The Band I Can't Stand Lyrics

The Band I Can't Stand

That band that I can't stand

That band that I can't stand

I cannot comprehend why they're so in demand

I'm talking 'bout that band that I can't stand

That band that I can't stand

That band that I can't stand

All this worldwide acclaim has gotten way out of hand

I'm talking 'bout that band that I can't stand

I try my best to hear what everybody hears

But all I hear is quickly boring me to tears

It seems I am the only one who is appalled

And what they play, I have no idea what it's called

That band that I can't stand

That band that I can't stand

People call them so bold, but I find them so bland

I'm taking 'bout that band that I can't stand

They're back in town to play another sold out show

And everyone is posting how they're thrilled to go

All of my friends say that they are the best around

I do believe that I am being messed around

That band that I can't stand

That band that I can't stand

Uncut reviewed their new album and they gave it a ten

Here's the year's best of list, they topped it again

The band that I can't stand, they never get panned

The band that I can't stand

The band that I can't stand they're always on brand

The band that I can't stand

Their New Album

A band I love has just made an announcement

A brand new record will be released

And I've been thinking, "I wonder where they went?"

I am delighted to say the least

Soon they'll be trickling out one or two songs

That algorithm they must romance

I'll do my best to avoid all the new songs

Until the whole record's in my hands

I want to scream, I want to shout

Their new album's coming out

From this day on you'll hear me tout

Their new album's coming out

Their new album's coming out

Whenever I'm in a record store I head straight to their section

Although I own everything they've made I give a close inspection

They say I should pre-order it, that's the music biz bow

Reminding me that I can pre-save, whatever that is now

I wonder what they'll sing about

Their new album's coming out

I'll love It so, I have no doubt

Their new album's coming out

Their new album's coming out

The release date is so far away

I'm counting the hours until that day

Will it have to grow on me?

Or will I love it instantly?

I'm confident that it will be even better than the one before

I get the vibe that they'll be trying things they've never done before

The song titles look very promising and very, very smart

They're mysteries now, but they'll come a day I'll know them all by heart

As welcome as a pint of stout

Their new album's coming out

I'm certain that I'll stay devout

Their new album's coming out

Their new album's coming out

Their new album's coming out

His Record Collection

When he got his allowance he would save every cent

Only at the record store is where it was spent

Now he's an adult and things are mostly the same

An obsession he could never tame

Crammed IKEA bookshelves everywhere that you look

But when you look closer you will not see a book

They are found in every single room in the house

It's no surprise he has no spouse

There's many men who have this disorder

Who can be called a musical hoarder

Does he own his record collection

Or does it own him?

Every room has a music section

He has scared all who've known him

The way it is arranged, nobody gets it but him

Everyone assumes that it was done on a whim

He keeps his Robyn Hitchcock next to Kimberley Rew

If you know why he could love you

He keeps Dave Edmunds next to his Nick Lowes

His Andy Bowns are right by his Status Quo

Does he own his record collection?

Or does it own him?

It would pass any snob's inspection

Another Discogs order is being flown in

45s, albums, CDs and cassettes, he collects them all

There's only room for one poster on his wall

It's of his favorite Beatle, Paul

A massive book collection, that is sure to impress

But the same amount in records, that is sure to depress

Being forced to move is surely his biggest fear

But if he does the answer will be clear

Does he own his record collection?

Does he own his record collection?

Or does it own him?

Or does it own him?

First Time On CD

The snaps and the crackles and the pops were now gone

But rebuying your albums some viewed as a con

Hearing the sections I did not hear before

From songs I heard hundreds of times, if not more

First Time On CD

The sticker I would love to see

Seemed like the band was playing there in the room

While shuffling albums like so

What's the next song that they're about to exhume?

It felt like attending a show

First Time On CD

I longed to ditch the old LP

The third song is your favorite one, go right there and play it through

No more did we have to hear the last notes of song number two

Never thought they'd fade away, never thought they'd be disgraced

Or that they would be replaced by the thing they once replaced

I know that the jewel case was a pain the butt

And those barcode stickers were so hard to cut

First Time On CD

It took too long for Let It Be

First Time On CD

It still can mean so much to me

God Bless The Music Press

Straight to the racks at the candy store we would go

Waiting for the new issues to show

Once we spotted a new one we'd buy it there

No matter who graced the cover, we did not care

God Bless The Music Press

God Bless The Music Press

Ignoring text books, they're what we would study most

Learning about other scenes on another coast

God Bless The Music Press

God Bless The Music Press

From Words Alone-we discovered our favorite bands

From Words Alone - we learned when we should clap our hands

From Words Alone - we knew what they were sounding like

From Words Alone- we discovered our folk and psych

We believed every word we read

If we subscribed we would renew

But we would be so filled with dread

If our favorite band got a bad review

God Bless The Music Press

God Bless The Music Press

The Trouser Press was our favorite magazine

Now we have Shindig and Mojo to set the scene

From Words Alone-we learned who it was cool to dig

From Words Alone- way before that got way too big

From Words Alone- we found records we had to buy

From Words Alone- loved them all, did not have to lie

How they shaped everyone of us

Who grew to be a music snob

The writers we would completely trust

We thought they had the greatest job

God Bless The Music Press

God Bless The Music Press

God Bless The Music Press

God Bless The Music Press

The Only Man She Ever Loved

When on a first date, she saw the light

She fell in love that very night

But not with the date, who dressed in beige

But with the man who was on stage

The songs he was singing spoke right to her

Like this guy somehow knew her

From that night forward he was her man

She became a lifelong fan

And he's the only man she's ever truly loved

He's the only man she's ever truly loved

She keeps his picture there on her desk

But she isn't stalker-esque

Her dopey co-workers get her so mad

When they ask if he's her dad

He's the only man she's ever truly loved

Who needs local guys to be cruelly loved

He's the only man she's ever truly loved

Her mom always says, "One day you'll be loved"

