Built To Spill - Strange Lyrics

built to spill is one of the most interesting and underrated bands EVER!

Their strange plan is random McBeth

Yep. Lol. I am back in high school

This song sounds like....who gives AF, just appreciate built to fucking spill, this is them .

in high school i thought the lyrics were "their strange plan is random macbeth" which really resounded with me

Classic.

Intro sounds like "where is my mind"

I hate these folks that say "this reminds me of" insert band name here, look it's all "ripped"off in one way or another, everyone was influenced by someone before them, except the very first guy to pick up a guitar, then the 2nd guy was influenced by him. Its easy deducing people, so quit saying what we ALL already know, or should if you are a music aficionado.

This song gives me flashbacks.

chords remind me of hold me by weezer

This is one of the most underrated songs of all time

That’s strange but oh well

Thats strange, but not alllll that strange

Earth is one strange rock.

One Step Beyond!

just heard this song on pandora, i knew i recognized it from a skate video!

My first built to spill song. Got me hooked.

Han Hoon my second.. first I heard was liar

the outro is too good

fuck anyone relating this to the pixies

Yeah, they aint got anything on BTS

Groovy...

Lyrics
This strange
Plan is random at best

This strange
How much more can I take?

This strange
Change in atmosphere
And in gravity too
And it's severity

This strange
Day is almost over

Just started to
Get sick of it

And it's strange
But not all that strange
That it's strange
But what's so strange
About that?

Yeah it's strange
But why is that strange
That it's strange
But oh, well

This strange
Plan is random at best

This strange
How much more can I take?

This strange
Sound you said I said

You're not listening or
I'm not saying it right

This strange
War of promises

Let's call us a truce
And call it the truth

And it's strange
But not all that strange
That it's strange
But what's so strange
About that?

Yeah it's strange
But what isn't strange
Yeah it's strange
But oh well

This song is strange

The tone on this guitar reminds me of Toadies

this song is legit

I really love the toneon the guitars and the smoothness of Doug Martsch's playing. I would put it close to John Frusciante, though I'm not sure anyone can really touch Frusciante's fluidity.

built to spill >

coolanddeadly you're entering a dangerous territory trying to compare two legendary attists

Chord progression sounds the same as Where Is My Mind by the Pixies

Strange.

Started singing the "Ohhh Ohhhh ohh" intro in my head lol

and hold me by weezer

Who honestly cares? If that stops someone from listening to a song then it's their loss. Both Pixies and Built To Spill are all time greats in rock.

yup, I used to dj at this hipster bar and I would play them back to back, people went nuts.

that outro tho....over 9000

Built to Spill - Strange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFOjLIl7G0 Thanks MrAlstec

this song is just . . . . . . PERFECT

Love the album name :D

he where is my mind a benziyo lan

şarkının başı bi şeye çok benziyor da çıkaramıyorum

foofoos got some hot strange

I'm gonna tame that strange

Butt Hole Built to Pixies - Where is my Strange?

Theme song to my life.

Stark Targaryen THIS is the Built to Spill song that's the theme of your life? pleb

lets call us a truce, call it the truth. a strange war of promises. this strange plan is random at best

Yeah, it's strange... but oh well.

reminds me of Seattle 2003 .. His voice is so distinct . i saw them he was good

its actually using a similar structure and same key, its going from E to G# to A to B which is what the pixies do, except they put the relative minor (C#m) before the G#, thats why it sounds similar.

hahahhahahaa

there is no best bts song ever
there are alot of songs that fit very nice with different moods

I can't help but hear Kim Deal singing in the background.

I will poop in your godam cereal

this song will poop right in your godamn cereal

where is my mind and today (by smashing pumpkins), this sounds like them with an odd hint of They Might Be Giants

I love this song, and it's so hard to sing the way Doug can.. I tried, it failed, I got sad.

Lol yea

this song is perfect

Forgive the bad spelling please.

We are just people living in a Pixies world! It's like being South Park not doing somethind The Simpsons have not done. Either way.....Built to Spill kicks ass!!!!!!

I express my support for this statement.

Remebers me best summer of my life...and my first true love. Thanks Built to Spill !

i've been searching my mind for months now trying to figure out who this was, it's been years since i last heard em and i couldn't search for the song cuz well you just cant't search 'Strange' on youtube

Adio skatevideo made me know of this (and many other) great band(s) ... the soundtrack is killer!

