Tangerine Visions

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The Libertines - ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’

I’ll take you anywhere you wanna go

I know, for my one audio post of the day, I could’ve picked something off Up The Bracket, and perhaps I should have, but there’s just something about ‘Can’t Stand Me Now’ that draws you in and holds you in its grasp forever. It’s bitter and sad but nostalgic and full of love all at the same time. It’s probably also one of the best examples of how clever, how biting and sharp Pete and Carl’s lyrical back-and-forths can be, with Carl’s sighed an ending fitting for the start / you twist and tore our love apart and Pete’s wide-eyed but cheeky response: no, you’ve got it the wrong way round / just shocked me up and blamed it on the brown. Plus, the guitar’s really bloody catchy, innit?

i’ll never be bored listening to can’t stand me now,the libertines at it’s finest.