She compares every man to him, there's no comparison

And this is the real thing, unlike her childhood crush on George Harrison

Each time she sees him get interviewed

He's oh so charming never crude

When he is playing, she'll always go

But only sit in the back row

He may not be a household name, but he is in her home

It's not that he's handsome, she often wishes that he would use a comb

He's the only man she's ever truly loved

He's the only man she's ever truly loved

She ever truly loved

She ever truly loved

His First Kinks Album

Comes a time in a fan's life when he or she thinks

"How am I not the owner of a record by The Kinks?"

When that time came to Marty, he went to Discomat

Ran straight to The Kinks section, but not was not just that

The Kinks had so many albums, it was so hard to choose

And they all looked so tempting, he felt he couldn't lose

He made a vow not to start with a basic greatest hits

Since Ray Davies was one of rock music's greatest wits

His first Kinks album

Many consider the worst Kinks album

Soon he plucked out a cover that was a striking green

With some cartoons of icons all from the sliver screen

Then he saw a song title that mentioned "Sunnyside"

That's a section in Queens where at the time he did reside

His first Kinks album

Many consider the worst Kinks album

His first Kinks album

Many consider the worst Kinks album

Ask any Kinks fan what their favorite Kinks album is

No one will answer Everybody's in Showbiz,

Everybody's In Showbiz

When he got back to his house he played it right away

He was not sure he liked it, but he played it everyday

Later in life he discovered Kinda Kinks, Something Else, Village Green, Face To Face

But strange double album deep inside his heart holds a special place

His first Kinks album

Many consider the worst Kinks album

His first Kinks album

Many consider the worst Kinks album

But he stills loves it dearly

He plays it ten times yearly

He still loves it dearly

It's nostalgia, clearly

Ask any Kinks fan what his favorite Kinks album is

No one will answer Everybody's in Showbiz,

Everybody's In Showbiz

The Lyric Sheet

When opening up an album and one was found

We'd quickly become the happiest fans around

We'd hold it and play the record and we would sing

We couldn't read music so this was the next best thing

The package did not seem complete

Unless it had The Lyric Sheet

To learn our part

The Lyric Sheet

To learn by heart

The Lyric Sheet

Pushkin, Wordsworth and Rilke, we had no need

This was the lone form of poetry that we would read

Each one of the Shakespeare sonnets we thought were trite

But all of our favorite lyrics we could recite

The words were not always elite

But still we loved The Lyric Sheet

To hold in hand

The Lyric Sheet

To understand

The Lyric Sheet

Sometimes it was on a record sleeve and sometimes on a separate page

Now you might find a link to go on line, which bugs fans of a certain age

That's how we found out when we were singing the wrong words

And sometimes we much preferred the words we thought we heard

We loved the music and the beat

But had to have The Lyric Sheet

To right a wrong

The Lyric Sheet

To sing along

The Lyric Sheet

The Lyric Sheet

Breaking Up With The Band

She saw a famous band

And they went on first

She fell under their command

She was soon immersed

She recalls a time

Not too long ago

When it would be a crime

If she missed their show

Now they're way too celebrated

Arena shows she's always hated

Now she finds them overrated

Her fandom has disintegrated

So she's breaking up with the band who never broke up

Their songs no longer can make her choke up

They've grown in popularity

But not in musicality

Now she is relieved

She never got to do

The plan she had conceived

Their name on a tattoo

Every book about them she's read

Their songs no longer play in her head

This won't be a thing that she'll dread

It's time for her to get back some cred

She's breaking up with the band who never broke up

Devoted for so many years, but now she woke up

They changed their members too many times

Their new songs have such obvious rhymes

It took quite a while for her to lose faith

She loved their first three albums, the next four were okay, but she really hated everything on their eighth

So she's breaking up with the band

She's breaking up with the band

She's breaking up with the band

music( F/I )an

He hears albums every day

And he also loves to play

His guitars are never put away

Ever since he was a kid

This is all he ever did

His conviction never hit a skid

When he gets home, what to do?

Does he work on something new

Or again put on Zeppelin Two

There's not too much that he hates

Some new music fascinates

Though he's still a player who creates

A music fan or a musician?

A music fan or a musician?

How should he be defined?

It drives him out of his mind

He knows when it doesn't fly

When it's three chords and a lie

When the artist doesn't really try

But he still can get a thrill

When a new band's on the bill

And they're half his age but still they kill

A music fan or a musician?

A music fan or a musician?

How should he be defined?

Which one is less maligned?

His fellow musicians have egos too fragile to listen to Yes's Fragile anymore

Seeing how old they were when they made it, much younger than they are now they can't ignore

He still buys, but doesn't stream

Though he never lived the dream

At least he tried out for the team

A music fan or a musician?

A music fan or a musician?

How should he be defined?

Which one is less unkind?

He has a music fan angel sitting on one shoulder

And a devil musician on the other one who's mean and older

A music fan or a musician?

A music fan or a musician?

A music fan or a musician?