Pavement - Embassy Row Lyrics

I had this song stuck in my head but couldn’t remember what it was and I honestly thought it was a Radiohead song

Love how they kept the bass high in the mix. Brings the chorus onto another level.

I need to get born, i need to get dead

I thought he was saying “I’m gonna take a crap”

This is my favorite Pavement album!

Love this band. That said, I loved this song in 1992- when it was called "State of Love and Trust" by Pearl Jam :) Jussssst sayinnnnnnnn

As a big fan of PJ, I can say that this sounds nothing like "State of Love and Trust"

Freakin underated

Great song.

I'm gonna take a crap!

cheers!

Dare I assert Brighten is Pavement's best album?

Weldon Mix Yes it is, but Wowee Zowee with a close second ;)

Brighten is Pavement's best album! And "Ambassy Row" maybe the best song of the album!

My favorite. Walks with me for something like 20 years.

Slanted is for me. Followed by Crooked I think. I fucking love them all.

Just a great song, and album,....and I am a 30 year listener of thrash, black, and death metal.

Old intuition, on your dock we're fishing
 Come on now, give us a grade
 A for effort and a B for delivery
 C for devotion when the world starts encroaching on your plans Where is the savoir, where is the savoir?
 He's not here right now
 Where is the savoir?
 Where is the savoir-faire? Embassy row, the fumes they lay low
 On lanes that are wide, where the limousines glide
 On the wrought-iron gates and the bone china plates
 And don't forget your manners where the anthems play In a netherworld of foreign feeds, in a netherworld of foreign feeds
 In a netherworld of foreign feeds
 I'm gonna take the crown, I'm gonna take the crown
 I'm gonna take the crown, I'm gonna take the crown Maids, they are frisked and asses are kissed
 I needed a visa, I bought off a geezer
 Political favors could make you a savior
 In an open corner where the news is late In a netherworld of foreign feeds, in a netherworld of foreign feeds
 In a netherworld of foreign feeds
 I'm gonna take the crown, I'm gonna take the crown
 I'm gonna take a crown, I'm gonna take a crown I need to get born, I need to get dead
 I'm sick of the forms, I'm sick of being misread
 By men in dashikis and their leftist weeklies
 Colonized wrath, their shining new path The converted castle of moorish design
 If you want to stay the weekend, well, we wouldn't mind
 The plots they are hatching, the surface is scratching
 In the open corner where the news is late In a netherland of foreign beads, in a netherland of foreign beads
 In a netherland of foreign beads I'm gonna take you down, I'm gonna take the crown
 I'm gonna take the crown, I'm gonna take the crown
 I'm gonna take the crown, I'm gonna take the crown
 I'm gonna take the crown, I'm gonna take the crown

MinuteMen rip off. SM and spiral should be ashamed.

Mr. James of what song?

Velvet Underground meets the kinks meets the replacements. Love it!

I always thought they kinda had a velvet underground sound

Glenn Vaught This is really The Clean/Dunedin-Sound-ish which were themselves heavily influenced by VU :)

Well, there you have it.

Glenn Vaught, just heard this song for first time. You are so right!

More like Pearl Jam meets Nirvana

His voice does have a bit of cobain at the end haha

I fucking love me some Pavement! Am I alone, though, in thinking they remind me of Meat Puppets a little sometimes?

No comparison. Miles ahead of all pop bands.

Irony of seeing this under appreciated Pavement gem uploaded by a guy named WeezerFan4Ever #ConflictofInterest

Because Weezer stole their sound?

You mean because Weezer was the watered-down sell-out version of Pavement?

lol. no accounting for taste. Pinkerton might be the best Pavement record of all time.

Foobert Foobert ridiculous statement

Weezer had a couple of great records.

I have always loved the end of the guitar solo at 2:56

Alessandro Gobbi i

the chorus reminds me so much of another song (nirvana?) and I can't work out what it is, it's driving me crazy!!

+Ava J. I get a modest mouse vibe off this song. Love both bands.

grande som, já não faz sons destes. Pavement4ever!!

I needed a visaaa I bought off a geezaaa

I love Kim Hull forever.

Every time I hear one song in Radiohead's Hail To the Thief, I remember this song.

funny, everytime i hear the chorus, it's pearl jam's unplugged version of "state of love & trust". damn, fuck you eddie!

That's because it's literally the same song.

I love the AAAAAHHHHHH in the background at the end. It makes the song

14 years later, i remain convinced that in second and third chorus malkmus alternates 'i'm gonna take the crown' with 'i'm gonna take a crap.' i've always thought so...anyone else?

20 years later, I absolutely agree "I'm gonna take a crap" is it in the 2nd for sure.

Second verse for sure, but the third course leads with "I'm gonna take you down"

How underrated is this song?! Pavement at their best.

woah wtf is with the advert?

This is my new favourite song

I love the verse right before the first chorus...

as memorable as that Chorus is... the first thing I think of when I think of this song is those wrought iron gates.