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Black & Gold

Lyrics

If the fish swam out of the ocean
And grew legs and they started walking
And the apes climbed down from the trees
And grew tall and they started talking
full lyrics
If the fish swam out of the ocean
And grew legs and they started walking
And the apes climbed down from the trees
And grew tall and they started talking
full lyrics

Features of This Track

electronica roots
four-on-the-floor beats
r&b influences
danceable beats
unsyncopated ensemble rhythms
straight drum beats
jazzy style
a male vocal
ambiguous lyrics
use of modal harmonies
the use of chordal patterning
inventive synth arrangements
melodic part writing
a tight kick sound
subtle use of staccato synths
light synth fx
synth heavy arrangements
a highly synthetic sonority
extensive studio production
a wet recording sound

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Comments

cool song. funky lyrics
We've struck Oil! cruchy beat dig it..
brittni.parr i s
actually I think it has a spiritual connotation I believe about his faith in God. He's talking about God's existence.
beccaferris8
This song sucks. How it made it to my Vampire Weekend station is beyond me. I thought about leaving it if it had been about the New Orleans Saints, but alas, it is not. LOL. ;)
This is an excellent tune.
I agree with Camille. It sounds like the end of a relationship . He's looking to the night sky, pondering love and life. It starts out as a love for the ages (since the fish swam out of the ocean and apes climbed out the trees), but something terrible happened and broke his heart (the stars fell from the sky and tears filled the ocean) and he is afraid of being without his lover. Instead of the beauty of the night sky it's just matter, just black and gold.
That is just my interpretati o n . :)
camilledelac e y
sounds like a break up song to me... or a keep from breaking up song!
chris.dwyer1
In my opinion The signifigance is the light that lights up the darkness . God is in a way the darkness in the sence that god is an unknown . But the stars serve as a light that not only light the dark but leave the clue of gods existence.HE says as he looks out he feels that weight of something beyond them . Just my opinion though. AWSOME SONG!!
"Black and gold" is explained in the fifth paragraph of the lyrics. He's looking up into the sky and seeing the gold stars surrounded by black space. I don't know what the significance of that is though.
kathomp3
I'd like to know what the phrase "Black and Gold" means - the rest of it makes sense but not that line.
I have heard Katy Perry do a cover of this song and its good too!
I love this song! I think it was in FAME and I loved everything about that movie! Haha
its just a song...
cyemmot
Jesus Christ people can't you just enjoy the song without injecting religion (either way, mind you) into it?

Oops.
veganvictori o u s
NOW, if you're one of those cooky fundamentali s t s who believe the bible literally and think God created the world in 7 days, and all man evolved from Adam and Eve...you're a moron. That would be incest on a global level, think about it. Read a book.
veganvictori o u s
Even if you believe in God, that doesn't mean evolution didn't happen. It's a FACT. There are skeletal remains and fossils which are indisputable . There are plenty of intelligent people who believe in God and realize evolution did occur under his watchful eye. Evolution is not the abscence of God. It is simply the process in which the world was made.
now your comment looks silly moohaney since i deleted my comment. tee hee.
Yes! It totally shows how pointless everything would be without God and if evolution were actually true.
Why the f**k would a gay British man sing a song about an American football team? Listen to the lyrics and expand your inbred mind.
tif_tif
I wish this song got radio airplay in my area...
omg im so glad this song is about God, it made it even better because a song this awesome you would not expect to be about God. =) Yay!
eningram
so i've been told that this song is actually about God. i kind of see it. either way it's pretty great.
crisp production
willowtree_7 7 7
its kinda an odd song,b ut i like it. :)
sweet
I am so glad I finally find this song on Pandora. I love it!
gets me everytime
This song makes me wanna "Feel IT" all night long on the dance floor.... Aowww! I love this song. Sam is so freaking hot, i know im late but Im going to get the album today!
simply <3 the song

i can listen to it over and over an not get tired of it
cool sam
samster876
sick song... i like it
tight grooves
nice

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