| 词条 | Last Stop: This Town | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Last Stop: This Town | cover = Eels-LastStopThisTown.jpg | alt = | caption = Cover by Seth | type = single | artist = Eels | album = Electro-Shock Blues | released = {{Startdate|1998|09|14}} | format = {{flatlist|
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}} | prev_title = Your Lucky Day in Hell | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Cancer for the Cure | next_year = 1998 }} "Last Stop: This Town" is a song by American rock band Eels. It was released as a single from their 1998 album Electro-Shock Blues. It was produced and co-written by Michael Simpson of the Dust Brothers and Eels frontman E. ContentThe song is about E's sister Elizabeth, who committed suicide prior to the recording of Electro-Shock Blues.[1] Music videoThe music video for "Last Stop: This Town," directed by Garth Jennings and produced by his company Hammer & Tongs, features E singing to the audience with various vegetables strewn around him. As the video progresses, a carrot is slowly turned into a clone of E. Interspersed throughout is a performance video of Eels performing the song on a multiple rotating platforms that move up and down. Near the end of the video, the carrot clone is strapped into a toy robot and walks away. ReleaseThe song was released commercially in Australia and the United Kingdom and as a promo only in the United States. "Last Stop: This Town" reached number 23 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1998[2] and spent four weeks at number 40 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks from November 14–December 26, 1998.[3] The song and its music video appear on the CD/DVD Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006). The B-sides would later be collected on B-Sides & Rarities 1996–2003 and B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006. Live performances of the song are featured on Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Electro-Shock Blues Show, Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs), and Live and in Person! London 2006. In 2007, a performance for the Bridge School Benefit from October 18, 1998 was released on The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 3, released exclusively through the iTunes Store. Track listing
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Vinyl and cassette releases only contain the title track and "Funeral Parlor". References1. ^{{Cite book |last=Everett |first=Mark Oliver |title=Things the Grandchildren Should Know |type=Hardback |edition=First |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |location=New York City, New York, United States |isbn=0-312-38513-7 |pages=125–160 |chapter=11 – Happy Trails |year=2008}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2608/eels/ |title=Eels | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |website=Official Charts Company |accessdate=August 26, 2016}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eels|chart=all}} |title='Last Stop: This Town' at Billboard.com |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=2009-04-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017160340/http://www.billboard.com/artist/301484/eels/chart |archivedate=October 17, 2014 |df= }} External links
5 : 1998 singles|Eels (band) songs|Songs about suicide|Song recordings produced by Mark Oliver Everett|Songs written by Mark Oliver Everett |
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