Thursday, March 4, 2010

That Green Gentleman

promo cover
*This song (5th track on 'Pretty Odd', by PANIC! AT THE DISCO) is aka 'Things Have Changed'.


I just liked the video (below), but this week's 'Green' theme inspired me to pay a bit more attention to the lyrics:

'That Green Gentleman'

Things are shaping up to be pretty odd.
Little deaths in musical beds.
So it seems I'm someone I've never met.

You will only hear these elegant crimes,
Fall on your ears from criminal dimes.
They spill unfound from a pretty mouth.
Everybody gets there and everybody gets their,
and everybody gets their way.
I never said I missed her when everybody kissed her,
Now I'm the only one to blame.
Things have changed for me, and thats okay.
I feel the same, I'm on my way, and I say.
Things have changed for me, and thats okay.


I want to go where everyone goes,
I want to know what everyone knows,
I want to go where everyone feels the same.

I never said I'd leave the city,
I never said I'd leave this town.
A falling out we won't tiptoe about.

{chorus mash-up}

Things have changed for me.


Good fun - P!ATD's '80's style video:
{3 min}

Has he truly come to terms with how things stand?
...or is he just regretful?
...or resentful - but trying to hide it?

Or is the poor guy still 'green-eyed'?...





fyi:
string quartet tribute to the song
also: a 'text' video, w/ full lyrics


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15 comments:

  1. Thanks - like I said, I just liked the quirky video. Even tho I don't think I'd actually want to be rolled down a hill inside a giant stacking doll...

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  2. I have never heard of that before, COOL!

    Happy TT!
    Happy WW!
    Happy AT!
    Happy March!

    hugs
    shakira

    SHE IS NO LONGER ALONE

    OUR KOREAN CATS

    GREEN

    G IS FOR GLAMOROUS

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  3. Cool video, love the it with the Russian Dolls :)

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  4. Great song, great video, great TT Green posting. And as I write this I'm drinking a fabulous cup of Green tea. :)

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  5. Excellent! Something new (to me).

    Mine is up!

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  6. is that a new band? Kind of a catchy song!

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  7. Fun video! Thanks for the afternoon smiles, Nanc! :D

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  8. Happy T.T. Green Music Rules! Regards From Tony.

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  9. I had not heard of this before. Thanks for adding to my knowledge.

    happy TT. And thanks for taking the green walk down my memory lane this week.

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  10. Thanks for coming by :)

    And P!ATD's been around ~6 years, w/ 3 albums and one world tour. (Their 'I Write Sins' video hit #1 on MTV)

    btw, you can hear samples at amazon.com

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  11. Don't you love the old videos? esp the MTV videos.

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  12. i'm off to sample more of this - loved the vid!

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