Why is cage the elephant awesome

At the end of a minute interview, Brad Shultz of Cage the Elephant says six magic words: "Actually, you know, there's a funny story. The band played 's soft-spoken "Cigarette Daydreams," about a year-old with a mean streak that "nearly brought me to my knees," and the senior Shultz became visibly emotional.

Shultz, 34, doesn't have time to elaborate as his phone time runs out, other than to say father and son both laughed about the moment later. But both song and crying story may refer to a difficult period in his family upbringing. For a while, when Shultz and his brother, Cage the Elephant singer Matt Shultz, were very young, their parents reportedly raised them in a religious compound. The Shultzes don't talk about this, much, publicly, but Brad suggests the family's strictness had an effect on the young future musicians.

They were trying to do their best for us, like every other parent," the guitarist says. They didn't want us listening to, like, '60s and '70s rock 'n' roll. It's a little ironic to me, because I'm sure their parents did the same thing to them.

Very powerful track with a very good chorus and absolutely fantastic verses. It seems so much more sincere than most of their material. It has a great soft opening and kicks in at the perfect time, it has great refrains and the lyrics are meaningful, relatable and deep. It tugs at the corners and makes your heart ache in such a beautiful way. Amazing song. My second favorite song from cage the elephant is soil to the sun.

Hopefully you will consider them. Listen carefully. This is humanity in a nutshell. Cage has summed it beautifully with a catchy tune and upbeat tones.

The band's second album, Thank You, Happy Birthday, was released in and was heavily influenced by punk rock as well as bands such as Pixies and Nirvana. The band's third album, Melophobia, was released in as the band's concerted effort to find its own distinct musical identity.

The band released a live album, Unpeeled, in Were you wary of repeating yourselves? I think the way that you evolve as a listener ultimately shapes the way you create music.

But also, music has been evolving so rapidly and has been for years and years. I think our ears have evolved way past where society has held its expectation. Always has been. I think a lot of that had a huge impact. What do you say to that? You know what I mean? You allow the song and the character and the personality of the song or album at large to dictate what is needed in the studio or instrumentally or as far as arrangement is concerned.

Why would you let a word dictate something like music? Music has no eyes. I mean, the eyes of music are the heart.

I was just having trouble finding the direction for the verse. We had a really great chorus happening and the song was working except for the verse. And Brad just had an instinct that Beck would know.

We had some lovely times hanging with him.