Lull (song)
"Lull" is a song by Chicago-based singer, violinist and professional whistler Andrew Bird. It can be found on the Weather Systems album, released 2003, as its 3rd track, 5min09s.
Connections
Jacques Cousteau
Bird mentions Jacques Cousteau on the second verse of the song.
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- "Being alone it can be quite romantic,
- like Jacques Cousteau underneath the Atlantic"
Carly Simon/Nine Inch Nails
He makes a play by the end of the song with Carly Simon's You're So Vain, released December 1972. Or, more precisely, with the append made by NIN, when referencing Carly's song and naming it Starfuckers, Inc., on the album The Fragile, released 1999 by Trent Reznor's Nothing Records.
The original song goes:
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- "You're so vain, I bet you think this song is AbOUT you,
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Don't you, Don't you, Don't you?"
- ''Note: this excerpt is changed in the video version of the song.
And Andrew Bird quotes,
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- "I'm so lame, I bet I think this song is about me,
- Don't I, Don't I, Don't I"
Interpretations
This song has been interpreted as a reference to masturbation, but it is also commonly found in fan forums that it is about the artistical creation being a form of self indulgence practice.