The Books - The Lemon of Pink

[mrnikeshgudka]

will miss The Books...

[Smurfivore]

This song reminds me how grateful i am to be alive

[inhmn]

I like how the first part of the song slowly melt and from the soft substance of chaos a whole new song is being created. Every second here is vital for the complex feeling.

[turkeysub3000]

the books, how i forgot thee.

[movementsofhumanbody]

I haven't listened to this album in soooo long. Breaking it out today :)

[swams0]

Does anyone else really dislike the first 50 seconds of this song, but really like the rest?

[martineztech]

@swams0 I just really dislike the whole song.

[kotrin]

@swams0 maybe it's those first 50 seconds that make you enjoy the rest so much. without those 50 seconds, the song wouldn't be what it is :)

[trigjeeeh]

0:37 Goedenavond is dutch for Good evening

[ithastobecatchy]

it sounds so cool! i wonder how it is live

[faith4491]

Seven people fail at life.

Love this song!

[spreadtheawesome]

@faith4491 Ugh, I hardly think disliking a song constitutes "failing at life". These are so annoying.

[faith4491]

@spreadtheawesome Dude get over it; it's a joke...Actually, it's youtube...so chill, lol. I think the song is beautiful, you don't? Don't listen. 

[cilleysf]

That is exactly what I say.

[LihuaEmily]

I want this played at my funeral.

[PeaceMouse17]

Boo to the 7 who thumbed this song down- this is a great song...

[magus17]

The voice reminds me of Joanna Newsome

[ataraxic89]

to me this is more art than most music because it brings you into a thousand different lives, even if for only one song. There is no way to "get" this stuff and not feel a deep sense of connection.

[ehfuckit]

does anyone know who that girl is? she has a wonderful timbre to her voice.

[inhmn]

@ehfuckit Anne Doerner

[river0tt3r]

I love the female voice whispering softly at 0:48, "subtle details".

[thomclaire]

@river0tt3r she whispers something before subtle details. Does anyone know what she's saying? It's very hard to hear, and way harder to understand.

[inhmn]

this song has strange dimension.

[bravetoastr]

truly unique

[EvoStevo]

Arrgh! While I was waiting for new stuff from Lemon Jelly I could've been listening to The Books!

[rnrforbrains]

I'm amazed to find that I like this song. It's so different from what I usually listen to, I'm a little blown away. I'm probably going to spend the rest of my day youtubing songs from The Books.

[cobrasaboteur1]

i love when the banjo comes back in at 2:44

[RockBottomRiser21]

First time listening to this album was like discovering a whole new world.

[DitzyDiZzy666]

WOAH does anybody haz some LSD????

[theclassypenguins]

New album, "The Way Out" is now available.

[qsimienful]

if u hear the holy books

free and fine in time

nibble on unconscious hooks

then flopping so sublime

[polarbearstoenail]

Prefure 73 Reads The Books EP

[miraclecure73]

@polarbearstoenail That's where I heard of The Books first, too. Good group and a cool collaboration.

[Joebojax]

the hick half of me is a sucker for banjos

[mikerotethis]

its the banjo that does it



[joseph2ne]

If you like this group, you might also like Nada Surf. The music isn't really similar, but it has a very honest and reflective nature also.

[drewsproductions]

cool

[Shermanicus]

this is background noise at best

[cjr99823]

Favorite song by them!!!!

[videodrug]

Sons of Cage

[armygwarguy]

This song will always remind me of 2006-2007.

[BoundaryShift]

Too original to be forgotten.

[Annaa97]

Hmm, this sort of cool.

[amyvanwyngarden]

hhahahahahahahahahahahahahahah­ahaha...that is all

[herbtokyo]

Some nice and chill Books to contrast some of the wicked cool insanity they play :)

I like to put it on repeat before I go to sleep and listen to it over and over....very hypnotic song....thanks for postin it!!!

[ATPrelax]

I love this. It takes a bit of getting used to, but once you fall into the "rhythm" of it everything just becomes so much nicer and calmer. Gotta love any piece of music that can do that!

[sanobabitti]

いーしやーきいもー

[thatonekid26]

this is something that makes me feel better no matter what

[Mrbigboygay]

Oh i love getting really stoned off some dro then just sitting down trippin out to this song ..... SPARK UP!

[MrPants591]

very... adventurous

[13maeem]

Allah is great, indeed Paul.

[ssk8r0]

I've loved this banjo part for longer thyan i've loved many things in my life

[dashalash]

I think this music is too smart for me.

[CharlieBBoy12345]

likewise.

[Nosillla]

Fuck. It sounds like people walking in leaves in the background. Trippin

[19Darshan63]

it's an adventure....

[thecall4]

this music sounds complicated BUT it isn't difficult to listen to.

[Cyberwavemusic]

I love The Books. Very unique and folksy.

[kittkat42]

I love this band and have seen them in concert twice. The different instruments, and arrangement, intercut with what is found footage. I guess it helps that I'm getting my degree in sound design. I also love Stars of the Lid.

[127gotstaloveit]

lovely... the ending is really the best part for me :')

[CanadianCutie1018]

this really is a cool, artsy kind of song. really .. mind-blowing, almost.

pcindirellie, you probably really like the books (obviously) and i know you want to defend your music, but honestly it's not up to you to decide what people put on here.. if someone doesn't like it, then it's their choice to put that on here. even if it hurts your feelings, that doesn't mean you need to say that their input it "ill-thought out". keep it to yourself.

