Metric - Fanfare Parkdale

[@TomThorn4]

This track is the prize for those willing to dive deep enough into one of the best bands to ever grace this green Earth. Although if they made it this far, they're a fan for life. Welcome to the club.

[@tanishamorissaint9109]

Tombo VS TheWorld Forreal, this band's an iceberg. You can't see much from the surface till you look closer

[@gavinweaver4057]

Tombo VS TheWorld so true. I almost shared them today but I thought I'd let them find this gem on their own 💖

[@davisdavis468]

Idk how I found this tbh. I think something was autocorrected and I curiously clicked one of the search results, just cause it looked interesting. Was not a mistake.

[@davidg1558]

Glad to know I'm not the only one feeling that way.

[@finkleycarrot]

i'm flipping the fuck out in the magazine neighborhood

[@takoinche]

Back then i was an angsty black metal teenager and my father...well, not so much. Metric has had always a soft spot in my heart and i will always remember how my dad and i connected for a brief back then while listening to this great song.

[@ChaosHarlequin]

I caught myself singing the chorus to this song today and completely forgot it had existed, as it's not on any official releases online. It brings me back to highschool and torrenting music and finding other singles and unreleased tracks. Such simpler times almost 13 years ago. Funny how we just randomly remember things sometimes..

[@ohoto3896]

quite, quite. thanks for sharing. early 2000s/90s her voice was so clean. it's the dead of night and i find myself emulating her voice singing, it feels good to come back to these songs.

[@rockmandrums343]

this song is one of my all time fave songs that nobody knows about metric , this song is a gem an absolute masterpiece love love this song soo much ....

[@nicky914]

This song brings out oddly specific memories, just like the way a Perfume can. Probably my favourite metric song. And springtime. This is my springtime song.

[@Iheartjohnnycade]

This is my first time hearing this song, I've loved metric for a few months now and listened to every song, except for this one. This is the only ep song I have left and hearing it and reading all your guys stories makes me so happy

[@andrewcooke4844]

Saved one of the best till last then…

[@theoverniter]

Not to sound all hipster but I dream of a special edition vinyl of this album with this track included. I discovered it via torrent in 2011 and now I have to listen to it here because it’s not on Spotify. I’d just like a legit version of it, you know?

[@DirtmopAZ]

This was the first song I was introduced to by Metric in 2007. I went and bought the album and was shocked when this song wasn’t on there! Come to find out I bought the rerelease without this song. Finally downloaded it again in like 2012 or something and have kept it on my phone since

[@KateKillet]

Same bestie

[@yamutha2011]

Feels inextricably linked to Toronto and Brooklyn. Open up and spend the night in parkdale.

[@K1ddkanuck]

This is about the Parkdale neighbourhood in Toronto. I love Parkdale, it's one of the best parts of the city. So many great restaurants (if you've ever had a hankering for amazing Tibetan food, that's where to go), artsy boutiques, funky little coffee shops... and just a short walk from Liberty Village too. Might be moving there soon!

[@contessaanthrope5775]

Uggh, Liberty village.... with its cardboard condos and people is the plague that enveloped Parkdale. I went to sleep in my eclectic neighborhood and woke up on the set of " saved by the bell." Sad days.

[@Claire-sv7oz]

Just leaving the neighborhood and listening to this song on the way out as I take the GO Train back to Hamilton.

[@K1ddkanuck]

@@contessaanthrope5775 Ya that didn't age well. Liberty is terrible.

[@K1ddkanuck]

@@Claire-sv7oz Thinking of moving out of the city myself. What the fuck happened...

[@fbcards4all666]

I've been listening to them religiously for about fifteen years now and this was always one I just skipped over or didn't pay attention to...now I can't get enough. Can't believe I was sleeping on it all that time...funny and awesome how that happens :)

[@cecelight]

This song was the one which made me a fan of metric for life.

[@chrisn2811]

Combat baby was easy for me to like but after dozens of listens this one ended up one of my favorites too

[@MendigoNation]

I immediately noticed this song was missing from the re release because I used to listen to the whole album sequentially without skipping tracks. I memorized the album as a whole song. Why is this missing? Fanfare and parkdale are my favorite tracks...they even bleed into eachother as a reprise...ugh someone make it right!

