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Lloyd Cole — Cutting Out
Album: Music In A Foreign Language
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Released: 2004
Length: 3:18
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Lying here between your progeny and your Visa card statement
Beside the coffee stained torn envelope
We took your facsimile and we pinned it to the wall
Here on the other side of the world

You call here when it's 3 AM and we hear music playing
You call here and you don't have time to talk
You call in on your cell phone but you're cutting out
Here on the other side of the world

You send in electronic mail transmissions
Dispatches from your colonies - your Commonwealth
But your syntax is distracted and your sideways happy face
Is not on the other side of the world

from the girl
with the starry eyes
and the easy smile
she's just sitting there
Could I stay a while?

Lying here between your progeny and your Visa card statement
Beside the coffee stained torn envelope
We took your facsimile and we pinned it to the wall
Here on the other side of the world
Comments (76)add comment
 lily34 wrote:

i'm with you.


Lost Weekend is a stormer. Would love to hear that on RP.
Posted 2 years ago by mralimccarley    [ Reply ]
 veegez wrote:
I also vote Lloyd Cole one of my favorite Scots. 
 
Much as I’d like to claim him for Scotland, Lloyd Cole is English. Don’t be angry at him, it's not his fault he was born on the wrong side of the border and being English is punishment enough anyway.

Posted 10 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 lattalo wrote:
More Lloyd Cole Bill!!!!!!!!
 
i'm with you.
Posted 10 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 govna wrote:

same person, two accounts.

 
nope. i know aligator in person. it's two different people. plus, billg doesn't allow 2 different accounts. if you have 2, you've slipped through the system, naughty.
Posted 10 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 govna wrote:

amen brother.

 
{#High-five}
Posted 11 years ago by JIan    [ Reply ]
 JHZ wrote:

Anyone else thinks its funny that AliGator is correcting Crockydile?
By the way AliGator has a point. When the first Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album rattlesnakes came out in 1984 Ben Gibbard was 8 years old.

 
same person, two accounts.
Posted 11 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
 JIan wrote:
Headphones off....{#Headache}

Hey, Lloyd....{#Ass}

 
amen brother.
Posted 11 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
like this...
Posted 11 years ago by Hogtownmike    [ Reply ]
Headphones off....{#Headache}

Hey, Lloyd....{#Ass}
Posted 11 years ago by JIan    [ Reply ]
 JHZ wrote:

Anyone else thinks its funny that AliGator is correcting Crockydile?
By the way AliGator has a point. When the first Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album rattlesnakes came out in 1984 Ben Gibbard was 8 years old.
 
Well young Ben was a talent wasn't he?

Better than a has Ben.
Posted 12 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:This guy has been listening to Death Cab and trying to write lyrics like them. I dislike Death Cab partially for their hyper intellectual lyrics, but at least they have some in that area. This guy's lyrics just suck.
 
AliGator wrote:

You mean Death Cab has been trying to write lyrics like Lloyd Cole.

 
Anyone else thinks its funny that AliGator is correcting Crockydile?
By the way AliGator has a point. When the first Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album rattlesnakes came out in 1984 Ben Gibbard was 8 years old.
Posted 12 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
Someone's been listening to Bill Nelson.
Posted 12 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

Perhaps its because I’m a lifetime member of the “Awkward Squad” that I get a perverse pleasure from being the only person who likes this song.


 
No, you are not. Lloyd Cole is awesome. He has his very own style.

Posted 13 years ago by asiaSF    [ Reply ]
Dull
Posted 13 years ago by pinnyrat    [ Reply ]
 veegez wrote:
I vote this my favorite post of the bunch so far. I also vote Lloyd Cole one of my favorite Scots. More useless info: I like his stuff composed with the Commotions in the 80's even better. 'Rattlesnakes' is a short but totally hip/smart collection of songs-if you're into that kind of thing....
 
Thought this might be of interest—and to give they naysayers a sense of perspective.

https://ind.pn/a27LvA
Posted 13 years ago by ibcoleman    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
This guy has been listening to Death Cab and trying to write lyrics like them. I dislike Death Cab partially for their hyper intellectual lyrics, but at least they have some in that area. This guy's lyrics just suck.

 
You mean Death Cab has been trying to write lyrics like Lloyd Cole.

Posted 13 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
from the lyrics, I thought this was some sort of parody on song writing...please tell me this is a parody
Posted 14 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]

Perhaps its because I’m a lifetime member of the “Awkward Squad” that I get a perverse pleasure from being the only person who likes this song.


Posted 14 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
"Lying here between your progeny and your Visa card statement" - hardly the most inspiring start to a song, is it? Even less inspiring is the delivery. Mute after 10 secs, sadly.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Lame.
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Yawn!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Stu_Pidasso    [ Reply ]

This song sounds like something from Flight of the Concords, except that it's unfortunately not a parody...  {#Eek}


Posted 14 years ago by sporkster    [ Reply ]
This guy has been listening to Death Cab and trying to write lyrics like them. I dislike Death Cab partially for their hyper intellectual lyrics, but at least they have some in that area. This guy's lyrics just suck.

Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
annoying...
Posted 15 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
 birdland wrote:

Ditto - Rattlesnakes - there's also a compilation - 1984-1989, which is a great starting point.

I agree that this song doesn't represent well at all the depth of this mans genius.

But the genius is there. Go back to those early pieces - Mr. Malcontent, Perfect Skin, Rattlesnakes, etal.
 
mmmmm. . . Perfect Skin. . .

{#Meditate}


Posted 15 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 Pazzat wrote:
Nope, Lloyd Cole was having his hits as the front man of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions round about the same time as The The were making their first impact: The The's breakthrough album Soul Mining came out in 1983, the year before The Commotions' debut Rattlesnakes. Cole's voice isn't a million miles away from Matt Johnson's, so I can see where you are coming from, but it's not the same man. Go and buy Rattlesnakes and Soul Mining NOW - it's an order. "Read Norman Mailer, or get a new tailor".
 
Ditto - Rattlesnakes - there's also a compilation - 1984-1989, which is a great starting point.

I agree that this song doesn't represent well at all the depth of this mans genius.

But the genius is there. Go back to those early pieces - Mr. Malcontent, Perfect Skin, Rattlesnakes, etal.


Posted 15 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
I just realized that a ping was an incoming email,not a part of the song ! {#Doh} # 4


Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 Leslie wrote:
The lyrics don't bother me that much, but the music is just plain forgettable.
 
"your electronic mail transmission"? {#Lol} "between your progeny and your visa card statement"? {#Lol} This is awful. {#Roflol} Strong 1.


Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
The lyrics don't bother me that much, but the music is just plain forgettable.
Posted 15 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Now I know what The Verve Pipe was listening to when they wrote Freshmen :-)
Posted 16 years ago by Monoman    [ Reply ]
More Lloyd Cole Bill!!!!!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
"On the other side of the world" One for me Bill.
Posted 16 years ago by Dickieb68    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Yeah, this gets the Dorkiest Lyrics Award from me. Progeny? Facsimile? Eh.
Damn, everyone agrees with this view. Now it's ruined for me! Too bad, cuz' the music is beautiful. If he just wouldn't have said "progeny" I think you all would have left it alone. One danged misplaced "fascimile" and everyone freaks out. Geez. ;) Lloyd Cole is alright.
Posted 17 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
old_shep wrote:
I finish listening to this but I gotta wash my socks.
I will be fun sorting them when they are dry, too.
Posted 17 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
Was he in The The? Sound's like 'em.
The The - Matt Johnson
Posted 17 years ago by dpjag    [ Reply ]
Contrived, forced lyrics.
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
I finish listening to this but I gotta wash my socks.
Posted 17 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
The first line made me grimace and say "1."
Posted 17 years ago by dpjag    [ Reply ]
UltraNurd wrote:
I'm waiting for the day when "cell phone" and "electronic mail" are going to make this song sound really, really dated.
This guy gives me chills...of horror.
Posted 17 years ago by tripleearth    [ Reply ]
MatClarke wrote:
'See my tailor, he's called Simon. I think it's going to fit'
I could be a writer with a growing reputation I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station
Posted 17 years ago by Pazzat    [ Reply ]
Pazzat wrote:
Nope, Lloyd Cole was having his hits as the front man of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions round about the same time as The The were making their first impact: The The's breakthrough album Soul Mining came out in 1983, the year before The Commotions' debut Rattlesnakes. Cole's voice isn't a million miles away from Matt Johnson's, so I can see where you are coming from, but it's not the same man. Go and buy Rattlesnakes and Soul Mining NOW - it's an order. "Read Norman Mailer, or get a new tailor".
'See my tailor, he's called Simon. I think it's going to fit'
Posted 17 years ago by MatClarke    [ Reply ]
I'm waiting for the day when "cell phone" and "electronic mail" are going to make this song sound really, really dated.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
Was he in The The? Sound's like 'em.
Nope, Lloyd Cole was having his hits as the front man of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions round about the same time as The The were making their first impact: The The's breakthrough album Soul Mining came out in 1983, the year before The Commotions' debut Rattlesnakes. Cole's voice isn't a million miles away from Matt Johnson's, so I can see where you are coming from, but it's not the same man. Go and buy Rattlesnakes and Soul Mining NOW - it's an order. "Read Norman Mailer, or get a new tailor".
Posted 17 years ago by Pazzat    [ Reply ]
bob789 wrote:
As melodic as my printer manual. Truly a broccoli chop!
Posted 17 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
As melodic as my printer manual. Truly a broccoli chop!
Posted 17 years ago by bob789    [ Reply ]
Yea, I don't get what's up with the lyrics. The song was released in 2003...my keen observations note that 2003 was only three years ago...
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
cayenne wrote:
Yuck. It's like someone told him that his music wasn't relevent anymore and he said "I'll show you!" but missed the point. Too bad it's so clunky - I like his other work.
Yeah, this gets the Dorkiest Lyrics Award from me. Progeny? Facsimile? Eh.
Posted 17 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Yuck. It's like someone told him that his music wasn't relevent anymore and he said "I'll show you!" but missed the point. Too bad it's so clunky - I like his other work.
Posted 17 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
crockydile wrote:
? "between your progeny and your visa card statement"
With you there....he's trying too hard. "your syntax is distracted"??
Posted 18 years ago by raven121x    [ Reply ]
jennybean42 wrote:
I actually like this song, but it sounds like he was given a list of random terms and challenged to fit them all in a song.
What a nice observation! Although I can't honestly say I agree with you about the song. If he was forced to write this song with a word bank ... he did a hell of a job.
Posted 18 years ago by princeofpeoria    [ Reply ]
I actually kinda like the lyrics. Makes me smile. not bad
Posted 18 years ago by topherg87    [ Reply ]
Maybe if I was drunk or something
Posted 18 years ago by xsrossiter    [ Reply ]
I actually like this song, but it sounds like he was given a list of random terms and challenged to fit them all in a song.
Posted 18 years ago by jennybean42    [ Reply ]
? "between your progeny and your visa card statement"
Posted 18 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Hehe... "electronic mail transmission." I don't think I've ever heard an e-mail called all that before! Not too shabby song, though the lyrics seem kinda awkward to me. I give it a 6.
Posted 18 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
lloyd is awesome.
Posted 18 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Was he in The The? Sound's like 'em.
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Lloyd Cole is one of those strange artists that I like 98% yet I can't keep from dwelling on that 2% that I can't put my finger on but somehow keeps me from liking him. Odd. I wish I could figure it out.
Posted 18 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
~mute~ :(
Posted 18 years ago by mettle    [ Reply ]
masterhead wrote:
A mature and talented composer...
I vote this my favorite post of the bunch so far. I also vote Lloyd Cole one of my favorite Scots. More useless info: I like his stuff composed with the Commotions in the 80's even better. 'Rattlesnakes' is a short but totally hip/smart collection of songs-if you're into that kind of thing....
Posted 19 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
thought it was a u2 song. The style of singing where he emphasizes certain words to make them sound more deep and meaningful (d&m you know?) reminds me of bono. I'm not really fond of that style, if the lyrics carry meaning you don't need to emphasize them. Bono's singing gets on my nerves that way sometimes.
Posted 19 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
For those turned off by this tune. Give it some time to sink in. I followed Cole since his "Don't Get Wierd on Me Babe" song and find him to be a fascinating songwriter. Also saw him solo in Chicago, and even with a bad cold, he put on a great show.
Posted 19 years ago by earthbased    [ Reply ]
If this is the best song off the album, the album must be absolutely terrible.
Posted 19 years ago by mezzanine    [ Reply ]
Please stopp! :P
Posted 19 years ago by jerseygirl    [ Reply ]
counter wrote:
I had the same response :) But beware: I picked up the album and this is by far the best song on it... The rest are ho-hum at best.
I could not disagree more strongly. I bought this disc, and found it a little dry at first, but after about three listenings it really grew on me. There is a wonderfully understated subtlety to both the lyrics and the musical arrangement. Before I knew it, I was listening to the disc almost every day for more than a month.
Posted 19 years ago by gregorbill    [ Reply ]
henrico wrote:
thanks for playing this song! very nice and I'm interested in the whole album...
I had the same response :) But beware: I picked up the album and this is by far the best song on it... The rest are ho-hum at best.
Posted 19 years ago by counter    [ Reply ]
thanks for playing this song! very nice and I'm interested in the whole album...
Posted 19 years ago by henrico    [ Reply ]
i just bought my first album via the iTMS Affiliate Program. this might get dangerous. enjoy my nickels, guys!
Posted 20 years ago by anothy    [ Reply ]
Lloyd Cole gives me a woody
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
mtruk wrote:
Saw Lloyd Cole live at St Albans Arena in the UK in March 2004 ; Didn't know what to expect after all these years- what we got was one of the most charming, intelligent live acoustic sets I've seen. OK - you have to be of the right generation - but if you are, Lloyd Cole still sings it like it is.
Absolutely, I saw him around the same time at the Royal Festival Hall, he held the audience spellbound for two hours - just him and a guitar. An amazing performance. He is playing again, with the Commotions, in London in October. It should be great.
Posted 20 years ago by Jonno    [ Reply ]
Very nice! The guitars are so melty and simple. I only heard a few songs from him back in the 80's and liked him. I guess I still do.
Posted 20 years ago by SiniLMan    [ Reply ]
Now this is wonderful, RP - Thank You!!!!
Posted 20 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
Saw Lloyd Cole live at St Albans Arena in the UK in March 2004 ; Didn't know what to expect after all these years- what we got was one of the most charming, intelligent live acoustic sets I've seen. OK - you have to be of the right generation - but if you are, Lloyd Cole still sings it like it is.
Posted 20 years ago by mtruk    [ Reply ]
A mature and talented composer...
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Lloyd Cole is, without a doubt, my favorite song writer. I'm very happy to hear him on RP.
Posted 20 years ago by gregorbill    [ Reply ]