View Full Version : The Story Behind "The Note"
AndreTheHyena
10-25-2005, 11:12 AM
Seriously, what gives?
Dude wakes up, waters his plants.
His neighbor shows him his new flying invention, and points out how high he can fly with his patent pending wings.
Dude takes his boat out for a spin, and his girl gives him a gift of a ring on a necklace.
Dude walks down the sidewalk, all is right with the world, he stops to pet a happy dog. Suddenly, a window shatters and out comes Burning Man. Dude recoils in terror at first, but then Burning Man hands him a note and runs away down the sidewalk. Dude reads the note and is horrified.
He gives the necklace back to his girl. She grovels and cries like the trick-*** ho she be.
He hacks his boat to pieces with an ax and tears his neighbor's prized wings to bits.
Dude burns his house down and kills himself.
Is there something I'm missing?
One Step Beyond
10-25-2005, 12:38 PM
I don't know, but that story sounds ****ing awesome. Now I'm going to be wondering what the note said all day. :(
Scabies
10-25-2005, 01:28 PM
''the note''??
One Step Beyond
10-25-2005, 01:34 PM
''the note''??
I assume he means the new Bane album.
''the note''??
Hahahahaha.
REINER
10-25-2005, 01:42 PM
The Note is meant to be anything your mind chooses it to be that would cause you to ruin your life like depicted in the comic.
Lazybassplr56
10-25-2005, 06:22 PM
Hardcore music with comic books. :thumb:
Billy
10-25-2005, 06:28 PM
Hah, I didn't know it had a story behind it :upset:
StruckEverywhere
10-25-2005, 08:41 PM
The Note is meant to be anything your mind chooses it to be that would cause you to ruin your life like depicted in the comic.
Deep.
Rockafella
10-25-2005, 08:49 PM
Wow, I never knew The Note was so complex.
AndreTheHyena
10-25-2005, 09:37 PM
But why does his friend have wings? Are they ambiguously metaphoric? Am I trying to read too much into it?
YOURESORAD
10-25-2005, 09:39 PM
Its all about that song about poker.
REINER
10-25-2005, 09:42 PM
I'M IN THE BIG BLIND! WITH AN AVERAGE STACK AND AN AGRESSIVE IMAGE. THE FOUR SEAT LIMPS RIGHT AFTER ME, NEVER A GOOD SIGN!
More people should like that song. It's awesome how they show the hands progression in the booklet. When ever I play I always starting the song when I have the hand.
But why does his friend have wings? Are they ambiguously metaphoric? Am I trying to read too much into it?
Wings? Donno really, going to heaven? I assume you're trying to read too much into as it is meant to just be taken however the reader wants to take it. Or atleast that is my opinion/what I've heard.
AndreTheHyena
10-25-2005, 09:49 PM
Best lyrics from The Note:
There is no mistake that I'm not free to make
All because of six strings stretched across a board
Today, anyway. I find new favorites every time I listen to it, like any good album.
victimofreality
10-25-2005, 09:57 PM
Seriously, what gives?
Dude wakes up, waters his plants.
His neighbor shows him his new flying invention, and points out how high he can fly with his patent pending wings.
Dude takes his boat out for a spin, and his girl gives him a gift of a ring on a necklace.
Dude walks down the sidewalk, all is right with the world, he stops to pet a happy dog. Suddenly, a window shatters and out comes Burning Man. Dude recoils in terror at first, but then Burning Man hands him a note and runs away down the sidewalk. Dude reads the note and is horrified.
He gives the necklace back to his girl. She grovels and cries like the trick-*** ho she be.
He hacks his boat to pieces with an ax and tears his neighbor's prized wings to bits.
Dude burns his house down and kills himself.
Is there something I'm missing?
The way I always looked at it was from the front to the back. He does all these bad things, and then the dude gives him the note, and he's like, I should change my life. But now that I look back on it, your way makes more sense.
