The National - Tropic Morning News (Lyric Video)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ม.ค. 2023
- 'Tropic Morning News' is taken from forthcoming album 'First Two Pages of Frankenstein', out now via 4AD.
Stream 'Tropic Morning News' here: thenational.ffm.to/tropicmorn...
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Credits:
Directed by Noah Sacré / @speelburg
Lips by Anja Sacré
Design by Pentagram
Lyrics:
I wasn't starting yet, I didn't even think you were listening
I wasn't ready at all to say anything about anything interesting
It's a thing you have, you just don't know that you do it
You wait around in a conversation while I get in and start stumbling through it
I was so distracted then
I didn't have it straight in my head
I didn't have my face on yet
Or the role or the feel of where I was going with it all
I was suffering more than I let on
The tropic morning news was on
There's nothing stopping me now
From saying all the painful parts out loud
Got to my feet feeling that I'd let you down
Wanted to say it slow and perfect but it all somehow got switched around
Something went off on its own, my dumb automatic chit chat
It's not what I meant to say at all, there's no way you can attach me to that
Got up to seize the day
With my head in my hands feeling strange
When all my thinking got mangled
And I caught myself talking myself off the ceiling
I was suffering more than I let on
The tropic morning news was on
There's nothing stopping me now
From saying all the painful parts out loud
Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?
Oh, where's the brain we shared?
Something somehow has you rapidly improving
Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?
Oh, where's the gravity gone?
Something somehow has you rapidly improving
You found the ache in my argument
You couldn't wait to get out of it
You found the slush in my sentiment
You made it sound so intelligent
You can stop and start an athlete's heart
How do I feel about it?
I would love to have nothing to do with it
I would like to move on and be through with it
I'll be over here lying near the ocean making ocean sounds
Let me know if you can come over and work the controls for a while
I was so distracted then
I didn't have it straight in my head
I didn't have my face on yet
Or the role or the feel of where I was going with it all
I was suffering more than I let on
The tropic morning news was on
There's nothing stopping me now
From saying all the painful parts out loud
Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?
Oh, where's the brain we shared?
Something somehow has you rapidly improving
Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?
Oh, where's the gravity gone?
Something somehow has you rapidly improving - เพลง
You know how it works: you enjoy this because you're happy and you need a little dose of nostalgic sadness, or you're sad and you need a little bit of joyful nostalgia. Or you just simply want to feel deeper. The National is always there.
Yep. The same.
Nice to have them as a constant. We r lucky they r a band after over 20 years
The N will take you everywhere with their music
Nailed it, Cosmic.
So it is...
The tropic morning news is ON
The phases of listening to a new song by The National. First listen: it’s okay but not as good as (fill in the blank.) 2nd listen: something clicks. 3rd listen: new favorite song that you can’t live without.
Glad I'm not the only one who goes through this process lol
Couldn’t explain it any better myself!
@paulsandor3522 ... Perfectly said. 💜💙💜
Checks out.
Exactly this!!!
Every time I wait for new National music to drop, it feels like i been waiting 29 years.
Been missing it for 29 years :)
Coming to Madison in April with the Beths. Got tickets.
Agree. I’ve been standing at the punch table, swallowing punch for awhile now.
Nice!
😂
Beautiful. Berninger: “It became a song about having a hard time expressing yourself, and trying to connect with someone when the noise of the world is drowning out any potential for conversation.”
To much drama if that's the deal..😂
@dionpryor369 I’m not sure if you are trying to be funny or trolling, but...no. For a lot of us there are neurological reasons for this sort of thing. Imagine you suffered from debilitating migraines, but if you ever mentioned it you got told you were such a whiner. The headache is in your head right? Must be your attitude. Get over yourself.
It does not necessarily work that way.
I don't think The National gets enough credit for how funny some of their lyrics are. Heard "I'll be over here lying near the ocean making ocean sounds" and the mental image instantly cracked me up. Love it!
This feels like a return to their style from the High Violet and Trouble Will Find me period in their discography, which was always my personal favorite era for The National
TWFM is the quintessential The National album
exactly! this has that classic The National feel from that era.
Right when the music started I was once again reminded why I love The National. Sometimes I go months without listening to them because I try and check out other music but something always brings me back and I get hooked all over again. Hope to see them live if they decide to go on tour.
They just announced a huge tour this year, check the dates!
Same here...time to go through the back catalogue again in readiness for April 28th 👊
Same
Its exactly the same in my case. I always start listening to their albums again after months.
