The National - England (courtesy of International Times)

 

International Times

A song about geographical distance and lost love.

ENGLAND

Someone send a runner through the weather that I’m under
For the feeling that I lost today
Someone send a runner for the feeling that I lost today
Someone send a runner through the weather that I’m under
For the feeling that I lost today
Someone send a runner for the feeling that I lost today

You must be somewhere in London
You must be loving your life in the rain
You must be somewhere in London
Walking Abbey Lane
I don’t even think to make, I don’t even think to make
I don’t even think to make corrections

Famous angels never come through England
England gets the ones you never need
I’m in a Los Angeles cathedral
Minor singing airheads sing for me

Put an ocean and a river between everybody else
Between everything, yourself and home
Put an ocean and a river between everything, yourself and home

You must be somewhere in London
You must be loving your life in the rain
You must be somewhere in London
Walking Abbey Lane
I don’t even think to make, I don’t even think to make
I don’t even think to make corrections

Famous angels never come through England
England gets the ones you never need
I’m in a Los Angeles cathedral
Minor singing airheads sing for me

Afraid of the house, stay the night with the sinners
Afraid of the house, stay the night with the sinners
Afraid of the house, ’cause they’re desperate to entertain
Afraid of the house, stay the night with the sinners
Afraid of the house, stay the night with the sinners
Afraid of the house, ’cause they’re desperate to entertain

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Sunday Mewsics - THE NATIONAL - ‘Light Years’

 

The National - 'Light Years’

I like The National . . . this from 6 years ago now . . . . ..  

BBC ONE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2024

 GLASTONBURY 2024 

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The National - England

   

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

Sadly missed Johnny Flynn and couldn’t find any of his set on the acoustic stage late Saturday night . . . . . 

THE NATIONAL :: Austin City Limits Music Festival. American Express Stage, Zilker Park, Austin, Texas; October 5, 2018.

 THE NATIONAL

The National Live 2018 - Big O

Dan Gentile, austinchronicle.com:

“I’m not actually that tired,” joked the National frontman Matt Berninger after crawling on the ground during “Graceless” from 2013’s Trouble Will Find Me. “That’s just showbiz stuff.”

Berninger’s tongue-in-cheek stage antics centered attention during the National’s late-afternoon set on Friday, but the guitars were the real standout, even amidst the addition of a trombone, trumpet, auxiliary percussionist, and guest vocals from Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry. Although the Cincinnati-born five-piece remains known best for gloomy Americana, its vintage guitars - looking like they’d been through a few car wrecks - sounded pristine, especially on a festival stage. The riffs alone make an argument for the National as unlikely heirs to U2’s arena rock throne.

Although the instrumentation sounded immaculate, Berninger’s professorial sense of self awareness deflated the emotional power of the songs. When he leaped beyond the crowd barrier to take a selfie video during “Day I Die,” the move felt like a parody. He was having fun, but it felt like it was at our expense.

Naturally, his signature vocal style of deadpan ennui is better suited for dark rooms than sunny fields. As such, the contrast between a beautiful day, Berninger’s bemused attitude, and the obtuse seriousness of his lyrics weren’t always an obvious fit.

As they tore into their breakout 2007 single “Fake Empire,” that dissonance made me think, what the hell does it even mean to be “half awake in a fake empire”? Based on the enthusiasm of the huge crowd singing along, I seemed to be the only one who didn’t know.

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Cover picture by Gary Miller, posted at austinchronicle.com.

Track 01. Nobody Else Will Be There 4:50
Track 02. The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness 4:07
Track 03. Don’t Swallow the Cap 4:45
Track 04. Guilty Party 6:43
Track 05. Bloodbuzz Ohio 6:07
Track 06. I Need My Girl 4:01
Track 07. Day I Die/Rylan 9:54
Track 08. Graceless 5:22
Track 09. Fake Empire 3:27
Track 10. Mr November 5:02
Track 11. Terrible Love 5:02
60 mins

Sunday sounds (for my son who went to see the National last night . . . . . . . )

THE NATIONAL

Have we had anything by these guys? I like The National . . . and it is sunny and really quite warm here so this seemed to suit my mood . . . . . . . .