“Lady and Man” is inspired by the movies Clueless and Romancing the Stone.
According to guitarist Mark Speer, the band often has “movies on mute while we’re recording. Like having friends in the room with you.”
Arguments between the characters turned into “a jumping off point for what’s happening m...
[Intro]
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[Interlude]
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 1]
Mama ain't cheap but I could've been had
I went to college
I could've been a doctor, could've been a lawyer
Oh, come on, not that again!
Cheap but I could've been had
I went to college
I could've been a doctor, could've been a lawyer
Oh, come on, not that again!
[Outro]
You're too angry, you're too fake
You're too reckless, you're too bothered
You're too angry, you're too fake
You're too reckless, you're too bothered
You're too angry, you're too fake
You're too reckless, you're too bothered
You're too angry, you're too fake
You're too reckless, you're too bothered
Lady and Man was written by Mark Speer & Laura Lee (Khruangbin) & Donald Johnson Jr..
Lady and Man was produced by Khruangbin & Steve Christensen.
Khruangbin released Lady and Man on Fri Jan 26 2018.
The remote Texas farm where we record has only an old VHS player for entertainment, so we often end up watching the same few movies on repeat while we’re writing music. One of those tapes is the ‘90’s cinematic masterpiece Clueless, and one day, while listening to the argument between [characters] D...