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CULTURE DEBT

GUEST LIST

Quit a band that was getting successful because he hated everyone in it

vex on it

after hours

Honest use case: People who feel excluded but find power in creating their own scene.

Exhibit: “By two, the queue had all defected”

style

  • indie dance
  • alt-dance rock
  • driving four-on-the-floor with live drums
  • dark moody synths
  • chorus-drenched guitar stabs
  • urgent male vocal
  • propulsive and cool
  • american accent
  • nocturnal and restless
  • american accent

the numbers

bpm
129
key
F# minor
energy
0.75
dance
0.95
valence
0.55
vocal at
1.9s
length
3:59
words
245
clichés
0
language
En

most sung: “list” ×14 · “i'm” ×13 · “curb” ×4

shared with the crate: 35 other songs use “rain” · 12 other songs use “smoke”

lyrics

(a clipboard flips a page)
(name? ...name?)

I stood in line in borrowed shoes
The bouncer read his little scroll
I watched him lose me twice, then choose
To let in someone else's soul
(next, next)

And the bass inside is calling
Through the brick, through my chest
(through my chest)
Everybody's somebody
I'm just better than the rest

I'm not on the list (not on the list)
I'm not on the list
So I'll start my own club on the curb
I'm not on the list (never was)
I'm not on the list
And the curb's got a better sound
(dance! right here! dance!)

A girl came out to smoke and stayed
Said the vibe in there is dead
By two, the queue had all defected
To the party in my head
(in my head, in my head)

I'm not on the list (not on the list)
I'm not on the list
So I'll start my own club on the curb
I'm not on the list (never was)
I'm not on the list

Inside they queue for water
Out here the rain is free
(free, free)
The bouncer's shift ends at four
And then he parties with me
(name? ...doesn't matter anymore)

I'm not on the list!
I'm not on the list
So I'll start my own club on the curb
I'm not on the list
I'm not on the list

(the streetlight is the strobe)
(last one on the curb turns it off)