[pcindarellie]

i don't see where commenting to relay "i don't get it" is constructive. its useless informaton. (head shake)

i didn't share this bc i want to help people figure it out. (..maybe i use my channels for pure indulgence..but thats it. i like stuff.)

like you said, i do love the books (alas, not all of it).

this lame album cover art vid is not here to educate.

so. here i am, sharing.

i am open to comments...which is why i keep it open.

comment away.

thank you.

[joseph2ne]

@pcindarellie people say things like "I don't get it" as their way of asking for help. You don't have to help people figure it out. Other people will do that for you.

[Ellisd25]

@pcindarellie how dare you share rewards of infinity with Savages... know not your painted seat? It's numbered right next to the plaque with the itile of Grand Humpalump of hephalump...Row B in lot Infinity next to the pink Cadillac with 2 tires flat we carry big words like Authority to distract from insufficient Neural Love rocket's development and purpose in efficient perfection move Along Here... its just a crazy man Threatening to jump... nothing more to see

[dudioification]

@pcindarellie hi i like books, harry potter is good, and so is twilight. wtf your video had nuttin to do with any of those above non-fictional characters. Who is dis bitch?

oh, nvm, it's good. Fuck you hippo

[ShadowCrashed81]

@CanadianCutie1018 "artsy"? Not really. Anyone can do this. They're trying to hard.

[xxxslayerxxx666]

@ShadowCrashed81 no you can't...well you could....but even the simplest of songs require skill and memory, fuck off.....trying too hard? really cause i can REALLY show you bands that try to hard to be weird(this is too beautiful to be called weird) but listen to nuclear rabbit....that still doesn't change the fact that i love that band, the bass is fucking sick as shit....the lyrics crack me, and i love the humorously weird vocals, if music can make you laugh and be happy then it's good music!

[Ellisd25]

@CanadianCutie1018 do you see not the hypocrisy of the Absolute truth declaration that only the recipient of your Declamation, thus its intended subjugated focal target of origin, is affected by your perspective on the color and quality of the light through the dingy gauze, and it cant be possible that the "declarator" must "redeclorate" too ... since he went and changed everyone's carpet the drapes don't match teh bookshelf anymore.

by establishing a Set color scheme

[djNOtsOSliM]

i love the banjo

[pcindirellie]

you know what? i'm getting kind of tired of the ill thought out comments. if you don't get it, go away. let it go.

unless you can tell me why.

have at it...just make it more worthwhile, please.

thank you.

[wornlipstick]

I know everyone gets defensive of their favorite music, but honestly there is nothing inherently wrong in just plain not liking the song and wanting to make that known. There doesn't need to be some deep reasoning behind it, just let people say what they want.

[pcindirellie]

thank you for your opinion....i guess?

[melticecaps]

I think you really love it... (: evol erup yllaer er'uoy esuaceB

[m00nEater]

Because you're really pour love

[ElectricSnakeHabits]

I actually liked it

[YudNeyugn]

I tried =/

i do not get it. definitely something new to me.

[2bloodsucker2]

Awesome music. Experimental Folktronica ?

[kakabukkake0]

this is one of my favorite albums ever.

[The1Rausch]

Reminds me of early dEUS Jams ;)

[xullee]

ohboy, was a hard challenge to think of both things at the same time, but I love this music anyway and was a nice try from you. I guess we need the flow of images once more, anyway...

[lazzykittyy]

It sounds like the soundtrack of a bad art school film

[pcindirellie]

who are you trying to convince here....the choir? again, good luck.

[hotmale7253]

i think its the other way round

[lazzykittyy]

I don't get it

[pcindirellie]

its ok...if you don't get it. keep on and find what moves you..thats all there is..thats the whole point...good luck to you.

[eastrplatypus]

It's best listened to with a relaxed and open mind.

[xxdiogenescynicxx]

@lazzykittyy That's because it doesn't make any sense.

[yosifat]

The lllllemonn of PPPPink

[creepyartkid]

the most creative music in the world

[Niyou77]

Please don't tell me I am the only person who is reminded by O Brother Where Art Thou? by this song.

[BlakeAndJon]

yup =]

[notjohndoe2]

im really starting to like this band.

btw your icon is one of my all time favorite albums, hah

it was the first album from them i'd ever bought, and it changed me musically

[StatuesBleedingGreen]

The Books should be more popular than they are. Although, i dont think i would like them as much if they were super main stream. Terrific music none the less

[foreveringreen]

the books make me glad to be human.

[SafeLight4]

love em :)

[intuitivecat]

this whole album is simply amazing

[AlbatrosShanks]

is it really kt tunstall? i dont know if thats right. honestly this is one of the best songs of my life; one that when im 80 ill think back and still feel the same way when i listen to it as i do right now

[sclabman]

Does anyone know who the vocalist is on this track?

[axlblaze]

KT Tunstall

[ataraxic89]

@sclabman no one does. they use random bits of sound from everything from obscure cassettes to old records and even self help audio books

[armygwarguy]

This song is so fucking good when stoned! Even sober it trips me out.

[BavarianSnack]

It truly is the best, but most people think I'm nutso.

[ginad17]

@BavarianSnack my friends think im weird for listening to this stuff...

[olimac909]

best song ever!!!!!!!!!