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Author Topic: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!  (Read 751 times)

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The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« on: June 12, 2010, 10:15:28 AM »
Does anyone have any speculations on the list of names on the Idioteque cover/being listed in the song's background? I started hearing it the fifth time I listened to the song, and it gave me chills.  Past lovers, people Amanda has lost, people who have written Amanda the creepiest fan letters?
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2010, 10:17:51 AM »
i heard Jason
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2010, 01:23:21 PM »
Past lovers and people Amanda has lost are possibilities…
 
If you take a popular interpretation of the song it could be the names of victims of war. I.e. soldiers.

On a silly note, the names could have been picked out of a top hat in homage to how Tom York constructed the lyrics for Idioteque (and about half the songs on Kid A).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkzmyarSNzQ
About 19 minutes Thom talks about his fragmentary approach to writing that Album.   
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2010, 09:05:51 PM »
I hear Michael and Thomas in there
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2010, 09:12:57 PM »
I also hear Steve(n), andrew, nathan
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2010, 09:13:53 PM »
Simon, james

These aren't in order. It's easier to hear them like 7 feet away from speakers.

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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2010, 11:02:00 PM »
Brian, Even, Steven, Simon, Douglas?, Devon, Michael, James, Andreas, Steven, Andrew. There's some I couldn't understand. You can hear them best standing ABOVE you speakers.
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2010, 11:21:52 PM »
pope anthony josh lee steven jon brian i believe in airplanesssssss
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2010, 12:25:24 AM »
i think i heard something weird like "Ezra" in there or something... O.o
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2010, 02:47:41 PM »
We're fucking retarded. The names are on the cover of the single. On a piece of paper. Those are the names.

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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2010, 02:48:44 PM »
Well, damn.
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2010, 02:51:16 PM »
I know, right? :D
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Re: The names? The names! Oh God, the names!
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2010, 02:56:26 PM »
Quote from: Jesse on June 13, 2010, 11:21:52 PM
pope anthony josh lee steven jon brian i believe in airplanesssssss
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