Clobbered - Eels
3:22
Cookie Happened, 2026
Written by Mark Oliver Everett
Although I adored their debut and the next couple of albums, I stopped paying attention to Eels around 2001's Souljacker. This song sounds like a return to their earlier glum, deadpan energy, although the jangly, '60s-inspired pop arrangement is considerably sunnier than the lyrics. Everett's raspy half-spoken delivery describes a renaissance of sorts. The narrator here has suffered a setback; ten years of hard times have gone by. But the chorus indicates a renewed sense of purpose: "Make way, I'm on a tear / Got clobbered and laid bare / There's nothing left to lose / I'm coming through." He's been knocked flat, but apparently he's decided that's as good a place as any to start again. I'm cheered to find that Eels are still doing something worth listening to after a (gasp) quarter century.
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