Old Hat
Harvey Danger * Track #7 On Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
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Album Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
Old Hat by Harvey Danger
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Harvey DangerWrited by
Sean Nelson & Jeff J. Lin & Aaron Huffman & Evan SultAbout
Singer Sean Nelson describes Old Hat this way in the liner notes of the album’s vinyl reissue:
“Old Hat” is the oldest song on the album, and was the first all-the-way-good one we ever wrote. It was also the closest I ever got to communicating the uncomplicated thrill of being newly in love."
Old Hat Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Call me disruptive, say I break your concentration
Familiar patterns, like the waves that break too fast
What do you do when it's so brand new that it kills you?
Came on too strong, couldn't stand it slow
Now I know
She can knock me back like a champ
[Chorus]
Disembodied ringlets from hair that look like yours
Call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending
[Verse 2]
She barely fits inside my head, but I feel something
Every element but one is in my thrall
Stop traffic as I lie down in your footpath
Like a simile, I paint suggestive pictures of me and you
[Chorus]
Disembodied ringlets from hair that looked like yours
Call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending
[Post-Chorus]
Call me freaky
Call me childish
Call me Ishmael
Just call me back
Call me back
Call me back and I'll follow you around
[Bridge]
I forget (I forget)
What my friends look like (what they look like)
And they forget why they like me (and they forget why they like me)
But that's old hat (it's old hat)
I'm so happy (I'm so happy)
How do you write about that?
How do you write about that?
[Chorus]
Disembodied ringlets from hair that look like yours
Call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending
Disembodied ringlets from hair that looked like yours
Call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending
Old Hat Q&A
Who wrote Old Hat's ?
Old Hat was written by Sean Nelson & Jeff J. Lin & Aaron Huffman & Evan Sult.
Who produced Old Hat's ?
Old Hat was produced by John Goodmanson & Harvey Danger.
When did Harvey Danger release Old Hat?
Harvey Danger released Old Hat on Tue Jul 29 1997.