:50 pm

interesting.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 8/20/2002, 3:56 pm

weird .. what was Mike's answer to that question? Was it on purpose or did it just kinda end up that way?

starvingeyes · Post by **starvingeyes** » 8/20/2002, 4:37 pm

he said

and i quote

"You found the trilogy idea, we didn't put it in there. We're just doing our best and thanks for looking so closely. "

trentm32 · Post by **trentm32** » 8/20/2002, 4:56 pm

Mike's so friggin cool 8-)

I might dye my hair light blonde

luckyJQ9 · Post by **luckyJQ9** » 8/20/2002, 4:57 pm

whoah...someone was paying VERY close attention. I can't believe I never noticed that...

sandsleeper · Post by **sandsleeper** » 8/20/2002, 8:42 pm

i noticed something strange about happiness... well idk it may not be anything but.. there seems to be this thing with "weight" throughout the cd. here's what i've found..

1. Happiness and the Fish: "I confess everyone is overWEIGHT..."

2. Waited: "Hit the ground, WEIGHED down again..."

3. Thief: "There's a WEIGHT in your eyes that I can't admit."

4. Stealing Babies: "I've been WEIGHED down again..." (*'weighed down again' exact same phrase as in Waited)

Now, if you want to step it up a notch, check out the words that suggest a sort of "weight."

1. Potato Girl: "You feel the madness GAINING." * the verb gain is mentally suggestive of something weighing more and more.

2. PG again: "You feel the constant STRAINING" * perhaps the strain of some sort of weight?

And then if you wanna go real nuts, just check out the homonym of "weight," "wait."

1. Waited- speaks for itself

2. Blister: "WAITING, they're chasing me..."

3. Blister: "I'm WAITING for

Now I know I stretched that whole thing pretty far, but isn't it worth considering that there may be something to it?? maybe there's not, but at least we do get some insight into the artistic tendencies of Raine's mind at the time.

the android · Post by **the android** » 8/20/2002, 9:49 pm

I've noticed a lot of repeating words in OLP's lyrics before..

I really should go to bed soon, I just wrote that crosseyed.

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 8/20/2002, 10:51 pm

i found that in a lot of artists. like in silverchair songs how theres a lot of references to cold sores and cold sore cream :freak:

going to bed now....

Dumb and Jaded · Post by **Dumb and Jaded** » 8/20/2002, 11:45 pm

hey! that was my question mike responded too...Well i guess I was looking kinda close, but it is kinda cool...

I remember sending it in too doug and he picked it to be in the interview!

ahh, memories

~*alana*~

MorbidSweetness · Post by **MorbidSweetness** » 8/21/2002, 7:13 am

Junkimunki wrote:i found that in a lot of artists. like in silverchair songs how theres a lot of references to cold sores and cold sore cream

going to bed now....

Haha, I noticed the same thing and I have only listened to two of their CD's. That bugged me about their music, it sounded like they found a good line and used it over ann over again.

I have noticed that OLP has at least 3 references to satellites~ "Supersatellite", "She builds her own satellite...", "To find you on satellite"

~Jennifer~

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 8/21/2002, 8:53 am

raine used the word "jaded" a lot... also "bury" and "hate" I think