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yes !!!!
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just great
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Best lyricist... Ever... Period.
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@Joeyland This is the best, most true comment I've ever read on YouTube.
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@LandonInFlorida I usually like raw stuff better but I think this song sounds better with the production.
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@andrewpro85 love paint it black and this song.... funny coinciedence. dated reverb ownes apperantly.. any suggestions for me?
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@andrewpro85 Love this version. The contrast makes the lyric more surprising.
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This song reminds me of Sour Times by Portishead. The winding, foreboding backing track is marvelous, even more than lyrics.
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@LandonInFlorida Admittedly the production is a little much, but I kind of like it. The dated reverb makes the proceeding sound a little bit like "Paint it Black" by the Stones. If this were the only version of the song, I might complain that it misrepresents the material, but there's something wonderfully subversive about the way this bleak stuff masquerades well as a pop song. TVZ is in great voice here, too, not a small point.
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Joeyland 1 year ago 67
Thanks to the internet I have Netflix. Because of Netflix I discovered Breaking Bad. While watching Breaking Bad I heard the lyrics to this song. Thanks to the internet I was able to google the lyrics and find the cover by the Be Good Tanyas on YouTube where I read in the comments that the original was by Van Zandt. Thank you internet!
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