The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Oct 14, 2022) Album • Page 97

The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of

 

late but finally watching

 

I have like two segments to watch still. I need to get back to it.

 

its sooooo good! and when they show the exact spot where he wrote "The City"....you will get chills.

 

I wish my dad was still around to hear this album… some of my earliest and formative memories involving music was hearing him play stuff like Genesis, Phil Collins, Sting, U2, around the house… and stuff like Earth Wind and Fire as well…

Now fast-forward, The 1975 is here recording in Peter Gabriel’s studio in 2022, and sounding like an amalgamation of all these influences (and more) in a more wholistic way than ever before…

Just some uncanny parallels, yet it’s contemporary and they do it in such a forward-thinking sort of way. It’s fun to think about… like these guys are our generation’s equivalent to all of that type of thing.

 

you could even say it's the 1975 at their very best

 

Human too is easily the standout. Also why is Matty singing with that fake British accent?

 

About You is them at their very fucking best. I can't stop listening, moves me to tears every time

 

interesting to read that both "wintering" and "about you" were originally intended for DLID

 

I know we keep mentioning With or Without You but every time I hear Matty start that first line on About You I think he's gonna sing "I, I wish I could swim..."

 

Man, I probably won't be able to listen to this the way that I like to hear new albums I've been anticipated for a couple days, but I also don't want that first experience jeopardized so I've gotta be strong. You guys are making that fucking hard though, this sounds incredible

 

its soooo worth the wait if you want to listen to it in a particular way

 

Yeah more so with this band than others, the first listen needs to be a headphones or nice speaker listen. Not really a first listen in the car or in the background kind of band.

 

Also think this demands to be listened to fully though, top to bottom. It flows and builds so beautifully in sequence.

 

My mom likes Oh Caroline

 

Personal fav so far is Oh Caroline!

 

This rules

 

See you guys get it haha

 

really glad I watched it

 

I wonder if this will be the album that finally breaks them completely in America. I feel like they’re quite popular here but they haven’t had a full breakthrough yet like Dua Lipa or Harry Styles. It would be cool to see for sure.

 

right?!?! it basically sets up the album and puts you in the right frame of mind.

 

Some annotations on Genius are really insightful and some are just so cringe like someone practicing for their English Literature GCSE exam

The lyric will be like ‘Hey’ and the comment is “With this line Healy contrasts the whimsical nature of the….”

 

That's Genius in general haha.