Right
Honestly one of the best songs I've ever heard- caught it on the radio. So glad I did. What a freakin gem. I hope it blows up.
Alt Nation
It did
Number one on alt nation top 18 this week
Man I envy your radio stations 😂
This is a huge classic already an hour after it dropped.
I loved it the first time I heard it live when I saw them on tour last year. That's rare, as I usually need to hear a new song a few times.
No its not lol but it's pretty good
@@shawnfreemasonog yes it is.
"There's nothing stopping me now from saying all the painful parts out loud" This one line is just incredibly powerful, reigniting past pains and also quelling them with catharsis. Love it!
I'd heard of the band and I know I've heard a song or two on Sirius, but then I heard this one while driving the other day. There are songs that pass as popular music these days and then there are lyrics as brilliant as this with a hypnotic melody that carry them along. Wow.
One of those rare songs that becomes a soundtrack to your life. The first time you hear it and listen to the lyrics, it’s like the world stops for a moment. Pure artistry.
This is my introduction to this band. Where has it been all my life? Fantastic
never to late to join the party. they have been making incredible albums for almost 20 years now - go forth and discover them all. You won't be mad that you did. enjoy the journey mate.
I wish I could discover and hear them again for the first time. So many heart-wrenching hits.
That's awesome, now you can dig up more amazing stuff. They have quite the discography.
Wow, you are such a lucky guy. Now you can hear through soooo many amazing songs at once without waiting years between the albums.
@@leatheredlife4861 I've been trying to navigate it by youtube is showing me all the recent stuff. Where do I start?
Excellently written, I would call it perfection
The best song of 2023. Already...
Like a warm blanket soothe my
Soul. My angst. My confusion. My inner self talk and observations. My regrets and missteps..thank you national…first heard these dudes living in a homeless shelter. My
Demons was the first song that connected being in rehab at that time and I would just listen alone in the workout room over and over. ❤
It's getting better and better with times. Thank you.
There is something deep inside of me that only the music of The National is touching. Hard to describe.. but its safe to say that The National will forever by my favourite band by far. Soo good and so special! ♥️ Much love from Germany
I'm an recovering addict. One thing that helped me was the thought ' you have to live, to see the the National concert'. I know it's childish, but that was the first, then I' ve gotten other goals for myself. I love them. Thank you for making my life better♥♥♥
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It makes perfect sense to me, and I can so relate. I've been dealing with depression for some years now (my theme song for 2018 was "Demons"), and last year a nearby show that had been cancelled in 2020 got rescheduled, and we finally got to see The National live. It actually cut through my persistent anhedonia, and is the one thing I'll remember about last year. It was genuinely worth hanging on for. (They performed this song too.)
@@jimwilliams3816 yes! music makes life worth living 🥹
This was playing one of the last days that I left the hospital with my wife dying from cancer. She's gone. This is a bittersweet memory hearing this song.
Sorry to hear about your loss xx
Thank you. @@rachelwashbourn9075
Thank you for that.
I was born in 65, but in every decade, there are great bands, great singers. Creativite is a wonderful think. 😘
Consistently consistent. I'm grateful for a band you can count on to produce great music. I'm still confused how these guys are not recognized as one of the best around?
Nobody writes "sad dad songs" quite like The National... and I love each and every one of them.
I randomly discovered this band in 2012 while helping take care of my grandfather. I've been a big fan since that day.
Beautiful and achy like everything The National puts out. Can't wait to listen to the rest of the album.
But no one said how satisfying that scroll of lyrics has as progresses with this soul serving song. Thanks for no distractions National. All in love ♥️
6 spins in a row and this tune gets better every time. Everything this band releases makes me smile...Carrying the torch in a big way!
It's always a good day when you hear a new National song on the radio first thing in the morning.
This is so therapeutic to listen to in the morning while having your cuppa of coffee!!!☺
I love these songs. The National has captured my heart for a long time.
The National has Nationaled right back with an instant hit and I am HERE FOR IT. So glad to see the guys roar back once again!
How do these guys make such great music? Over and over again....
it's not an unexpected consequence of loving your music that I have become more emotionally capable. The regrets and occasional sadness in life are met with a strength that is built through devotion to your very meaningful lyrics and sound. Thank you so much.
One of the very best bands producing music at the present time. Matt Berninger’s voice is mesmerizing.
I agree. They were in Portugal in September, I could not go, but I listened to The whole concert on the rádio. It is a station of alternative music. Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹. 😘
Love it. As I get older (into my mid 30's now) it's comforting to know that the bands who were so crucial during my development are still making great music. Not every band can do it. Thanks guys.
