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| | clevescene.com | Music | The Aeroplane Flies High (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Aeroplane perfected a psychotic carnival sound (from expertly fuzzed-out barn burners like "Holland 1945" to sweet, cryptic ballads like the title track), but Mangum's surrealist lyrics still dominate, filled with lovesick two-headed freaks floating in jars, semen-stained mountaintops, and flaming pianos, apartment buildings, and human heads. |
 | | At first it's off-putting that Cooper largely avoids probing the meaning or backstory behind Aeroplane's beguiling lyrics, but ultimately it makes sense to leave all that to your own inclination and imagination. |
 | | Urban legend insists that he's gone completely bonkers, but the facts suggest that he knows exactly what he's doing -- in her text, Cooper makes the point of noting that Mangum is alive, lucid, and sane. |
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