Back When They Were Good: Rilo Kiley
Back When They Were Good is a depressingly long series of once great bands that have gone down the shitter.
now Throwaway pop that relies far too much on the sex appeal of Jenny Lewis.
then Hey kids, look! It’s something called subtlety. You see, back in the olden days, Rilo Kiley had better things in them than inane pap about porn stars, smoking, and whatever the hell else that last album was going on about. Take Science vs Romance for example. You could probably pull a few meanings out of it and never really settle on a definitive answer. To me it’s a song about someone moving past their reliance on religion and switching to rationality. To you, who knows? Ambiguity is a good thing. As are songs longer than three minutes. It wasn’t a crime to put out a song that ran six minutes back in 2001. If only the same could be said now.
I love the concept behind this series. “Every band I’ve ever loved has let me down eventually,” eh?
Haha, I hadn’t even thought of that, but that about sums it up perfectly.
uhh doesnt anyone remember the song Glendora the first songs they wrote and jenny says WOULD YOU FUCK ME CUZ I’D FUCK ME !
Thats your first hint of jenny’s sexuality and dont forgot the movie Dawns Plum soo this album doesnt susprise me at all.