Crash Test Dummies: Afternoons & Coffeespoons

[assmane999]

Such a memorable album! Definitely one of the best of the 90's.

[SoMuchGlitter]

i forgot how cool this song is!

[FreakTha]

@SoMuchGlitter So fucking true

[rileyxbox123]

A friend of mine died of ALS, and had this played at his funeral/memorial. the song was so much like him, I remember it so well.This man I am talkin about was without disease, a marathoner, bicyclist, mega go getter. He said when he got to the point when he couldnt eat or drink himself, he wouldnt do anything to prolong his life, and he didnt. whenever i hear crash test dummies, he is in my mind, and i bet he hears it!!!



[Juson28]

 this is like a kids song for grown ups, lol :)

[Giessen74]

If this doesn't put a spring in your step you probably aren't able to walk.

[nexstepper588]

Making sense.....Neil Young's WATCHTOWER videography following a cliffside trail,, as with Ben Stiller's footage on Letterman. "I've have life measuared Life measured in coffee spoons", as though the value every step~ facing fear, making their days and afternoons count. Yesterday, on Law and Order, the darker side sidee of coffee spoons as he confessed to disappointment and corruption. Read the poem, can't really come away with a clear context yet.

[612franklin]

Now that's a happy. If I believed in god, i'd say god bless you : )

[unh0lyshotz]

fuck the drummer came to my school lol

[HilarieMinu]

@unh0lyshotz really?? XD

[bardeuxfan]

Very nostalgic album 4 me.

[shaylabunny1]

i no i am young but i love this band

[KickAssPsychoChick]

This is an exiting one. Especially the guy who plays the harmonica. He's good at it.

[kclownk]

fabulous song...

[andrewmanford]

one of my all time fav songs

[richjapo]

the guy on the mouthorgan is brilliant

[honeygraham11]

@ themotorbyclist - T. S. Eliot is not just a random writer, but the one whose poem they are referencing repeatedly in this song. The particular poem is "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock." Read it, and then listen to the song again.

[RoguishBlonde]

i love how i look up their songs i love and the videos are completely opposite of what i imagined...even give the opposite feeling. it's interesting, but it destroys the image I had, ya know?

[themotorbyclist]

Really like this album. Who is T. S. Elliot he refers to?

[nikotwasik]

He's a writer. Like Hunter S. Thompson. The crash test dummies are from here in Winnipeg Manitoba. Canada. The band is broken up now.

[Augustxxoox]

@nikotwasik are they? Mitch came to my school today and he said he was touring with the band this year.. Hes an awesome guy btw ;P got his automagraph :P

[THEMIGHTYM0W]

@nikotwasik I just saw them in Portland in I think it was May 2010. They are still together. This particular song is funny. My neighbor and I always refer to it when he wears his pajamas when we drive to get coffee. "Pajamas in the daytime!" Just a fun song.

[honeygraham11]

@themotorbyclist - T. S. Eliot is not just any random writer, but the one whose poem they are referencing repeatedly in this song. The particular poem is "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock." Read it, and then listen to the song again.

[Rumkanon]

i love THIS TRACK YEPPER FROM copenhagen

 DENMARK

[Dundasholes]

Catchy Chorus. Loved CTD when I was younger but they just kinda fell of the face of the earth....

[schoolybear]

great CTD goods! wish there was more of that now... something simple and w***e

[3191bm]

lol this song was made before i was born :D love it though it cheers me up :) thanks 4 posting it x

[madamespaulding]

Hehe..

Awesome song.

Does anyone know where I can get the guitar and/or bass tabs for it?

Brad plays with a capo but I can't tell which fret it's on.

[lynnctd]

Very awesome song. Always makes me happy when I'm depressed.

Anyway, here is the piano/guitar/vocal sheet music for the whole album which it is from:

h t t p : / / w w w . g e o c i t i e s . c o m / l y n n c t d / C T D /

(I scanned it in last year.) For tabs try:

h t t p : / / w w w . e - c h o r d s . c o m / t a b s . a s p ? i d a r t i s t = 1 2 9 5

Or just google ' "afternoons and coffeespoons" "guitar tabs" '.

[avec442]

I use to sing to this whole album when I'd drive, actually I still do. I was told I could sing CTD good, I'll take that as a compliment. Not that I have a deep voice like Brad. Do any of you still live in Winnipeg? I used to see you guys at Polo Park or biking down Osbourne.

[kinshasaAPP]

I think the harmonica player and Mitch and Ellen and Brad still do.

[kinshasaAPP]

check that, I believe Dan does, Brad's in NYC

[101Volts]

You probably know by now but in case anyone else is wondering, The capo is on the third fret... At least in the video it is...

[chromaticmissy]

@madamespaulding 2 years later.. hehe.. his capo is on 3rd fret :P

[Schirf]

Brad Roberts and Ellen Reid made this world a better place.

[bokesnmokes]

most excellent, I love this song... I like to blast it on my stereo and sing along... my neighbors like it not so much as I do

[spoonmyeye]

hmmm