Instantly fresh, instantly classic, instantly The National 😍
43years, 13 year old at heart, holding my head, and singing my life.
Interesting…..
New to The National. 😊
Got some listening to do
A beautiful world to discover for you.
Welcome . Try Apartment story, Humiliation, England, Mr. November and No one else will be there... You can thank me later.
@@SteveBogia listened. Thank you. Found my running/cycling music… pace. 👍
@@IAm010110 Next stop, listen to their albums High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me. This song feels right at home in that era. Enjoy! They really don’t miss.
@@HeatherBellson nice…. Thanks 😊
Have been waiting so many months for the studio version of this and safe to say, it certainly doesn’t disappoint. Cannot contain my excitement for the new record!
Haunting, haunted memories of another lifetime ago. Excuse while I get lost here for a while. Love love love
Love that guitar solo… great song.
Got the notification, already 14 hours since release, pressed play, repeat, and again, 6 times now… THIS IS GREAT MUSIC!!!
Someone in the comments mentioned going months without listening to The National and always being drawn back. I totally agree, it's like coming back home to a newly arranged living room, but it still feels like home.
A break from them never hurts. I'll kinda shift my addictions from The National to Interpol. It's the perfect balance for me.
So glad I heard this. Now i play it multiple times a day.
This song is so beautiful. I have been listening to it in a loop.
A wonderful song, classic National, definitely in lyrical phrasing and those melodies. A triumphant return! (I know we had Weird Goodbyes which was also amazing!)
I'm hesitant to say this but ... this is an instant classic National song.
It's a classic without hesitation!
My brother in christ this is the exact same boring synthpop song every band that used to be a band has put out every year for the last 3.
@@adrowningwitch5185 the only other negative person I've seen about their new sound. I wanted more of Trouble Will Find Me. This just sounds so artificial
@@PizzaTime1876 If you wanted more trouble will find me, and this isn't scratching that itch, I think you need to just buy a second copy of trouble will find me, because nothing is ever going to be similar enough to satisfy your want. Do you not like graceless or don't swallow the cap or sea of love? Cause this song sounds just like those.
@Ashley Don't Swallow the Cap is my all time favorite song. As far as vocals go this isn't bad. Can't say the same about the instrumentals. In my opinion the live version of this song will probably be amazing
Was feeling sad driving and this came on and I couldn't be sad anymore
I absolutely LOVE The National!! Saw them this summer at Edgefield, my 1st solo concert. I'll never forget it 💋
Li ho ascoltati per caso la prima volta, ma me ne sono subito innamorata!!!! Li ho ascoltati dal vivo al loro concerto a Ferrara: magnifici!!!!! Ancora mi regalano grandi sensazioni!!!❤
The beginning soundscape is probably the best packaging of your signature sound I’ve heard in my opinion.
*The Tonight Show brought me straight here!*
AMAZING BEAT, sound, vocals! Reminds me of finding an 80’s lost gem song that you haven’t heard SINCE the 80s and you get that same nostalgic feeling when listening to them. A mixture of Ice House, Van Halen, Oingo Boingo, The Tubes, M. Ward, R.E.M, Love Spit Love… you get the point!😂🤣👌🏻
Every time I listen to this song I am truly grateful there are bands that bring on the sh-as they do.
This song is ethereal yet molded from a blend of total cool.
Way cool.
Dig it.
This gentle sadness & enveloping warmth of your music that we love so so much! Thank you 🤍 I hope one day you consider October Drift as your support on the UK tour, they are great lads and big fans of yours from an early age x
Goosebumps all over and I can feel my soul lighten. Thanks guys, I love it.
Thank you National. So excited for your new album!!!! Beautiful song!!
Best song 2023 so far.....! 🙌
I was fortunate to see the last tour where they played this and a few new songs. Wasn't sure what to think in the moment, but really enjoy this and Weird Goodbyes
Is someone also so much into the way Matt sings "with my head in my hands feeling strange" at 1:42 to 1:46? It's sounds so perfectly soft.
The whole song has that perfect balance of darkness, softness and lightness. Masterpiece!
Five seconds in and I love it already ♥🎶.
This song has such a classic 80s vibe to it I love it!
reminds me of david bowie...
Such a comforting voice. Brings feelings and memories of joy and happiness.
This song is just great. I don't need to say more, I just love it.
