Julian Casablancas' Phrazes of the Young.

So its called “Phrazes for the Young” and being a fan of words (and younger than Julian Casablancas) I guess I took it literally, even before it made so much sense. I’m obsessed with the two think breads of this CD, to me it’s more than magic. The slim ham (3) not so much.

From this blond seal, it gets eight tentacles because of its timing and because its made up of awesome music and awesome phrases.
I wrote them down actually listening to the CD, without its lyrics. Like a great new story it starts without being too precise (“Somewhere along the way”) and it ends aiming to portray the simplicity of what every now and then happens to the Young… (“Everywhere I go I’m a tourist but if you stay with me, I’ll always be at home.”)

1. Out of the blue
“Somewhere along the way..”
“Yes I know I’m going to hell, in a purple basket… …. In a leather jacket”
“Together … tell exaggerated stories of the way we feel today and tonight and in the morning”

2. Left and Right in the Dark
“How long must it take, to fix what they break”
“You’re dancing, we made it”
“and I’m on the way ooh somewhere, feels like I’m going left and right in the dark”

3. 11th Dimension
“I’ve never been so good at shaking hands”
“Forgive them, even if they are not sorry”
“And don’t be shy oh no at least deliberately, and no one really cares or wonders why anymore, oh I got music, coming out of my hands and feet and kisses, woo”

4. 4 Chords of the Apocalypse
“were going nowhere and were getting there fast”
“I’ll give you anything but I’ll give you problems”
“There’s always a catch I guess that’s alright with me”

5. Ludlow St.
"while I surrendered my ego, you fed yours all my fantasies died when you said yours"
...(The banjo solo)....?
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6. River of Breaklights
"getting the hang of it"
"you're finding it hard to get very far"

7. Glass
"I understand that's how it goes, take it easy, there's no time to be mad. "
"Pretty baby, just get out of the way, where it's safe"
"...bulletproof you aren't in trouble now; but who knows, but who knows" :(
"...(The instrumental part and how it fades into the song again)...
"You can lie to yourself, but don't lie to me"

8. Tourist
"Feel like a tourist out in the country once this whole world was a country side"
"Some will bet against you... can they possibly try, demand to know why.."
"Feel like a tourist out in the desert, somehow it feels like a devils breath.."
"..this world is just patches of water and land.."
"Everywhere I go I'm a tourist but if you stay with me, I'll always be at home"