OH DOCTOR CARR

Since I’m on the subject of crazy person embarrassing behavior in public resulting from listening to Ryan Adams on your iPod, I dare you to listen to this song and not have your body move. Whether it’s simply matching your stride to the beat, or perhaps turning a corner—not because you planned to—but because the music forced you to, or even channeling the song’s energy to power past slow-ass people who don’t know how to walk on a New York City sidewalk (read: shoot those motherfucking zombies!), you can’t help but manifest this song physically.

You’re like a storm tower if it had fire power 
Everything you touch burns 
Scorched earth 
Water tower burned up to the ground 
Zombies runnin’ all around 
Eventually we hit the mall 
Knock it down at nightfall 

So turn the radio on 
So turn the radio up 
So turn the radio up loud and get down 
Let your body move 
Let your body sway 
Listen to the music play 
It’s magick 

Magick is one of several of his songs over the years which break the fourth wall, focus on the physical record or album and direct the listener’s actions and reactions. This style reminds me of some 1950s throwaway pop band easily and cheaply endearing themselves to the kids, but Magick packs a much fiercer punch. As do several of the tunes on 2008’s Cardinology, although it’s rather apparent that by this point in time, Ryan Adams seems to have exhausted the well of creativity he discovered upon teaming up with the Cardinals. In fact, less than three months after the album’s release, he announced that he would be separating from the backing band, in a statement that many media outlets read as him quitting music altogether.

(Source: dailyryanadams)