![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cole.jpg\" "\\"Cole\\"")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
First there was Nat.\u00a0 And then there was Lloyd.\u00a0 The Kings of Cole.<\/p>\n
We have been huge fans of Lloyd Cole since his “Rattlesnakes” record first came out in the Darker Ages (1984 for you Orwell and Bowie fans).\u00a0\u00a0 Cole made quite a commotion back then and in the 90s with his jangle-pop, crafty songwriting and literate lyrics.\u00a0 Since then, he has released additional great records, though arguably not at the level of his earlier years.<\/p>\n
But never count out a great artist.\u00a0 We were reminded of Lloyd recently when listening to Believer magazine’s annual music issue and Cole’s included one-off song, Coattails<\/em>, came on. <\/em>On first listen, you recognize the voice but aren’t drawn in completely by the song.\u00a0 Repeated listens, however, leave you recognizing the brilliance, artistry and delivery of\u00a0 Lloyd King Cole, who has been doing it on and off for 27 years.\u00a0 For those who are Cole-savvy, Coattails<\/em> is done more in the style of Cole’s under-appreciated “Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe” record, and in particular its croonier, cabaret-esque second side (though with less production).\u00a0 We love the piano’s relaxed, eloquent intro to this song, followed by Cole’s lament for another soul, and his seeming gut-check of his prior offerings (of all sorts) and his resolve that “you have yet to read my defining works.”\u00a0 This previously unreleased song is articulate and soulful and harkens back to another era.<\/p>\n So listen in below, and if you haven’t heard Lloyd Cole (gasp!), we include a couple of our favorites from his earlier discography.\u00a0 We can’t wait for his “defining works” given what he’s already delivered.<\/p>\n “Couldn\u2019t get arrested Got out of the city And now it\u2019s And then again<\/p>\n Written for kicks And I may be drunk And now it\u2019s And then again Lloyd Cole–Coattails<\/em><\/p>\n [audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-Coattails.mp3|titles=04 Coattails] Lloyd Cole–Rattlesnakes<\/em><\/p>\n Pertinent lyrics:<\/p>\n “She is less than sure if her heart has come to stay in San Jose Lloyd Cole–Forest Fire<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>Pertinent lyrics: “She crossed herself as she put on her things Lloyd Cole–Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?<\/em><\/p>\n Well are ya?<\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-Are-You-Ready-To-Be-Heartbroken_.mp3|titles=02 Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken_]\n All lyrics written by Lloyd Cole and published by Chrysalis Music.\ufeff<\/p>\n First there was Nat.\u00a0 And then there was Lloyd.\u00a0 The Kings of Cole. We have been huge fans of Lloyd Cole since his “Rattlesnakes” record first came out in the Darker Ages (1984 for you Orwell and Bowie fans).\u00a0\u00a0 Cole made quite a commotion back then and in the 90s with his jangle-pop, crafty songwriting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSo you went and stole a car
\nAnd now you say that it was me
\nWho drove you where you are<\/p>\n
\nEveryone agreed
\nThe life that you were living
\nIt wasn\u2019t healthy<\/p>\n
\nOne more piece of paper
\nFlying through the air
\nAre these your waste paper basket diaries?
\nAnd you wont get to the future
\nIn that old time machine
\nBut if you climb in back
\nWe could take you a little while<\/p>\n
\nPaid by the line
\nStraight from the sticks
\nTo the beginning of Time
\nWho wouldn\u2019t want to raise a glass to that?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\nBut this is no church
\nAnd you have yet to read
\nMy defining works
\nI\u2019m getting close
\nI\u2019m closing on the final scene<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\nOne more piece of paper
\nFlying through the air
\nAre these my waste paper basket diaries?
\nAnd I know that I wont get to the future
\nIn thisold time machine
\nBut if I climb in back
\nYou could take me a little while<\/p>\n
\nAnd then again”<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAnd her neverborn child still haunts her
\nAs she speeds down the freeway
\nAs she tries her luck with the traffic police
\nout of boredom more than spite
\nShe never finds no trouble she tries too hard
\nShe’s obvious despite herself”<\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/05-Rattlesnakes.mp3|titles=05 Rattlesnakes]\n
\n <\/em><\/p>\n
\nShe has promised once before not to live this way
\nIf she don’t calm down she will burn herself out
\nLike a forest fire well doesn’t that make you smile”<\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-Forest-Fire.mp3|titles=03 Forest Fire]\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"