Bloc Party - Rhododendrons

Name: Bloc Party - Rhododendrons
Album: A weekend in the city (b-side)

It's called Rhododendron, nevermind the actual video, minor mishap on my end:)

On the hottest night of the year
Lying in a patch of rhododendrons

A bottle of whisky under my arm
Trying to count a sky full of stars
I dream of order, I dream of fleets
Of Napoleon in aquamarine

He said "Linus put that blanket down
You've slammed your door too many times"
He said "Linus put that blanket down
The world won't wait"

Boy, what you gonna do with your life?

When I was your age, I was commanding fleets
When I was your age, I was soaked in victory

And now you can't keep a job and you can't keep a wife
What a horrible mess you're gonna make of your life
Watched way too many American films
To be John Wayne, Brando or James Dean

Waiting so long for your wrists to get thick
Waiting so long for the next great party
So many questions, so little to say
You don't need these weights

Boy, what you gonna do with your life?

So you want to be an artist, want to be a singer
Want to be remembered for what you could create

So you want to be a cowboy, riding to the distance
Never have to listen or answer to anyone

So you want to be a boxer, surviving on your instincts
Relying on your fists and the quickness of your wit

Are you bigger than these buildings and the grey around you?
Is your pain more worthy than everybody else?

Drunk again in the rhododendrons

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bloc
• Party
• rhododendrons

[craftyBison]

Erm, it's called "Rhododendrons". Plural.

[ninjarh]

Hahah your right:D Never really thought of it, since my .mp3 version of this, is singular. Bit too late now, but fixed the description and so on. Thanks for the heads up;)

[myantigravitylove]

in response to gFreeman, i'm pretty sure there is an album called "another weekend in the city"

i saw the cover on one of these bside videos here on youtube.. i think it was atonement.

maybe they created it but it looked pretty professional.

i dunno how to get it but if anyone can please tell me:)

[ninjarh]

'Another weekend in the city' is UNofficial album of all the b-sides from 'A weekend in the city'. It only exists on the internet and p2p, and hasn't seen a official release. Should be able to find it on p2p.

[babycakes1st]

There is so many good Bloc Party songs that I am just now discovering. :)

[TimVS4000]

possibly one of the most underated songs out there?

the lyrics are so powerful, so much more than the superficial crap by other artists out there...

there are comments on this section about how this song fitted peoples lives and how it moves them, and i can only agree.

bloc party should deserve more recognition for the emotion and honesty in their work, a band in a class of their own.

[eviemoh1]

@myantigravitylove If you look hard enough on the internet, you can find it. If you try rapidshare or anything like that, it'll be there. (Or try filetube and search). I'm not going to post a link incase I get sued.

[petercaro1971]

I cant list what my favourite Bloc Party songs are because they are all fucking amazing

[madbritishchic]

Getting this tattooed on my back soon;

"So you want to be an artist, want to be a singer

Want to be remembered for what you could create"

I love being an art student.

[legghiu]

my favourite song from my favourite band... It might not be the best, but it means so much to me.

[kay2025]

@jjenkins134 everything.

listen to all of them lol

[rockdoublard]

Jewel-ish !

As often with BP......... !

[SpongeBob030293]

Same here...

-Banquet

-Skeleton

-Talons

-Tulips

-This Modern Love

-Uniform

-The Pioneers

-Two More Years

[wikywhat]

@jjenkins134

All of them!!

[BMWFrodo41]

wow... where to start... umm... just look up a lot of their silent alarm stuff, especially helicopter and banquet and maybe even she's hearing voices... but there are a few good songs in their second album, a weekend in the city, and their third album, intimacy

[CQuarry22]

@jjenkins134 so many good songs

hunting for witches helicopter banquet i still remember cain said to abel always new depths, etc