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Interpol – Leif Erikson
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Leif Erikson is the closing track from Interpol’s critically acclaimed debut album, Turn On the Bright Lights. Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer from Iceland and the first known
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Interpol – Obstacle 1
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“Obstacle 1” is the second single and second track off Interpol’s acclaimed debut, “Turn On The Bright Lights.”
In an interview, the band said the song was written when they saw a
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Interpol – NYC
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“NYC” is featured on both the Interpol EP and Turn On the Bright Lights.
The song offers a depiction of post-9/11 NYC while maintaining a dark tone which is present throughout
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Interpol – PDA
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“PDA” is about a relationship gone sour. The lyrics are directed towards an ex-girlfriend or ex-wife and were written by Paul Banks, the lead singer of Interpol.
The song is the
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Interpol – Slow Hands
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“Slow Hands” is the first single and fifth track from Interpol’s sophomore album Antics.
It was released in 13 September 2004 as the lead single for the album, reaching #15 in
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Interpol – Narc
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Narc is the third track on Interpol’s second album, Antics, which was released in 2004.
The slang Narc is short for Narcotics, and it means informant – in another words, a rat
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Interpol – Evil
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“Evil” was the second single off of Interpol’s second album Antics. It charted well internationally, reaching #24 in the United States.
The video for the track featured a
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Interpol – The Rover
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“The Rover” is the first single from Interpol’s sixth album, Marauder. The song was released on June 7, 2018 alongside the album’s official announcement.
During an interview with
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Interpol – Roland
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Banks seems to have written the song about a character named Roland, a butcher who killed and severed segments of his victims’ bodies.
Roland did not expect to be apprehended by
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Interpol – Obstacle 2
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“Obstacle 2” finds lead singer Paul Banks expressing his appreciation for a girl and letting her know that he’s willing to change for her.
The song was written before “Obstacle 1
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Interpol – All the Rage Back Home
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“All The Rage Back Home” is the opening track and lead single off of Interpol’s well acclaimed El Pintor, which was released in 2014.
The song was written by Paul Banks while on a
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Interpol – Say Hello to the Angels
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This song addresses a man’s sexual obsession with his lover.
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Interpol – Next Exit
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Excerpt from a NME Magazine dated sometime before the album was released:
“We had this when we were recording Turn On The Bright Lights – it just didn’t make it onto the album. It
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Interpol – Hands Away
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“Hands Away” is a short slow burner off of Interpol’s Turn On the Bright Lights.
The song is about a homosexual who is into bondage. Banks had also stated that people don’t
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Interpol – Rest My Chemistry
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“Rest My Chemistry” talks about the narrator’s inner conflict with his addiction (assumed to be cocaine, both from lyrical references to drug slang, and due to the fact that Paul
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Interpol – Not Even Jail
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Excerpt from a NME Magazine dated sometime before the album was released:
“The meaning in this song is so complicated. I had many free associative sessions where I would sit down
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Interpol – Something Changed
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[Intro] / I waded through shame for this / [Verse 1] / I waded through shame for this / Are you there? / Everyday I'd see if chance was calling / Are you there? / [Pre-Chorus] / I
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Interpol – Take You on a Cruise
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Excerpt from a NME Magazine dated sometime before the album was released:
“I did a lot of work on the lyrics in the studio which is an exception for us as we usually have
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Interpol – Success
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“Success” is the opener for Interpol and was inspired by losing the plot.
Paul Banks In an interview with The Sun on September 10, 2010:
I noticed a lot of people in the public
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Interpol – No I in Threesome
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“No I in Threesome” is a promotional single for Interpol’s Our Love to Admire.
Although threesome usually has a sexual connotation, this song is certainly not about sex.
The song
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Interpol – Summer Well
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“Summer Well” is a single that was released on December 10th, 2010 for the album, Interpol.
The song seems to be about a relationship that has ended. The main character still
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Interpol – Untitled
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A song depicting a person telling his/her lover that they’ll come around and surprise their lover by becoming a better person and being there when things aren’t going well. The
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Interpol – Length of Love
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Excerpt from a NME Magazine dated sometime before the album was released:
“We were playing Length of Love on tour last year. I will never say what this song is about – I will
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Interpol – A Time to Be So Small
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The final track of Interpol’s sophomore album, Antics, of which frontman and lyricist Paul Banks said:
It’s a family relationship song. The observers, who are narrating, are
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Interpol – Public Pervert
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Morse code is used in several places throughout the album’s packaging, continuing the nautical themes found in a few of the tracks' lyrics like “Public Pervert”.
Paul Banks, in a
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Interpol – Toni
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[Verse 1] / Flame down Pacific highway / Still in shape, my methods refined (Yes) / Long gone superstition's folly / The insane hour, my memories refuse / [Chorus] / I'd like to
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Interpol – If You Really Love Nothing
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During a press conference in Mexico City, Interpol’s frontman Paul Banks stated that Marauder’s album cover has a lot in common with opening track, “If You Really Love Nothing” as
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Interpol – The Lighthouse
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The band’s previous bassist, Carlos Dengler, said that the moment Daniel brought in the riff for the song, it would be something different from anything they’ve done before.
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Interpol – Barricade
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Barricade by American rock band, Interpol, was released as the lead single from their self-titled fourth studio album on August 3rd, 2010.
The song peaked at #39 on the Billboard
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Interpol – Mammoth
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“Mammoth” is the 2nd UK single off of Interpol’s third album Our Love to Admire.
The single was released on September 3rd, 2007. Also, it managed to become #44 on the UK Singles
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Interpol – Specialist
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“Specialist” is a bonus track included in some versions of the band’s debut, Turn on the Bright Lights. It was released on the Interpol EP prior.
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Interpol – Anywhere
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[Verse 1] / We try to invade / Put some of us in each / At least try hold the other / In the right light / This sky's gonna break / Some of us die heroes / At least they'll never
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Interpol – Everything Is Wrong
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“Everything is Wrong” is the 6th track from Interpol’s El Pintor.
Frontman Paul Banks has stated that the song focuses on the negative because it then implies the positive. He
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Interpol – Stay in Touch
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It seems to me that this song talks about meeting/developing feelings a person that is already in a relationship.
The lyrics often talk about “starlight”, which may imply both
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Interpol – Who Do You Think
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Carlos Dengler, Interpol’s past bassist, stated that the guitar riff served as the song’s genesis.
He also said that there was contention between the band members as to what the
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Interpol – Complications
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[Verse 1] / I dream of complications / On and on / That’s how my observation tends / But all preoccupations are suddenly simple / When I let my second nature win / [Pre-Chorus
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Interpol – Pace Is the Trick
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The #6 track from third studio album by the American rock band Interpol, released on July 10, 2007.
According to band members, Our Love to Admire is more “expressive” than the
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Interpol – Gran Hotel
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[Chorus] / On the streets of Cozumel where my age is slow / The mirror treats my light to a gray refrain / On the streets of Cozumel where the faces glow / I would gladly give my
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Interpol – Ancient Ways
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“Ancient Ways” is track #8 from Interpol’s “El Pintor”. Frontman, Paul Banks, has described the song as being a “sonic onslaught” during an interview with Rolling Stone.
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Interpol – The Depths
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“The Depths” is track 11 on Interpol’s El Pintor and is track #1 on El Pintor Bonus Tracks – Single.
Since Interpol always references the Earth’s seas/oceans then it’s safe to
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Interpol – Fables
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[Verse 1] / You're truly erupting too hard / That's why you're a sizeable God / And I am decidedly cold / I ain't taking the fall / I have forsaken you all / I was mistakenly chose
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