DAMN! N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-A! I recorded a smart part on this movie on VHS,. in 2003 or 2004, was broadcast on an TV (Extreme Sports Channel, www.extreme.com). I really enjoyed the scene of Jeremy Wray 40:47, but I liked the song more. ''Van Halen - Aint Talkin' Bout Love''. I watched the VHS box just to listen to the song. He marked my childhood. There have been some wonderful times. NOSTALGIA ! NOSTALGIA! ahh ahhh. When I hear the final song '' Built to Spill - Strange '' I give my tears

Not even a guitar-- that would be Sam Coomes of Quasi playign Roxichord.. I recommend you check out their album "Featuring 'Birds" if you like that tone.

love this song remember when i used 2 skate 2001 2 3 4 5 6

sounds like "z.vex fuzz factory"!

Wait, that should be what effects are being used by Doug*

What effects is Doug using here? I mean on the initial guitar line. No doubt it's some amazing boutique pedal way out of my price range. Excellent tune though!

@poochiewus this song and where is my mind sound very similar

Seeing these dudes at the Governors Ball Festival, you should come.

Anytime I ever hear about this song everyone's talking about how this song sounds like the pixies lol

Speaking strictly as a musician, I have to say I can't listen to many songs period that don't in some way sound like, or have the same chord structure as many other songs that came before them. That's just how it works.

Anyway! I get to see Built to Spill this weekend in Austin YA!!! I thought this day would never come. I'm a little weepy just thinking about it...

Yeah... it's strange but oh well...

@SmoothHourglass i was able to get keep it like a secret used from where i work. whenever i opened it up the cover just popped off haha.

@juices1234 They are gods. Too bad Built To spill is hard as hell to find in music stores. I collected 9 of my modest mouse cds in stores. I have yet to find a single BTS one :/

@juices1234 It's not that they repeat often, it's that when they do repeat it's so similar, where as Modest Mouse repeats each line differently, and they can switch between sections, while maintaining perfect transitions. B.T.S. stays generally the same within each song.

@maxzutter B.t.s Doesn't repeat to often... They just go back to the chorus at the end. Much like Modest Mouse popular songs. I just think Isaac Brock and Doug Martsch are both fucking Gods.

To me, the difference between this and Modest Mouse, is that most of B.T.S.'s songs, have a more traditional structure, with* major changes within the song, but after half the song, you've heard it all, and you can predict the rest of the song, where as Modest Mouse makes use of that random element, staying unpredictable throughout, using different variations of the different segments, keeping it new. Also I prefer clashing to harmony, because it's still relatively new, and overlooked as "bad".

@TheButtercupTube Yeah, you're right man. In fact, I read an article empirically confirming the fact that REM donated their souls to the all-superior Doug Martsch. This is why it vaguely sounds like them.

ok I never post on youtube because it's pretty much pointless but here I go...
So, with that said, as a musician and songwriter myself I'll say that yes, the chord progression is SIMILAR for one, not the same as the pixies.
Also you can pick ANY song in history and see that pretty there are almost no new chord progressions or ways to play them. what's so awesome about this and any good song is they took it and made it there own.
You'd have to go a lot deeper to find a song that was rip off.

@roleric thanks for the props. you can find that mash-up on soundcloud: dark_manatees/where-is-my-strange/.

@jastiksk8crw me too .. this brings me good memories when I first started to skate :) , good music :)

the first time pandora has done something right is introduce me to this.

@ASkateOfMind dude I totally thought the same thing! haha

first time i heard this song i thought it was the pixies

First heard this back in 2002 on the Adio One Step Beyond Skate video.

DAMN! N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-A! I recorded a smart part on this movie on VHS,. in 2003 or 2004, was broadcast on an TV (Extreme Sports Channel, www.extreme.com). I really enjoyed the scene of Jeremy Wray 40:47, but I liked the song more. ''Van Halen - Aint Talkin' Bout Love''. I watched the VHS box just to listen to the song. He marked my childhood. There have been some wonderful times. NOSTALGIA ! NOSTALGIA! ahh ahhh. When I hear the final song '' Built to Spill - Strange '' I give my tears

Jesus Christ this song is ridiculously good. This strange war of promises.

The begining sounds very similar to "Where is My Mind" by The Pixies.....But of course thats a good thing.

whoa, i've never listened to anything past Keep It Like A Secret.. this is some good shit.

Cool song. The chord progression has a very strong where is my mind? feel to it though, doesn't it?

first built to spill song i ever heard. now they're in my top 10. =)

this strange war of promises!
best song of BTS!

best built to spill song ever

Thank you! I had (and lost) the CD and had a powerful thirst for this song . . .

thx for this...was looking for the album version!