Altreus
Altreus t1_j6hu6lg wrote
Reply to comment by Mudders_Milk_Man in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Highly underrated. Shame they disbanded almost at the same time I discovered them
Altreus t1_j6htxhl wrote
Reply to comment by ZweitenMal in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Which of their songs uses it? I've collected Radiohead and Catherine Wheel so far
Altreus t1_j6hqrdo wrote
Reply to comment by Mudders_Milk_Man in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Ah! Elegance and class and astounding good taste, fellow redditor! It's What We Want To Believe and today is the day I finally discovered what they're saying.
In my defence, I'm pretty sure he's actually saying crown cuckoo love, which is just as nonsense if you don't know the phrase.
Altreus t1_j6hqev9 wrote
Reply to comment by TranscodedMusic in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
I finally know what The Catherine Wheel are saying in What We Want To Believe!
Still don't know what it means though
Altreus t1_j6jo7ni wrote
Reply to comment by Mudders_Milk_Man in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Negative. Glad we live in an era of streaming services!