@avclub-cda1202b5c09f5d13b67241e56e01a20:disqus As in "The Stranger" by Camus?  Totally have always gotten the same vibe (sand, beach, who's on trail, etc.).

@avclub-cda1202b5c09f5d13b67241e56e01a20:disqus As in "The Stranger" by Camus?  Totally have always gotten the same vibe (sand, beach, who's on trail, etc.).

@avclub-6dfdd63abbcb8863fba5ab0ab35d76f5:disqus Great song to listen to right after your significant other leaving you for someone else!!!

@avclub-6dfdd63abbcb8863fba5ab0ab35d76f5:disqus Great song to listen to right after your significant other leaving you for someone else!!!

I had a similar experience, but not one of and concerning one of my favorite musicians.  That's a double betrayal.  Sorry, man.

I had a similar experience, but not one of and concerning one of my favorite musicians.  That's a double betrayal.  Sorry, man.

@avclub-9c33ea7188cb0fc5d524f4ad1e8d8fc5:disqus It came out when I was a Freshman in college and I, too, credit it with my life-long obsessive compulsive relationship with music.

@avclub-9c33ea7188cb0fc5d524f4ad1e8d8fc5:disqus It came out when I was a Freshman in college and I, too, credit it with my life-long obsessive compulsive relationship with music.

That wordless little piece of music, for whatever reason, seems to tell the story of a huge portion of my early 20s (along with the first 30 seconds of "Untitled").  Whenever I hear it, even to this day, I get an overwhelming surge of nostalgia- regret and elation wrapped up in a tight little ball in my chest.

That wordless little piece of music, for whatever reason, seems to tell the story of a huge portion of my early 20s (along with the first 30 seconds of "Untitled").  Whenever I hear it, even to this day, I get an overwhelming surge of nostalgia- regret and elation wrapped up in a tight little ball in my chest.

Sure can't.  I remember putting it on for the first time and realizing the primal part of my brain was sorely missing music with some fucking balls.  '09 was a particularly feather-light year in independent music.

Sure can't.  I remember putting it on for the first time and realizing the primal part of my brain was sorely missing music with some fucking balls.  '09 was a particularly feather-light year in independent music.

Didn't that guy throw Donna down the stairs in 90210?

Didn't that guy throw Donna down the stairs in 90210?

Na-na-nah-na na na na knees, knees!

Na-na-nah-na na na na knees, knees!

This is pretty much the greatest thing I've ever seen.

This is pretty much the greatest thing I've ever seen.

I think the producer/writer's whole "thing" is songs that mention alternative subjects to the actual subject of the song.

I think the producer/writer's whole "thing" is songs that mention alternative subjects to the actual subject of the song.