[@KateKillet]

Grow Up And Blow Away changed my life

[@terryhoy8422]

This is the story of the first time the Angels, Metr and Pter, were on Earth, in the 40s. The 0040's, in the first century Ad. It was in Haloninikae, in Turkey. And it was a beautiful city, still one of the most beautiful that ever existed.

[@terryhoy8422]

Its also my personal favorite Metric Song. To even begin to realize where this stuff, this inspiration comes from, just is hard to really put into words. All lyrics, no matter how good, are always just an attempt, to capture that feeling, that moment, that deep understanding, that takes place at the root of the things pertaining to the living and on going nature of the Evolution of ones soul. Especially, in a world, where Events that span what seems to be thousands of years, or more, help frame the understandings we have all worked so hard to come to understand ourselves, as People, and Beings, in the Heart, of all of us, no matter where that Heart or Soul Originates. Damn, sometimes, I wonder who actually says these things. Who is channeling who? It just is in Heart, these ways.

[@terryhoy8422]

I don't know some times, myself, I just Understand, so I get it. THats all that matters.

[@chrisssssteen]

Wow I'm pretty sure I own every Metric album ever made and I've never heard this song before... thank you, it's beautiful

[@mawile3037]

Kirundist But way, this song is so true

[@afanofcanta5357]

there isn't a single song by Metric which i find 'meh'. they're all so incredible!

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

This song got me through some truly awful times. I remember listening to it on my old mp3 player on repeat for hours as painkillers did their thing...

[@paulfornal]

ive just discovered this band, and love them.. its like a mix of lour reed and the velvet underground but a more modern spin - 90s alternative all the good styles

[@davidg1558]

Discovered them because of K Flay and they are incredible.

[@carcar97]

Why the hell isn't this on Spotify

[@matthewcook7097]

The band never released it.

[@Lifesallgoood]

I have forgotten the meaning of liking a band, when i found metric i was ecstatic then i kept finding other bands and such, trying to expand my knowledge of music, I'v gotten caught up, but thankfully metric's here for me

[@AshLamAllstar]

My jam!

[@MarioGarcia-qu6tw]

I'm glad to have run into Metric music recently because of watching Scott Pilgrim Saves the World movie a decade after its release. It's funny how things happen.

[@disastrophi]

As it gets harder and harder to listen to our own music on newer devices, I hate that this is so hard to find on streaming services. I fell in love with this album and song back when it was in release limbo. I wish they kept it, I think about it often.

[@robii254]

why the hell did they remove this from the album?? I can’t find it on spotify and that blows fuuuUUUCK this has been one of my fave songs for years

[@mawile3037]

Check the comment on the " depression with skylar " post

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

It's not on Amazon music either! My very favorite song!

[@garrettcamacho524]

I remember first hearing this song when I was in Afghanistan and it brought so much calm to me whenever I would listen to it and it's just a nostalgia inducing track. I love this song so much

[@randallgrubbs4214]

I absolutely LOVE this song!! wow thank you Emily

[@37hours]

Ever song I hear is better than the last and I just heard about them yesterday.

[@marikahf]

The two people who disliked this , have been poisoned by cultureless music and mainstream and can no longer appreciate true art.... shame ,

[@KolendoTV]

My favourite Metric song

[@mercury3126]

Put this on Spotify I'm begging

[@EsketchM]

I love this intro.

[@nicolasarias3305]

fits so well with the songg

[@xXRamzyMyLoveXx]

I love this band. I was watching a video with my bestfriend. And the song The Twist was in the background, and I was like "Omg, this song sounds amazing!" (:

[@TheGravey1980]

About to head to Parkdale right now .....

[@LieutenantSarcasm26]

@NeonOctober Exactly. That's right where the amazingness of this song hits you.

[@Yostuba]

I miss parkdale

[@sketchesofariel]

@37hours: Well, it's just the beginning then. You're in for a real treat with this band. =D

[@raven610]

@37hours YESSSSSS MAN!!!! ME AND YOU ARE ON THE EXACT SAME PAGE THATS SO WIERD!!

