The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
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Artist: Of Montreal
Label: Kindercore Records
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 675818002227
EAN: 0675818002227
ASIN: B00001T39Z
Release Date: 1999-10-05 |
The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
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Tracks:
- One of a Very Few of a Kind
- Happy Yellow Bumblebee
- Little Viola Hidden in the Orchestra
- Couple's First Kiss
- Sing You a Love Song
- Honeymoon in San Francisco
- Couple in Bed Together Under a Warm Blanket Wrapped Up in Each Other's
- Cutie Pie
- Panda Bear
- Sadness Creeping Up and Scaring Away the Couple's Happiness
- Please Tell Me So
- My Darling, I've Forgotten
- You Feel You Must Go, Don't Go!
- Just Recently Lost Something of Importance
- Hollow Room
- It's Easy to Sleep When You're Dead
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Customer Reviews:
A very petite tragedy.......2005-01-07
It takes a very brave rock frontman to sing, "I am a happy yellow bumble bee/I fly around the flowers and trees." But Kevin Barnes is not an ordinary frontman. Of Montreal is not an ordinary band. And "The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy" is an extraordinary concept album, both whimsical and poignant.
The album seems to follow a love affair: people being attracted to each other, falling in love and getting that glorious buzz from it, becoming close and comfortable, but ("Only losing something beautiful could make a person feel this way") finally splitting in heartbreak. At first it seems rather sugary, but repeated listens show that it's actually very wrenching.
It opens with a bouncy, buzzy ode called "One of a Very Few of a Kind," followed by the chirrupy "Happy Yellow Bumblebee." The narrator vows "I will be a good boy and never tell you the bad things that I think about." They head to the sensuous "Honeymoon in San Francisco," followed by a string of cutesy little songs that talk about "my panda bear" and "my cutie pie."
But then things go downhill, starting with the poignant "Please Tell Me So." Then he admits, "But sweetheart, incredibly it's true..../that your cutie pie has forgotten what he saw in you," but then pleads with her not to go. The narrative ends with heartbreak, flipping through photographs and nursing his pain.
"Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy" is well-named -- it's a tragedy, but a very personal, petite one. Anyone who has ever fallen in love, but had that love fall through, will see a bit of themselves in this album. It's less goofy and more serious than Of Montreal's other albums, and it suits them well.
The music is relatively low on the weirdness scale. It sounds like a blend of the Beatles and Beach Boys -- mellow and sweet. Most of it was guitars and piano, with sweeps of organ, harmonica, tambourines and the occasional horn. But sometimes we get stuff like the representation of the "Couple's First Kiss": party horns, carnival sounds and a sweet music box melody.
Of Montreal's "Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy" is overshadowed by other brilliant albums. But this one is psychedelic pop for lovers nursing a broken heart.
fingernails on the chalkboard.......2003-11-18
This is children's music for adults, and in the worst possible way. There is nothing genuinely sweet about this record, all of the songs are forced and insincere. This is probably the second worst CD I have ever paid full price for, the worst being a Danielson Familie album.
why can't anyone else write a good, honest, happy album?.......2000-07-21
i really think it's one of the hardest things in the world to write a successfully happy song without sounding dumb, cliche, or corny. of montreal avoids all of these things successfully, and crafts pretty damn good albums. the 60s influence is obviously there and rightfully so, *i* think they pull off a more honest and dynamic approach to pop songs than a lot of their classmates in the school of pop music (their connection to the brilliant alterior movement in pop w/great bands like the music tapes, olivia tremor control, neutral milk hotel is not to be ignored, but also not to be grouped with! ).
they get slung a lot of bad reviews from people without a tolerance for any sort of pop music, but i think if you can stand to not be self-conscious about how this compares with the rest of your record collection for 40 minutes and just enjoy someone else's view into a world less tragic and bitter than yours, this album is simple but smart, sweet and quirky, straightforward and unpretentious, and so are all their others.
The Most Beautiful Song I've Ever Heard.......2000-02-19
"Sing you a Love You Song" is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. It's amazing and so, so cute. I'd like to hurt "Pop Kulcher" in the face.
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