Andrew Bird es un cantautor de indie rock y neoswing nacido el 11 de julio de 1973 en Illinois, Estados Unidos. Alcanzó algún reconocimiento a mediados de los noventa como violista auxiliar de los Squirrel Nut Zippers, una agrupación de jazz que reinterpretaba el sonido clásico del swing de la década del 30. En 1996 lanzó su álbum debut titulado Music of hair que mezclaba estilos como el blues, el jazz y el folk. Despúes lideró la agrupación
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
"Well we've been doing this song all over the UK and we haven't brought it to the mainland yet. But it's very interesting. It deals with...It's called Sweetbreads...it deals with the issues, the numerous issues involved in consuming the vital organs of an animal. And everywhere we go, we find out that 'sweetbreads' means a different thing. I guess that's why they call it 'variety meats'... But, anyway... It's a really awful song. Here we go:"
G when i was a little boy Em i threw away my action toys CD/F# while i became obsessed with operation
G with hearts and minds and certain glands Em you learn to keep a steady hand CD/F# and thus began a morbid fascination
with
Am7D7GBm7/F#C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F#GG7 i could taste what you were thinking Am7D7GBm7/F#C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F#G thats the taste of neurons blinking
G do you wonder where the self resides Em is it in your head or between your sides CD/F# and whos gonna decide its true location
G cause its a question for the centuries Em from communion to mad cow disease CD/F# but is it worthy of a song or lifes vocation
Em and the sweetest sweetbread of them all Emb6 within in a kingdom of afar Em6D/F# called them thoughts and metaphor-inations Adim7 they called them
Am7D7GBm7/F#C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F#GG7 i could taste what you were thinking Am7D7GBm7/F#C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F#G thats the taste of neurons blinking
G does the thought of biles red and black Em the thought of tounges that taste you back CD/F# fill you with a noisey oscillation
G where a simple trip to the grocery store Em can fill you with an object horror CD/F# can you taste the misery of those crustations
Em and the sweetest sweetbread of them all Emb6 within in a kingdom of afar should've Em6D/F# caused some silent machinations Adim7 they call them
Am7D7GBm7/F#C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F#GG7 i could taste what you were thinking Am7D7GBm7/F#C sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetbreads D/F#G thats the taste of neurons blinking
D/F#G aw, I could taste what you were thinking CD/F#G oh, give me your thoughts about sweetbread