Discussion: Cake

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i heard a sweet song by cake on the radio the other day. it has a nutty guitar riff going throughout it- i can't remember the name though- anybody got any suggestions?

>>By rico



jolene

>>By moose



cake is the best band - ever

>>By richie rock



they need to tour again

>>By bb



i love cake! the lyrics are so great and flow so well! and i love the trumpet and all of the harmony. cake is a very talented band that needs to tour again!

>>By sowaz



anna nicole smith eats lots of it

>>By steve oliver



cake is a great band, they have a unique sound, and you gotta love the guitar. a tour would be awsome

>>By Guinea pig God



Cake is good.. mmmmm

why dont they have an offical website?

>>By Neko



dont you love the song "daria" by cake?

>>By kT



what up,
just curious to know if anyone might know on the album fashion nugget, the song "friend is a four letter word that ends with n, n is the only part of the word i heard", what is the four letter word. i'm not sure if the song goes exactly like that but i'm curious to know the four letter word.
thanks for you help and response.

>>By blake41



best band i heard sa far and belive me there have been a lot. everything is great about care : lyrics and music imagination hey you must listen to !

>>By E_mail



blake 41 i honestly dont know and i was thinking 'bout it b4 and i think Cake meant Love. It makes sense because he's talking to this girl. "to me, coming from you friend [love] is a four letter word." So hes sayin that she only thinks of her boyfriends in romance an not as their friends. Just an idea

>>By promo



When I first heard CAKE I fell in love. And when I listen to CAKE now I fall in love all over again!!! P.S. I love DJ!

XOXO-
Ashes (4:20)

>>By Ashes



hes saying 'to me, coming from you, friend is a four letter word. 'end' is the only part of the word that i heard' (meaning she wants to be 'friends' which means an end to their relationship...) and ithink by four letter word its just like 'damn shes breaking up with me..'
i didnt get it at all before but it makes sense once you figure it out

>>By ray



in my opinion, I believe the song is about hopeless devotion. I think the four letter word IS "love" everytime she says shes his friend, he wants her to be saying she loves him. "i'm really only praying
that the words you'll soon be saying
might betray the way you feel about me"
he wants her to betray their friendship, for love. and then "call me morbid or absurd" hes saying call me morbid, because Im obssesed with something thats clearly dead, and absurd, because hes crazy for thinking this way. This is what I believe the song to be about, but I may just see it that way because of personal experience.

>>By TheSmirkster



I prefer ice cream.

>>By Jack_is_hot_12



the whole song is about fishing (when i go fishing)... and the four letter word is 'worm' and its the 'end' because its the end of the worms life (since it will be split in half and put on a hook) and ya know how sometimes u can befriend the worm before u kill it..thats why this guy is soo sad, cuz he doesn't want to be the fishes friend b4 he uses it for bait... lol


K ..i think the songs about love.. and i completely agree with thesmirkster....

>>By captainkozmo



anyone know where to get posters?

>>By captainkozmo



anyone wanna try and explain 'the distance" to me?

>>By captainkozmo



I've only heard one of Cake's songs; I heard it as a figure skater skated to it at an ice show.

>>By Jishy



someone left the cake out in the rain

>>By orm



Friend is a four letter word:
I started playing this piece recently, and I wasn't entirely sure what the lyrics meant. After a long discussion, we decided that "Friend is a four letter word" is make a reference to the profanities (mostly four letters), and the expression "don't use any four letter words." (if you've heard it). "End is the only part..." is talking about ending something or other. I'm not sure if that's going to satisfy y'all, but if it does, who has any ideas about Mr. Mastadon Farm????? I've never really figured it out..but a "swatch" is a small piece of fabric.

Very cool band. NEW CD IN JUNE!!! (or is it July..I got an e-mail about it because I'm on the mailing list)

Hopefully there will be a tour after the CD comes out.

>>By RegimeChange



anyone want to explain 'the distance' to me?

>>By captainkozmo



Any ideas about the meaning of Frank Sinatra?

>>By Rel



Well, bought the new Cake album. Gotta say, kinda disappointed. I only skimmed through the songs, though, so maybe I gotta give it more time. The best song I heard was "Dime." Other than that....eh. I liked Prolonging the Magic so much more. Comfort Eagle was pretty cool, too.

>>By The Walrus



Hmmm... I like Cake... I only know of two songs though... "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" and "No Phone"... And I like both of them... They have a cool style of playing...

>>By Grazyl



Ok.. My theory on Friend Is a Four Letter Word. I think it has double meaning... one of them being what RegimeChange said. Four Letter word signifies that the word friend is a BAD word. Also when they say End is the only part of the word that I heard. The letter "I" in the word friend is silent. Therefore the actual four letter word being Iend but pronounced End. To me this song could have been talking about anyone. Anyone who does not diserve your friendship any longer for something they done. But if it was written to a girl (I wouldnt know if this is true or not) I could understand maybe the love theory. But this what I think.

I've seen a lot of you asking for explanations of songs... And the one that I have some trouble with is Sheep Go To Heaven.

Rock On
<3

>>By LessThanThree



When I borrowed Fashion Nugget from the library about five years ago, I was pleasantly surprised. Good stuff!

>>By spikee



Cake is great.. I really liked the Prolonging the Magic and comfort eagle cds and have yet to hear the new one.. didnt even know there was a new one actually, but glad that i'm now aware..but before i run out and buy'r, anyone else got it? Worth while???

>>By Hedley



I just went to the chicago show last night and I was a little dissapointed, they only played for about an hour :(
oh well I am still a HUGE fan. They are soooo awesome live!

>>By jfredricks



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