Like many of the song analyses I’ve done for this site, I don’t think ‘Closing Time’ is as simple as most people think.
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And yet they have, because their marriage is one built with so much strength. Even when 2 years ago, when they had to say their final goodbyes to their young daughter who had been born with a birth defect, they were each other’s rock as I sat there at the funeral, feeling dumbstruck by grief, wondering how they would continue.
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Turned out he was better suited for our friend anyway, and they ended up getting married, which I am so thankful for because they are one of the few couples I know who support each other through everything. We had the music thing in common, surely he’d be interested in me. (See? Even back then I was hopelessly drawn to musician types.) I turned up for a friend’s birthday party where I was supposed to meet this guy, but he only had eyes for another one of our friends. So much that one of them tried to set me up with a guy they knew who boasted he could play the song on guitar and he knew all the words too. It became so large in my ‘mythology’ (I’m being sarcastic that’s why mythology has single quotes around it) that my girlfriends all knew how much I loved that song. I pick up song lyrics quickly, and in a world where we generally only listened to regular radio on boomboxes and the internet had barely become a thing, ‘Semisonic’ quickly became one of those tunes that I had on repeat not only on my pathetic sound system at school, but also in my head. The song spoke to me instrumentally first, with the lyrics feeling right for the music, but its meaning didn’t really come to me until I started thinking about what songs I might want to analyse on Music in Notes in 2014.
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To say that ‘Closing Time’ by Semisonic was a song that defined my and my friends’ lives in school would be an understatement. And knew when to break out the air guitar during the solo. There is a small group of songs, definitely numbering less than 10, that I would say I recall sitting in the back of one of our friends’ cars, with the radio turned way up, and everyone knew all the words too. Where to find it: ‘Feeling Strangely Fine’ (1998, MCA) Also, seeing that the writer has already explained the meaning of his song, this post is now closed to comments. Personally, I think it’s strange anyone would use anything related to a bar and drinking as a metaphor for the birth of a baby, but that’s artistic license. A woman with a science background (doubly weird, considering my main vocation) wrote a post a couple days ago, reminiscing about the birth of one of her children, tying this event in with Dan Wilson explaining in 2008 what the song is about. But you’ll certainly understand why they were made in the first place.Update 18/01/15: this past weekend, this post was inexplicably barraged by comments, which I thought was a bit strange, given that I posted it on Music in Notes a year ago. You’re only missing the realtime fan comments. If you missed Conley’s Instagram session for us when it went live, no problem. But Conley pays you back in psychic equity in support of the respect you’ve shown him. These kinds of events with other artists may come off awkward or distant. Read more: Fall Out Boy fans should listen to these records made by heroes & stansĬhris Conley’s performance for the AltPress Instagram was a perfect mesh of humanity and music. Conley ended the broadcast with a cover of Semisonic’s classic “Closing Time” with updated lyrics to fit the current shelter in place order. He schooled viewers on the importance of staying hydrated and his personal incense consumption (“It’s a problem”).
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Conley’s demeanor makes this feel like a hang with your best friend.Ĭonley dusted off the ‘In Reverie’ b-side, “Coconut” and reflected on the first Saves The Day recording session he had with former drummer Bryan Newman. The affable Conley dedicates songs to the Equal Vision label that launched Saves The Day, as well as your favorite rock magazine. Throughout the near-hour broadcast, Conley engages with fans in both friendly smugness (“Have you heard the Beatles? They’re pretty good”) while acknowledging their Saves The Day memories. Read more: Saves The Day want to force you to engage with music It was the singer’s second installment of his social distancing-inspired Digital Happy Hour series. On Monday April 6, Conley belted out some STD classics and a few obscure gems. Saves The Day frontman Chris Conley, recently took over the AltPress Instagram account and invited fans into the Electric Ladybug in Chico, California.