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 AMITW: Black And White Movies
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| WhatStarsAre |  Mon Oct 06 2014, 12:36pm | |
| Registered Member #24
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| This one is just really sweet! And I love old movies so it appeals to me on that level too. | | Back to top | |
| eit | | Mon Oct 06 2014, 01:11pm | |
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| as the summer came and left with the rain pushing shadows down the road
in this old beach town when the sun goes down all the grey turns into gold
got no plans, just a feeling
i'm no architect at all
there's a fan on the ceiling
and a telephone that you should call
are you home tonight
are you laying in bed watching black and white movies
all alone tonight
do you ever rewind to the summer you knew me?
black and white movies.
you were out at dawn with a wetsuit on, that's the picture in my mind
now the waves still crash on the bonfire ash that the tourists leave behind
waves of sound waves of static
through the windows in my room
and the seeds that you planted in a coffee cup that never bloom
are you home tonight
are you laying in bed watching black and white movies
all alone tonight
do you ever rewind to the summer you knew me?
black and white movies.
are you home tonight
are you laying in bed watching black and white movies
all alone tonight
do you ever rewind to the summer you knew me?
black and white movies.
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| WhatStarsAre | | Mon Oct 06 2014, 02:06pm | |
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| I wonder if this song is about someone in particular and if so if it's the "other girlfriend" from Halls. | | Back to top | |
| LisaC | | Mon Oct 06 2014, 07:16pm | |
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| this reminds me of my ex but i think it's my favorite anyway | | Back to top | |
| Toxic | | Tue Oct 07 2014, 02:19am | |
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| THIS IS FANTASTIC AHHH THAT FLUTE | | Back to top | |
| pit_girl1 | | Thu Oct 09 2014, 07:34am | |
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| I feel like I hear the most influence from his Smash songwriting on this one. There are parts, particularly in the second chorus, that really feel like modern musical theatre (in a good way!). | | Back to top | |
| PunkRockSonja | | Fri Oct 10 2014, 10:03pm | |
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| All I know is what it means to me. But it's so interesting to wonder who Andrew is wondering about or if he is writing from someone elses perspective. | | Back to top | |
| WhatStarsAre | | Fri Oct 10 2014, 10:52pm | |
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| Someone posted a review on Facebook and the author assumed the song was about Kelly. It's funny because I assumed it probably wasn't about her since it sounds more like a short-lived thing ("rewind to the summer you knew me"). I'm sure we'll never know for sure, but to me, it sounds like, not quite an apology, but a bittersweet message to a girl who wasn't "the one." Like, they aren't together anymore and he doesn't want to get back together with her, but he still thinks of her and remembers the things he loved about her and wishes she would call and check in once in a while. | | Back to top | |
| Toxic | | Fri Oct 10 2014, 11:14pm | |
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| The wetsuit line instantly made me think "surfer's dream" from Miss Delaney.
Regardless, this song is frikkin gorgeous. I can't even believe how pretty it is. And I think I'm hearing strings in it too which is freaking me out because STRINGS although I could be having another AUYT moment so I can't wait to see the booklet to be sure. | | Back to top | |
| maybemfeo | | Sat Oct 11 2014, 12:47am | |
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| This is another song I'm addicted to. It's so beautiful. | | Back to top | |
| WhatStarsAre | | Sat Oct 11 2014, 10:25am | |
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| Tox, I definitely got Miss Delaney vibes from that and other little things. The fact that it's about movies and he calls her "a film projectionist" in Delaney, for one.
The synth flute in this reminds me of video game music but I love it! Specifically, it reminds me of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, lol. | | Back to top | |
| PunkRockSonja | | Sat Oct 11 2014, 07:13pm | |
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| Here's a crazy theory just going based off the chorus alone. What if he is writing from his Uncle who passed away perspective and Andrew wondering if his uncle or someone else ever just wonders about him. It's just the line do you ever rewind to the summer you knew me, is just so haunting. Of course my theory is probably way off and there are a million ways it can be interrupted. | | Back to top | |
| SwimInTheCaves | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 11:09am | |
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| I kept skipping this one at first because the piano intro reminded me of a dance song lol.. and then I finally gave it a chance. And now this is one of my favorites. The verse vocal melody sounds so SoCo. I love the music! That almost-guitar sounding riff in the left side of the mix in the breakdown is so beautiful.
I've seen some comments in which people are taking the movie thing literally.. but I'm sure it's a metaphor for looking back at old memories. Hence the "do you ever rewind to the summer you knew me.." | | Back to top | |
| Sarry | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 11:41am | |
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| Will you guys judge me if this is my skip song? | | Back to top | |
| eit | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 11:56am | |
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| I love it until the second verse is over and then I'm like... there's so much left in this song, yet ... no new words... For some reason I just don't like the chorus enough on this one to want to listen to it a bunch whereas with Halls I LOVE the chorus. And it's not that this chorus is bad either? | | Back to top | |
| michelle- | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 01:10pm | |
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| i think his voice in the second verse is one of my favourite moments of the album | | Back to top | |
| Toxic | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 01:21pm | |
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| I can see how this song could be 'meh' to some people because of the chorus I guess but I freaking love this, the verses especially. | | Back to top | |
| Sarry | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 02:10pm | |
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| Yeah its definitely the choruses that turn me off from this one. Not that they aren't sweet - I just don't like the repetition as much in this song | | Back to top | |
| pit_girl1 | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 03:17pm | |
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| michelle- wrote ...
i think his voice in the second verse is one of my favourite moments of the album
Amen to that. | | Back to top | |
| Toxic | | Mon Oct 13 2014, 03:55pm | |
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| pit_girl1 wrote ... michelle- wrote ...
i think his voice in the second verse is one of my favourite moments of the album
Amen to that.
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