They’re a band more polarizing than Klosterman (name another with more extreme reactions!). And okay, we lied, one more post about The Hold Steady this week ?- so this OPTIONAL contest is for the fans; haters, scroll on. But despise ‘em or love ‘em, you gotta give Craig credit for penning some great lyrics about some down-home, Americana shit. And what’s more American than comics and bar coasters!
So we’re giving away Boys And Girls In America black-and-white comics, wherein each song from the album has a section, and the words to each section are the lyrics from the album.
For a sample, here is the section on “Stuck Between Stations.” Wouldn’t be a Hold Steady comic without a drawing of a beer bottle. They’re throwing in a coaster for your cold one, featuring the album cover art, so you don’t ruin the book with your Bud bottle.
To enter, post a comment with your favorite line(s) from the record. (Shouldn’t be too difficult to dig one up.) We’ll select 15 winners to the Comic And Coasters Sweepstakes at random on Thursday 10/19 at 6 PM EST. See, now you have an excuse to give the record another spin.
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She was a really cool kisser/ But not that strict of a Christian/She was a damn good dancer /But not that great of a gilfriend.
Honorable Mention:We drink/We dry up/We crumble to dust.
“The Paramedics hovered over
like a somber mourning family
The gave her activated charcoal
they flooded her with saline.”
I want to see that panel. I imagine shadowy medics from her point of view.
“I had my mouth on her nose when the chaperone said we were dancing too close.”
“I had my mouth on her nose when the chaperone said we were dancing too close.”
“I had my mouth on her nose when the chaperone said we were dancing too close.”
“I had my mouth on her nose when the chaperone said we were dancing too close.”
“I had my mouth on her nose when the chaperone said we were dancing too close.”
“i was unfurling a flag of defiance aimed at my guidance guy”
“the sheets stain but the sins wash away”
“she had the gun in her mouth, she was shooting up at her dreams”
“It’s hard to slow down when your picking up speed”
“We can never get as high was we got….on that first night”
he likes the warm feeling but he’s tired of all the dehydration/ most nights were crystal clear but tonight it’s like it’s stuck between stations/ on the radio
She slept like she’d never been scared
gonna walk around a drink some more
“Hey hey providence / You gotta fall in love with whoever you can”
I feel Jesus in the clumsiness of young and awkward lovers.
lost in fog and love and faithless fear
i’ve had kisses that make judas seem sincere
“we kissed in your car and we drank from your purse”
“Lost in fog and love and faithless fear, I?ve had kisses that make Judas seem sincere.”–Citrus
you dont have to deal with the dealers, let your boyfriend deal with the dealers. it only gets kind of weird when you want to get high alone.
you dont have to deal with the dealers, let your boyfriend deal with the dealers. it only gets inconvenient when you want to get high alone.
“I was not involved up at the Northtown Mall
As a matter of fact I didn’t even know that’s where it happened”
I worked at the Northtown Mall for two years. Let me tell you Craig, the only thing that happened there were hillbilly fights about Nascar races.
close second:
“the lord takes away and the lord delivers
washed it all off in the Mississippi River”
So we walked across the grain belt bridge
Into bright new Minneapolis.
The first words from the album…
“there are nights when i think that Sal Paradise was right
boys and girls in america have such a sad time together
sucking off each other at the demonstrations
making sure their makeup’s straight
crushing one another with colossal expectations
dependent, undiciplined, sleeping late”
the boys are feeling good about their liquor run,
the girls are kind of flirting with the setting sun.
“We started recreational
it ended kinda medical
It came on hot and soft
and then it tightened up its tentacles.”
I’ve had kisses that make Judas seem sincere.
‘Everyone was funny, and everyone was pretty, and everyone was coming towards the centre of the city.
The dance floor was crowded, the bathrooms were worse, we kissed in your car and we drank from your purse.
I had my mouth on her nose when the chaperone said we were dancing too close.
We had some massive nights…’
it was his first day off in forever man. the festival seemed like a good plan, cruise some chicks and get a sun tan.
“Gonna walk around and drink some more”
“I’ve been straight since the Cinco de Mayo, but before that I was blotto, I was blacked out, I was flacked out, I was caved in”
“You don’t have to go to the right kind of schools
Let your boyfriend come from the right kind of schools
You can wear his old sweatshirt
You can cover yourself like a bruise.” – You Can Make Him Like You
when they kiss they spit white noise
if you get tired of your football friends, there’s always other boys
they say you don’t have a problem until you start to do it alone
they say you don’t have a problem until you start bringing it home
they say you don’t have a problem until you start sleeping alone
“She was a damn good dancer, but she really wasn’t all that great of a girlfriend.”
“hey whisky, hey ginger i come to you with rigid fingers”
If you get tired of your boyfriend’s scene, there’s always other scenes, there’s always other boyfriends.
We drink
We dry up
Then we crumble into dust.
We drink
We dry up
Then we crumble into dust.
How am I supposed to know that you’re high if you won’t let me touch you
I feel Jesus in the clumsiness of young and awkward lovers.
I feel Jesus in the clumsiness of young and awkward lovers.
I feel Jesus in the clumsiness of young and awkward lovers.
holly’s inconsolable
unhinged and uncontrollable
because we can’t get as high as we got.
“ive had kisses that make judas seem sincere”
So we walked across that Grain Belt bridge / in a brand new Minneapolis.
TWO GRAIN BELT PREMIUM AT THE CC! FUCK YEAH!!!
*(YUKON CLUB?! YOU KNOW YOU NEVER SET FOOT THERE CRAIG!)
“He was drunk and exhausted, but he was critically acclaimed and respected”
or “I’ve had kisses that made judas seem sincere”
and if we’re judging live then the mass singalong of
“We’ve had some massive nights, whoowowowowow”
always gets me.
Hallo! Es hat sich doch gezeigt, dass die 301 Umleitung einer minus-31 Domain nichts bringt weil die Seite auf die umgeleitet wird auch auf Platz 31 landet. Wenn nun jemand seine -31 Domain auf meine Domain umleiten wurde um mich als Konkurrenten zu argern, gabe es fur mich keine Moglichkeit diese Manipulation herauszufinden.
katie fey
Ich wurde ratseln was ich falsch gemacht hatte und dabei ist es nur ein Trick der Konkurrenz. Edit: Ich habe die Frage vergessen! Gibt es doch eine Moglichkeit herauszufinden ob jemand seine Domain auf meine umgeleitet hat?