so, today’s video is perfect for october – it features a masquerade! plus, it’s from an album which will launch on halloween and mentions ghouls!
i’m gonna spill a secret here – i haven’t done a lot of listening in the past to florence & the machine, and here’s why (and friends, it’s a really stupid reason) – perez hilton championed the band. is that bad? absolutely not – in fact, it’s pretty damn cool for the group, because his site has a huge readership and gives tons of coverage, which is fantastic for any musicians who get a shout out.
so why the lack of attention from me?
eh…i think it might have to do with all the glee love, of which i’m automatically suspicious of. yes, friends, i am not a fan of glee. i’ve given it a few watches and each time, it felt painfully forced to me – and this comes from a girl who just spent the better part of a couple weeks revisting the glory that is andrew lloyd webber’s evita at top volume. yes, i love me some musical theatre, but there’s something about glee that just rubs me wrong.
go ahead. pelt me all you want with tomatoes. it won’t make me watch the show. plus, i saw part of the britney spears episode, and it made my ears bleed.
SO. i realize my logic over my lack of florence & the machine listening prior to this video is faulty. as for shake it out? i dig it. like, lots ‘o digging, because it’s fun and catchy and got lots of 80’s beats that will enrapture any gen-xer as well as whatever they call today’s latest generation who like to pretend they’re in the 80’s (GOD, HAVE YOU SEEN SOME OF THE HORRIBLE FASHIONS COMING BACK? peeps! the clothes were the WORST part of the 80’s – trust me. hold close to the music and movies and lose the rest).
plus, i love the lyrics. it’s all about fighting one’s own demons – which, as anyone knows, are far worse than any other kind.
regrets collect like old friends
here to relive your darkest moments
i can see no way, i can see no way
and all of the ghouls come out to play
and every demon wants his pound of flesh
but i like to keep some things to myself
i like to keep my issues strong
it’s always darkest before the dawn
and i’ve been a fool and i’ve been blind
i can never leave the past behind
i can see no way, Ii can see no way
i’m always dragging that horse around
and our love is pastured such a mournful sound
tonight I’m gonna bury that horse in the ground
so i like to keep my issues strong
but it’s always darkest before the dawn
shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
and it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
so shake him off, oh woah
i am done with my graceless heart
so tonight I’m gonna cut it out and then restart
’cause i like to keep my issues strong
it’s always darkest before the dawn
shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
and it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
so shake him off
and given half the chance would I take any of it back
it’s a final mess but it’s left me so empty
it’s always darkest before the dawn
and i’m damned if i do, and i’m damned if i don’t
so here’s to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
and i’m ready to suffer and i’m ready to hope
it’s a shot in the dark and right at my throat
’cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
looking for heaven, for the devil in me
well, what the hell – i’m gonna let it happen to me
ceremonials by florence and the machine will be released on october 31st. go HERE to pre-order it. you can also buy the shake it out single there.