mix post: the loquacity edition

Occasionally, artists like to pull the trick demonstrated by Fiona Apple on her last (officially released) album, the title of which, in full, is: When the pawn hits the conflict he thinks like a king/What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight/And he'll win the whole thing fore he enters the ring/There's no body to batter when your mind is your might/So when you go solo, you hold your own hand/And remember that depth is the greatest of heights/And if you know where you stand then you know where to land/And if you fall it won't matter, cuz you'll know that you're right. There's something I admire about musicians who like to play with language and don't particularly care whether they come off sounding foolish or pretentious. This edition of the mix post is dedicated to songs and bands that spill their linguistic seed for our enjoyment.

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Mistakes and Regrets

Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left

Beulah - If We Can Land a Man on the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart

The Carter Family - John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood

Kelly Jean Caldwell - Reinventing Our First Kiss (And All the Parties That You Missed)

The Most Serene Republic - Content Was Always My Favorite Color

The Nanobot Auxiliary Ballet and Insect Art with the Office of Woodland Security, and the Evil House of Handshakes, Present: Tylenolandadida - the Deadly Ballerina - Featuring: Thechillbotslider, Thepushbuttonmaster, and the Whitehotfunkbot - and Introducing: The Doodads of Doom and the Recipe Box of Spells - More

Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist (And Other Games)

Say Hi to Your Mom - The Forest Scares the Hell Out of Me

The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers - Concerning Lessons Learned from the Aliens

Via said the gramophone, fluxblog, *sixeyes, epitonic, songs:illinois, Spoilt Victorian Child, Uncommon Folk

"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking" (John Maynard Keynes). Feel free to add more loquacious inspiration in the comments...

(Former editions: Impatience. Intergalactic.)