I saw Built To Spill at The Howlin’ Wolf last night. The show was amazing! The Howlin’ Wolf is a great venue to see a show. I was able to get up close to the stage without being uncomfortably crammed.

Going to live shows is one of my favorite things to do. I love watching the band play as well as watching the crowd react. I enjoy seeing people in the moment – people enjoying the music and when that one person who was still all night raises their fist to the song that really moves them.

Here are the lyrics to my favorite Built To Spill song, Car:

You get the car
I’ll get the night off
You’ll get the chance
To take the world apart
And figure out how it works
Don’t let me know what you find out
I need a car
You need a guy
Who needs a map
If i don’t die or worse
I’m gonna need a nap
At best i’ll be asleep
When you get back

I want to see it
When you find out what comets stars and moons are all about

Wanna see their
Faces turn to backs of heads
And slowly get smaller

Wanna see it now

I want specifics
On a general idea
Wanna think what i should know
Want you to do me what you show
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams

Wanna see it
When you get stoned on a cloudy breezy desert afternoon

Wanna see it
Untame itself
And break it’s owners

Wanna see it now
Wanna see it now…

Doug Martsch who is lead singer, guitarist, and the main creative behind the band is so engaging. His lyrics are clever and it seems he has so much to say.

“Saying something,” of course, is always a loaded concept with regard to Doug Martsch: He has spent years telling every interviewer who asks that his lyrics contain no personal meaning, that they are chosen more for their meter and suggestiveness than anything else. Ironically, he often seems to be pondering the impossibility of clear communication: “This strange sound you said I said/ You’re not listening or I’m not saying it right,” he fretted on “Strange”. “If there’s a word for you, it doesn’t mean anything,” he insisted on Perfect From Now On’s “Velvet Waltz”. (from Jayson Greene)

I recommend that everyone goes to a Built To Spill show if they have the chance!