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alt-J – Fitzpleasure
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“Fitzpleasure,” the album’s most frenetic and even schizophrenic composition, jumps between Gregorian chant to Afropop-tinged dubstep to ethereal electronica yet never feels
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Genius Traductions françaises – Alt-J - Fitzpleasure (Traduction française)
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[Intro] / Tralala, Trala–, Tra-a-la, –la / Tralala, Trala–, Tra-a-la, –la / Tralala, Trala–, Tra-a-la, –la / Tralala, Trala–, Tra-a / [Refrain] / Dans ta chatte s'adapte le plaisir
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360 (Ft. PEZ) – Fitzpleasure
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[Verse 1: Pez] / They got us all wondering in a brain fog / 'Cause we been brainwashed since day dot / And while we face off to be their servants / They just sit behind the
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alt-J – Ms (Hanz remix)
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We can't lose touch but we can let go / Blue and white gun made from Lego / All the vowels vow to hold your name / Keep your estate clean of me / I've pillowed you so many times
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alt-J – Breezeblocks
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This is song from ∆’s (pronounced: Alt-J) debut album, An Awesome Wave.
“Breezeblocks” tells the story of a desperate man’s attempts to win over his love’s affections again as she
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alt-J – Tessellate
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In which the ultimate Shorty Said soundalikes roll on with Tessellate, the most Devendra Banhart of all Alt-J songs. Doesn’t matter though, because its piano lollop is as
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alt-J – Dissolve Me
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“Dissolve Me” betrays a jazz influence in the way it meanders in a manner that most indie bands cannot manage.
The name “dissolve me” may be a reference to drug use, but also a
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alt-J – Ms
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Ms is almost hymnal – smells like Benedictine spirit – as though Alt-J have taken refuge from reality and the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in that Cambridge basement of
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alt-J – Bloodflood
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Bloodflood, about being flooded with fear, is the source for the name of the album (An Awesome Wave). This lyric is an embodiment of the record, evoking the concept of being
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alt-J – Taro
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There are so many things rolled into Taro – mournful Dispensary Girl-esque post-rock strings and bells plus vocal tone, Indian pop straddling the bridge and a history lesson.
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alt-J – Hand-Made
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One of the many possible interpretations is that this song could be about is a drug addiction: In the beginning of the song (or rather the chorus) he talks about his body going
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alt-J – Matilda
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Named after Natalie Portman’s character in Leon: The Professional, the name of the song follows the English spelling rather than the French spelling of “Mathilda” used in the film
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alt-J – Intro
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The opener to alt-J’s An Awesome Wave, “Intro” wastes no time indicting the pretentious, unoriginal ilk of the music festival scene. It’s a beautiful song with some really biting
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alt-J – ❦ (Ripe & Ruin)
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❦
This song is also known as “Interlude 1” or “Interlude I”.
The fleuron character or “printer’s flower” (❦) used in the title of this song is used in book printing to divide
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alt-J – Bloodflood Pt. II
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Pt. II is a follow-up to the song “Bloodflood” featured on their first studio album, An Awesome Wave.
Though the original “Bloodflood” is about the adrenaline-filled “feeling you
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alt-J – Something Good
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A perfect taster of why Alt-J won the fiery acclaim of the Mercury Prize, Something Good is a mix of ghostly harmonies, shuffling drums and folk guitars that should be pretentious.
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alt-J (Ft. Mountain Man) – Buffalo
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Written for the soundtrack of Silver Linings Playbook and featuring Mountain Man (best known for backing Feist), “Buffalo” is a beautiful track that many agree showcases all of the
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Roundtable: Annotating Repeated Lyrics
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Calling All Annotators!
Let’s talk about how to annotate repeated lyrics! Our example page is going to be “Bloodflood Pt. II” by alt-J because it has three different types of repetition:
Repeating an earlier verse with a small tweak in lyrics (Verse 1 & Verse 2)
Reusing lyrics from a different song (Refrain)
A combination of both (Hook 1 & Hook 2)
In all of these cases, it can be hard to figure out how to annotate (or if you should even annotate) lyrics that have already been used elsewhere. I cleaned up everything on the song other than the two hooks, so my question is…
How should we annotate these two hooks?
Some of the issues and things to keep in mind when thinking about this: Do the lyrics mean the same thing when repeated or do they take on new meaning? Should we embed or link to annotations from a different song? Should annotations be merged or split? How many lines should we highlight – Line-by-line, a couple lines, or full verse/hook?
I have my ideas, but let’s hear from you gu
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alt-J – ❦ (Piano)
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Also known as Interlude III (or Interlude 3).
It’s the eleventh song of the album “An Awesome Wave” and the third interlude (❦ (Ripe & Ruin), ❦ (Guitar), ❦ (Piano)) in it.
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alt-J – A Real Hero
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A cover of College and Electric Youth’s A Real Hero, recorded in 2013 in Toronto for their iTunes exclusive album.
The song is about pilot Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenburger, who
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alt-J – ❦ (Guitar)
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After “❦ (Ripe & Ruin)”, a vocal interlude, the second interlude is focused on a guitar melody that was already commonly used by the band. It also appears in their cover of “
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Genius Traductions françaises – Alt-J - Hand-made (Traduction française)
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[Refrain] / Ta piqûre rouge-point-final ma peau / Pointée, gratte, gratte, maintenant je saigne / Légions après légions d'artisans qui font mes sentiments à la main / [Interlude
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College & Electric Youth – A Real Hero
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A song dedicated to the former airline captain of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Chesley Sullenburger, who on January 15, 2009, made an emergency landing in the Hudson River after geese
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Genius Traductions françaises – Alt-J - Intro (Traduction française)
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[Instrumental] / [Couplet] / Merde à tous ces festivals, rire devant la beauté / Ce n'est qu'un clin d’œil aux règles / Un homme simple Stan ne peut pas résister à la beauté / Ce n
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Tate Talk™ #1: Avoiding The Stretch
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Hey everyone!
Tate Talk™ is a new weekly series where the Genius community comes together to discuss annotation culture, with the intention of improving site wide editorial standards. I’ll be kicking us off today and @epaulettes will follow suit next Monday, but we want y’all to be involved too! Sign up here with what/when you want to discuss your topic.
This week I’ll be talking about stretches and how to avoid them. Let’s break it down.
A stretch is an interpretation that is exaggerated or unlikely. Unrelated content, loose connections, exaggerated tropes, and even poor phrasing can all contribute to a classic stretch. If your annotation is marked as a “stretch,” that means your audience finds your interpretation unlikely or hard to believe.
When annotating, it’s important to think about:
Related content: Writing short, sharp annotations is OK! Adding unrelated content just to beef up your annotation actually takes away from the reading experience.
Establishing real connections: Whet
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