orangesiscool Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 (edited) If any of you have ever heard Short skirt long jacket by Cake, you probably already know what this is about, but if we are to find someone to play Dagny in the upcoming move she should fit easily into this song. Which easily is romantic art in the highest. Cake- Short skirt/long jacket From what I can find, they aren't objectivists, but most of their songs remind me of what an objectivist band would do. Another example of them is the very metaphoric song distance. Cake- Distance. Edited June 2, 2006 by orangesiscool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alethiometry Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 It's interesting to hear you say that: I've always wanted to become like the girl in the short skirt/long jacket song and thought it described a woman who was (or could be) and Objectivist. I like The Distance also. Some of their other songs are definitely not similar to what an Objectivist band would do, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edronin Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 What a co-inky-dink! I noticed the same song and had the same thought (posted it on objectivist singles). Cake's songs are so right-on that I wondered whether they were objectivist. The song "Symphony in C" is great also. It's about corruption in the arts some of the lines include: "You are seldome thinking of what is but what is not" and even some references (I think) to Kant and Hegel "victorious triads." "Long Line of Cars" is another. They're a pretty rational band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Som Guy Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Some of thier songs on thier last CD are pretty bad though, like "Carbon Monoxide" and "Tougher Than It Is". Particularly this last one where it opens with the line "There is no such thing as you". But I do love thier music and even those songs despite thier lyrical problems And oddly I too was thinking about "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"'s lyrics a lot recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) edit: never mind Edited June 5, 2006 by Hal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangesiscool Posted June 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 edit: never mind What dangerous slang that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 How funny! I love Cake! In fact, I was just commenting to my husband the other day that the only way to "have your cake and eat it too" was to listen to Cake while eating cake. (okay bad joke, I know.) Ever watch that cartoon Mission Hill? they do the intro song for it. They are a fun band. I have not seen them in concert, but have watched a live performance on tv before, and would love to see them in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Som Guy Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 I've heard some stories about large amounts of weed smoke at thier concerts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 I've heard some stories about large amounts of weed smoke at thier concerts well, I think a lot of concerts you are gonig to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presty7 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 I went to Earthfest in Boston in May of 2008, and Cake played there. It was my first concert, and so far my only concert. They put on a great show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 I've heard some stories about large amounts of weed smoke at thier concerts You should have been at a Zepplin concert back in the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realityChemist Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 So, nobody has posted on this for three years, but I just have to say that I agree. Short Skirt/Long Jacket has always struck me as a very Objectivist song, and it's one of my favorites. Also, it is the theme song for the TV show Chuck, about a computer geek turned international super spy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Rausch Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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