[@gloritta]

Could someone please post the raw not overproduced version pleeaaaaase. I don’t have it any more and this song is my only connection to my parkdale charmed existence !! Thanks. If anyone could. Thx

[@deadbass36]

This is such great stuff. How could they leave it off the re-release??

[@UpperCrustthe3rd]

great song

[@izouletantoine9668]

ça groove !

[@sickmuse1]

Metric pls do more this style😢

[@betticola]

Why wasn't this on Grow Up and Blow Away?

[@MikeNoriega]

It used to be on the original version of the album (2001) but was never released due to problems with the label. When Metric got signed with Last Gang they felt the album was "not as good" and they recorded Old World Underground. Later, Last Gang bought the rights to Grow Up and Blow Away and they re-edited the song list, leaving out this song and Torture Me. I really don't get why they took that decision, these two songs are absolute gems, but the Internet to the rescue :D

[@sumdumass]

Reppin Parkdale! The lyrics kinda remind me of Beck.

[@TheresaLongo]

I've always known about this. :)

[@leahblumenthal2192]

check out emily haines and the soft skeletons and dive deeper :p

[@badnameC]

and check out "Emily Haines (cut in half and also double)" if you wanna go even deeper

[@scottcarey6811]

Why is the version of this album that's on Spotify so bad? The songs sound so much worse and it's missing this song

[@patrickgrondines3254]

because this version of the album with this song was never released

[@tracyweensmith42]

Yeah I bought the album on iTunes and it’s not on it. And it was one of my favorites! So I have to listen in here.

[@AmyNumberSeven]

GUBA has three versions: A bootleg from the early 2000s when the album was meant to be released, the Last Gang Records version from 2007, and then at some point, I don't know why, the Spotify version that's crappier and doesn't have Fanfare/Parkdale.

[@pimopimo7243]

Amy Veeres sooooo sad 😢

[@pimopimo7243]

Im buying spotify but it’s doesn’t have my favorite song

[@Store-ko7jj]

this is their best song and it's not on spotify :sadface:

[@SageSimulant]

This is a remix of two tracks, Fanfare and Parkdale. The originals and this version aren't on any versions of the albums I can find.

[@SageSimulant]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZTFeXqin6Z-iLc Here are the originals, combined into one track.

[@SageSimulant]

Actually that is a another version. This is a really weird rabbit hole. Why are there so many versions of this song and why is it so difficult to find what album they were on a decade ago

[@Thedrunkgirl]

yes, was! this song is not the first version.

[@DangerousRhythms]

@administramation I think this was released on an early EP.

[@DangerousRhythms]

@administramation Ahh never mind, it's not from an EP. I got this version with the unreleased 2001 version of Grow Up And Blow Away.

[@88Eoghan]

The version I have is in a lower key and its only 4.30, but I like this one too :) maybe they re-recorded it

[@NueveCatorce]

Me gusta (y)

[@garrettcamacho524]

2024 anyone here?

[@Sonystar9]

Was this song edited or is this original? Where did you find it?

[@patrickgrondines3254]

nice song too bad it never made it to the official album

[@XDISTORT10NX]

Where do I purchase this song? I can't find it anywhere on the internet besides youtube.

[@otakuidol7303]

Sadly, this was one of the songs removed from the album :(

[@XDISTORT10NX]

Otaku Idol Sadness envelopes me.

[@forestannie]

Otaku Idol AAAHHH so I have a rare copy of it...hmmm..I should share it on the torrents...

[@giovanealex]

+Annie Derbabian do it, please! I have a rip of it, but the quality is not that good!

[@fairal123]

anyone have the chords of this song?? please

[@MissElissaP]

PARKDALE BITCHEEES

[@UwUandaHalf]

Screww it im forgetting.

[@kphillips012]

@37hours ENJOY while you can lol there new stuff blows. compared to Grow up, OWU, Live it Out

[@crossleymichael]

not true tons of good shit i bet you arent even a record producer just another asshole

[@samanthony9890]

stay outta park dale