SINGLES BAR #3

GALAXIE 500
Fourth Of July (Rough Trade, 1990)

I wrote a poem on a dog biscuit
And your dog refused to look at it
So I got drunk and looked at the Empire State Building
It was no bigger than a nickel

And if it don't improve
Then I have to move
I never thought that I would end up here
Maybe I should just change my style
But I feel alright when you smile

I stayed at home on the Fourth of July
And I pulled the shades so I didn't have to see the sky
And I decided to have a Bed In
But I forgot to invite anybody

And when I fell asleep
The neighbors had a peep
I never thought that I would end up here
Maybe I should just change my style
But I feel alright when you smile

Esta consegue tavez ser a canção mais "up" de toda a fugaz mas genial carreira dos Galaxie 500, um trio de Boston obcecado pelos Velvet Underground (o b-side era uma versão de "Here She Comes Now") e responsável pelo lançamento das bases daquilo que mais tarde se veio a designar por sad core.

À data da sua edição ouvi-a vezes sem conta e, a cada vez, apetecia-me que aquele na-na-na após o último verso fosse interminável.

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