yeah, i’d never know it ’til it’s gone.

they don’t really play these songs that much anymore…well maybe ‘wake up,’ but i don’t think i’ve heard them play ‘rue the day’ in years. maybe it’s not so fun to stand up in front of a bunch of strangers and sing about losing a girl you really like liked. there’s a lot of songs written about love lost, but this one’s my favorite and accordingly the best.

the walkmen’s “rue the day”-

“i know you won’t be thinking of me now, its been years.
but i hope you change your mind when we were introduced
we both laughed cause we’ve been friends since long before we met
today, but i never thought of you a single day.
but yesterday i remember driving with no headlights
we would tip toe out in the evening.
never done such things before, but i have never frowned once thinking of you since.
i’d be lying if i said your name never came up as
i’d be thinking of just how i’d like to cash my days in now.
and all I ever do is think of yesterday.
man it’s hard to stand up straight all of the time.
we tip toe down to my basement.
never done such things before.
i’d drive you home for goodness sake.
i could barely stand up straight.
oh there’s a memory calling, calling way too loud and way to strong.
twisting all the bad things into good.
i’m a lucky guy now, but i’ll never know ’til it’s gone.
yeah I’d never know it ’til its gone.”

just kidding, the song is probably about his dog.

though i am still a bit angry about the hot girl from nobu…

i found these the other day. check out song ‘new song 3′, it’s a good one. the walkmen are also playing at the bowery ballroom march 8, and in chicago at schubas a few days later. the schubas show should be particularly appealing as it is a pretty small place i think.

also why is it that the walkmen are able to put out three great albums in a year and a half while ninety nine percent of the other bands take three years to release just one? if you look back through the history of rock and roll most bands used to release numerous cds a year — the beatles recorded their entire body of work in six and half years!