TakeWarning
10-26-2005, 04:48 AM
I've always wondered that aswell, that ****'s wikkidy-wack.
It's probably one of those lateral thinking puzzles. The guys in the band probably have a really clever solution to it, to what the note said, but you couldn't work it out even if you were on acid.
One Step Beyond
10-26-2005, 12:11 PM
I want to know though... :upset:
Billy
10-26-2005, 04:41 PM
Its all about that song about poker.
That was on Give Blood.
REINER
10-26-2005, 04:46 PM
'One For the Boys' track 3 off The Note
I’m in the big blind
With an average stack and an aggressive image
The four seat limps right after me never a good sign
He’s been beating up the table showing down strong cards all night
The maniac in the nine throws in another raise he loves to raise
Confusing foolishness for courage and swinging on a vine
I peek at my cards (3 diamond, 2 diamond)
And decide I’m gonna defend the four seat does the same
And we all buckle in for our favorite ride
(flop: J club , 2spade , 8 heart)
I’m first to act and bet the pot hoping to win it right then and there
But the 4 seat calls and the maniac folds
And I’m out of position with a lowly pair of
two’s The dealer burns and turns
It is in this half second where life becomes perfect
The mind a weapon
Tomorrow's worries and yesterdays mistakes they crumble and fall away
For now I’m on the wire
(turn: 3 heart )
I check, the four bets
The trap snaps shut as I push my whole stack into the middle
He shakes his head to let me know
He doesn’t have those dreaded pocket 8s
And sighs, “I have to call”
(Seat four shows : K heart, J heart )
The river comes that sexy, sexy Ace of spades
And all is well in the world
Now you wanna take a good man down?
Send him back to his wallet to steam off another 500?
Well you just wink and show him threes up
whiteminority
10-26-2005, 04:52 PM
i dont like bane but that sounds really deep, and i havnt heard this album. is it good?
REINER
10-26-2005, 04:54 PM
Awesome album.
Songs to check out: Wasted on the Young, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Swan Song, My Therapy.
whiteminority
10-26-2005, 04:54 PM
thanks reiner, ill check it out.
Berserker!
10-26-2005, 05:23 PM
My Only Sanity Within These Walls Is Where I Pray
bryce_the_cat
10-26-2005, 05:48 PM
I wish I knew what was on the note....
"Tell me that this is still for the kids, by the kids, about the f.ucking kids"
TakeWarning
10-27-2005, 06:37 AM
I prefer Give Blood over The Note.
AndreTheHyena
10-27-2005, 11:40 PM
I prefer Give Blood over The Note.
Definitely. Give Blood was kinda the turning point for me and modern hardcore.
StruckEverywhere
10-27-2005, 11:52 PM
I prefer Give Blood over The Note.
Yeah, The Note is much simpler musically, for me at least.
Tyler
10-28-2005, 03:12 PM
The Note is not that good. Give Blood is waaaaaaaay better.
AndreTheHyena
10-29-2005, 01:41 AM
The Note has about 4 songs that rule, and a bunch of "meh" songs, and then a few stinkers.
I really don't like the slower, half-time songs, because I find it really irritating when hardcore bands play an entire song as a breakdown, but don't change the vocals whatsoever.
StruckEverywhere
10-29-2005, 01:47 AM
I really don't like the slower, half-time songs, because I find it really irritating when hardcore bands play an entire song as a breakdown, but don't change the vocals whatsoever.
That's pretty much all MLIW do in their songs. Having said that, I found out today that MLIW is probably the best biking music i've heard.
TakeWarning
10-29-2005, 01:50 AM
I find some songs on The Note a bit boring.
AndreTheHyena
10-29-2005, 01:52 AM
That's pretty much all MLIW do in their songs.
I guess, but they seem to pull it off a little better than Bane do.
StruckEverywhere
10-29-2005, 01:56 AM
I guess, but they seem to pull it off a little better than Bane do.
Probably, I haven't really given The Note a proper listen yet.
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