Elephant – Tame Impala

Elephant – Tame Impala

As I mentioned in my post for Mind Mischief, I love Tame Impala’s retro sound.

Well, he feels like an elephant

Shaking his big grey trunk for the hell of it

He knows that you’re dreaming about being loved by him.

Too bad your chances are slim

And it’s not like mister shook to get shy when they ask him who is on top

There must be something deep down in the dark down there

He’s not too easily scared

He’s got friends but they got fear

Wouldn’t care too much if he just disappeared

Oh, look see there he is now coming down the stairs

Here he comes

He pulled the mirrors off his Cadillac

‘Cause he doesn’t like it looking like he looks back

He talks like his opinion is a simple fact

Somebody grabbed his collar

He cried the whole way home

No one been remembered a thing when they saw him again

That’s how it is ’til the end

Yeah

Happy #MusicMonday and h/t Tren C 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0jqPvpn3sY&feature=share

Mind Mischief – Tame Impala

Mind Mischief – Tame Impala

I love Tame Impala’s retro sound. When I say retro kids, I mean 60s and 70s. I have the limited edition of Innerspeaker from 2010 and still enjoy it. Mind Mischief is on the second album, Lonerism

The “official” video is linked below. It’s kind of NSFW and the song & video can be interpreted many ways. The album Lonerism is about a lonely guy. So I think the song and the “official” video are about a lonely school boy who fantasizes about his teacher. There are sexual overtones to the video and song and I’ll just leave it at that.

Feels like my life is ready to blow,

Me and my love we’ll take it slow.

I hope she knows that I’ll love her long,

I just don’t know where the hell I belong.

How optimism led me astray,

Two hundred things I took the wrong way.

But I saw her love gauge running low,

I tried to fill but it overflowed.

She remembers my name

Could be blown way out…

It’s all going to change

She remembers my name.

But she was only messing around,

Please, no more playing with my heart.

Ooh, go with mr. right just for once!

Oooh, no more mischief with my mind.

Then it all just came out

Guess I’ll hold it in next time…

No more getting it wrong,

I’ll be frozen here on.

If forever we’ll see,

but no more guessing for me.

Oh, I was just so sure of everything

Ooh, that’s what you get for dreaming aloud

Oh, the day that words are clearer to me.

“Official” video

Tame Impala – Mind Mischief

Happy #MusicMonday  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF5E2X55_kg&feature=share