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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14295.Pastoralia?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Pastoralia" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586324m/14295.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14295.Pastoralia?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Pastoralia</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8885.George_Saunders">George Saunders</a> 
 <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17678772?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
 rating: 2 of 5 stars It's kind of a funny story...
 Someone on topicless asked "What music are you currently addicted to?" So someone recommended the Matches, who have this song called The Barber's Unhappiness. I got pretty hooked on this song, but was listening to it thinking, this is a really weird song, lyrically. What is all this stuff about twin rose trellises?
 
 So I went on songmeanings.net, where if anyone knows anything about what a song is really about, it shall be posted. and indeed, I was pointed to the George Saunders short story that has the same name as the song.
 
 I found it pretty meh, though. There are reviews on the book jacket that compare the guy to Vonnegut and Salinger and/or, I don't remember, other people of note and worth. And I'm thinking... really? You've got to be kidding me.
 
 The song has a feel of soulful emptiness. The book is more soulless emptiness. Like, "Well, here's boring, depressing, lonely real life. Sucks, doesn't it?" The song is like a scene in a movie where people are having a really serious, worthwhile conversation on a rooftop in the freezing cold in the middle of the night. 
 
 I kind of knew I'd be disappointed...
 
 
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It's kind of a funny story...
Someone on topicless asked "What music are you currently addicted to?" So someone recommended the Matches, who have this song called The Barber's Unhappiness. I got pretty hooked on this song, but was listening to it thinking, this is a really weird song, lyrically. What is all this stuff about twin rose trellises?

So I went on songmeanings.net, where if anyone knows anything about what a song is really about, it shall be posted. and indeed, I was pointed to the George Saunders short story that has the same name as the song.

I found it pretty meh, though. There are reviews on the book jacket that compare the guy to Vonnegut and Salinger and/or, I don't remember, other people of note and worth. And I'm thinking... really? You've got to be kidding me.

The song has a feel of soulful emptiness. The book is more soulless emptiness. Like, "Well, here's boring, depressing, lonely real life. Sucks, doesn't it?" The song is like a scen...more

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message 1: by Margery (last edited 06/23/2008 02:43PM)

06/23/2008 02:42PM

I'm sorry you didn't like the book (I love it), but I REALLY appreciate the tip on the song! I'm going to go check it out!