#smokingoutside

[sweetnlowsworld]

"Born in New Orleans, raised in New Orleans

I will forever remain faithful New Orleans

I thank you New Orleans, thank you Holygrove

That's been my hood since a snotty nose" La La La - Lil' Wayne

[littlespoonjo]

Happy Wednesday!! 

Today’s song is Smoking Outside by Susto.

This song appears to be a very simple one. The lyrics are quite short, but still pretty damn lovely. The guitar riff that starts this song sets the scene, and I almost imagine two people standing around outside a bar on a chilly night in a windy city. This song seems to be about the singer talking to a girl about rock & roll, and how that music makes them feel. There are the lines, “She says, ‘This is a great song, I love you right now / It feels better outside than it did in there’”. 

I chose this song today, and was frankly stuck between this one and another jam of Susto’s titled La Mia, because of how calm I feel during it, but also the feeling I have in my heart when I listen to it. Its one of those songs where you can feel it in your chest (this is the best way I can describe it), especially because of one line. You know when you’re listening to a song by someone, and the song as a whole is good, but there’s like one or two lines that completely and utterly stand out to you primarily because of how the singer sang those words, and those two lines just make the songs that much more phenomenal to you? Smoking Outside is one of those songs. The line that destroys me (in the best way) every time I listen, is “She’s a hieroglyph on guitar strings”. I wait for the inflection and curve of his voice when it gets to this line, especially since it sounds a little different compared to the rest of the lines. It also is a very visual line. This girl is a hieroglyph, so something that he can see, but not understand at all. She’s foreign and intriguing to him, all while being perched on guitar strings. This makes me think that this girl is some sort of an influence, a foreign influence, to write and make a song, a rock & roll song, on a Tuesday night.

Susto, thank you.

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