#thenationalshits

The National, straight out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Matt Berninger fronted with two sets of brothers making up the rest of the band. Indie rock stuff really. Saw them at The Irish Centre in Birmingham, a venue much like an old social club with tables and chairs round the edge of the “dance floor”. It was amazing. Saw them again at the Royal Albert Hall, not so. I do have a slight problem with them in that when it’s not a hit its really not a hit. But there’s still plenty around to make a pretty stellar playlist!

Fashion Coat – Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers

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Secret Meeting – Alligator

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Lit Up – Alligator

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Daughters Of The Soho Riots – Alligator

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“You were right about the end
It didn’t make a difference
Everything I can remember
I remember wrong
How can anybody know
How they got to be this way
You must have known I’d do this someday
Break my arms around the one I love”

Abel – Alligator

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“You turn me good and god-fearing
Well, tell me what am I supposed to do with that
I’m missing something
Yeah, I’m missing something
My mind’s gone loose inside the shell
My mind’s gone loose inside the shell
Well, I’m missing something
Yeah, I’m missing something
Abel, my mind’s gone loose inside the shell
Well, my mind’s not right
My mind’s not right “

Mr November – Alligator

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“This is nothing like it was in my room
In my best clothes
Trying to think of you”

Green Gloves – Boxer

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“Cinderella through the room
I glide and swan
‘Cause I’m the best slow dancer
In the universe
Falling out of touch with all my
Friends are somewhere getting wasted
Hope they’re staying glued together
I have arms for them”

Slow Show – Boxer

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“Standing at the punch table, swallowing punch
Can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone
A little more stupid, a little more scared
Every minute, more unpreparedI made a mistake in my life today
Everything I love gets lost in the drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
Way out of sync from the beginningI wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God, I’m very, very frightened, I’ll overdo itLooking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
And not thinking of my dick?My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
From one side of it to the otherI wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God, I’m very, very frightened, I’ll overdo itYou know I dreamed about you
For twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for twenty-nine yearsYou know I dreamed about you
For twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for twenty-nine years”

Apartment Story – Boxer

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Guest Room – Boxer

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