Best song they have made in years 🎉
WHEN WE NEEDED THEM THE MOST, THEY CAME BACK 💛💛💛
Just... OMG. This song has immediately booked for herself a permanent spot in my memory. The National have made it again, great guys!
When we first met, The National, I was around 17. My soul was touched by an inner state of happy sorrow coming from your sound. It was like finding the impossible, it was like finding something made for me and the only real source that could understand the depths of me. Ten years have passed and it is still the same. I was once a teenager and now I believe I'm an adult and the songs, new and old ones, still touch my soul the same way, with the same power. Now I have lyrics made by you tattooed on my skin.
I have exactly the same... All those songs on High Violet, songs as Karen, Mr. November, Fake Empire, Mistaken for strangers, Slow show. Damn, such an amazing band.
@@teitsie3853 Slow Show's lyrics are the ones I have tattooed
Exactly same feelings and I was 17 too when I discovered The National ❤
My life changed in 2010 when I heard them for the first time on the radio, Sirius Coffeehouse channel played Sorrow, was blown away, and within a few weeks they played I'm Afraid of Everyone. I didn't know music could be so good, and I have been an avid music consumer since the late 70s.
Very much looking forward to the release of the rest of the album
Love this song 🎶 those old new wave vibes … so precious!
One of my favorite of you guys, Amazing Art!
I will never understand how you can pop lock and drop it while simultaneously cry to their music
Ah, the soft wallow. Love it.
what could go better with coffee in this depressed cold snowy january midweek morning than some new national music, ah small things in life, love to you all ❤️🎶
Listening to this outstanding song in dolby atmos is just mindblowing
WOO!!!! I love it so much. This album is going to slap so hard.
Watch I'm going to play this one 4 times in a row! I'm feeling this song!
I’ve loved this song since I heard it live. All time classic! Can’t wait to hear the rest of the album!
Another classic by this band, looking forward to seeing them live this year in Dublin & Lisbon
Like every national song. It takes time to completely embrace it. Man this lyrics again..every song has an amazing line in it
This is an epic track. Just has this kind of magic you cannot really pinpoint. Can listen to it on repeat. Really looking forward to the album...
Brilliant 👏
Absolutely beautiful. Love this and have been playing it on repeat since I first heard it. Got into The National only in the last couple of years and it’s music that really connect with me. Something about this song reminds me of the genius of the Pet Shop Boys who are also masters of marrying melancholy with beautiful pop melodies.
♥ 10 years ago I listened The National for the first time ♥
Oh how I missed this band. Cant wait for this album, already it's touching my heart
It's great that The National gave a new platform to the rising stars in their last album, but I think every The National fan wanted more of them. I kept thinking, "it would have been amazing to have the authentic The National sound with some well-known guests (Bon Iver, Sufjan, Phoebe, etc.). And guess what? They did exactly that!
Phoebe Bridgers was an inspired choice. I'll be shocked if her vibe and voice don't fit hand-in-glove with the band.
As long as The National keep making wonderful, blissful music, and this English man's heart swoon, I'll always pretend I'm a pseudo American. 👌🙌❤
This hits home so hard for me right now in my life and it couldn’t have popped up at a better time ❤ thank you guys ❤
Really gorgeous. Love this! Best song of the album by far
The National just don't miss. 🤯
The National is the best active music band from the USA . No other is even close.
Lord Huron is probably better these days
@@mgreco712 Really…??? I do not know them…I will look for the right away…thanks…
Lord Huron is awesome live, Fleet Foxes as well
Love this song. Will say though that the lyrics are coming from an anxious-avoidant attachment style. Makes me think of my ex and how no matter what we try to help create a safe environment, we are never enough for them - ask for their needs, they still run away without giving it a chance. If only love was not scary for them. Wish it was enough. Takes trust, communication, and compromise. Rest well my heart. Rest well. Thank you for a wonderfully timely song
Yeah, I heard that too. One of the things that I appreciate about The National is that their lyrics really speak to neurodivergence. Dysautonomia sucks. I do what I can to manage myself, but it never really goes away. Sure wish it would.
This song has no right to be this good. Has such a 90's vibe too it.
Just brilliant...
Saludos desde Lima Perú, good song. thanks 99.1 fm
This is it. I can dance to it and still be sad. Wink 😘 Beautiful
❤️❤️❤️ LOVE at first listen!
OMG Thia song is great. They never disappoint.
WHAT A TUNE
Love the hidden messages of how media can impact us. This song is so beautiful and powerful
It is a beautiful Sunday with new music from The National