Biography:
Parquet Courts is a band from New York City. At the center of the group is A. Savage, who at this point is known for his collaborations with projects like Fergus & Geronimo, Teenage Cool Kids and Wiccans. Savage is joined by three other musicians (“three quarters Texans and three quarters Pisces”) and describes the bands’ debut release as THE FALL meets NEIL YOUNG. On the band’s debut release, “American Specialties”, this all makes sense.
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Other songs:
- Berlin Got Blurry
- Black And White
- Borrowed Time
- Captive Of The Sun
- College Chess Circuit
- Content Nausea
- Disney Pt
- Free Ice
- Freebird Ii
- Human Performance
- Keep It Even
- Light Up Gold Ii
- Mardi Gras Beads
- N Dakota
- No Ideas
- No No No
- One Man No City
- Outside
- Paraphrased
- Pathos Prairie
- Picture Of Health
- Pretty Machines
- Square States
- Steady On My Mind
- Sunbathing Animal
- Tenderness
- These Boots
- Total Football
- Uncast Shadow Of A Southern Myth
- What Color Is Blood
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
F D F D
F D A C
A G A G
A F
[Verse 1]
D Bb G G
We are conductors of sound, heat and energy
D Bb G G
And I bet that you thought you had us figured out from the start
D Bb G G
We are conduits of clear electricity
D Bb G G
Now you're back on the pitch to take the apparatus apart
[Pre-Chorus]
F C D
You're an anc-ient now
F C D
You're an anc-ient now
F C D
You're an anc-ient now
Bb Bb
On your own
[Chorus]
G G
Rebels, teachers
Bb Bb
Strikers, sweepers
G G
Better protected
Bb Bb
Whenever collected
[Verse 2]
D Bb G G
We are troubled by your soft curiosity
D Bb G G
But delighted to be anti everything you were taught
D Bb G G
Are you put off by our footloose fluidity
D Bb G G
Have your hurt caucasian feelings left you so distraught?
[Pre-Chorus]
F C D
Are you quite done now?
F C D
Are you quite done now?
F C D
Are you quite done now?
Bb Bb
Not at all
[Chorus 2]
G G
Workers, authors
Bb Bb
Poets, stoppers
G G
Power resembled
Bb Bb
If we are assembled
[Outro]
G G Bb Bb
Only through those who stay awake can an institution be dismantled
G G Bb Bb
It is dishonest, nay, a sin to stand for any anthem that attempts to drown out the roar of oppression
G
Hesse Total Football
G
Twombly Total Football
Bb
Tzara Total Football
Bb
Mina Total Football
G
Panthers Total Football
G
KoBrA Total Football
Bb
Dada Total Football
Bb
Beatles Total Football
F D F D
F D A C A G A G A F F D F D F D A C
Swapping parts and roles is not acting but rather emancipation from expectation
A G A G A F F D F D F D A
Collectivism and autonomy are not mutually exclusive
C A G A G A F F D F D A C A G A F F
Those who find discomfort in your goals of liberation will be issued no apology
D
And fuck Tom Brady!
F D F D
F D A C
A G A G
A F
[Verse 1]
D Bb G G
We are conductors of sound, heat and energy
D Bb G G
And I bet that you thought you had us figured out from the start
D Bb G G
We are conduits of clear electricity
D Bb G G
Now you're back on the pitch to take the apparatus apart
[Pre-Chorus]
F C D
You're an anc-ient now
F C D
You're an anc-ient now
F C D
You're an anc-ient now
Bb Bb
On your own
[Chorus]
G G
Rebels, teachers
Bb Bb
Strikers, sweepers
G G
Better protected
Bb Bb
Whenever collected
[Verse 2]
D Bb G G
We are troubled by your soft curiosity
D Bb G G
But delighted to be anti everything you were taught
D Bb G G
Are you put off by our footloose fluidity
D Bb G G
Have your hurt caucasian feelings left you so distraught?
[Pre-Chorus]
F C D
Are you quite done now?
F C D
Are you quite done now?
F C D
Are you quite done now?
Bb Bb
Not at all
[Chorus 2]
G G
Workers, authors
Bb Bb
Poets, stoppers
G G
Power resembled
Bb Bb
If we are assembled
[Outro]
G G Bb Bb
Only through those who stay awake can an institution be dismantled
G G Bb Bb
It is dishonest, nay, a sin to stand for any anthem that attempts to drown out the roar of oppression
G
Hesse Total Football
G
Twombly Total Football
Bb
Tzara Total Football
Bb
Mina Total Football
G
Panthers Total Football
G
KoBrA Total Football
Bb
Dada Total Football
Bb
Beatles Total Football
F D F D
F D A C A G A G A F F D F D F D A C
Swapping parts and roles is not acting but rather emancipation from expectation
A G A G A F F D F D F D A
Collectivism and autonomy are not mutually exclusive
C A G A G A F F D F D A C A G A F F
Those who find discomfort in your goals of liberation will be issued no apology
D
And fuck Tom Brady!
Part Time Punx
Part-Time Friend (...)
Partes Iguales
Partibrejkers
Partisans