Colin Meloy Quotes (4 Quotes)

Though he doesn't write political songs, Sixteen Military Wives (a track off Picaresque , the band's third and latest full-length album) does have political overtones, as seen in the humorous video clip depicting a model United Nations conference in a high school with the U. S. representative acting like a self-important bully. It's kind of a protest song, ... My objective is to make sense of foreign policy decisions taken by the current Bush administration and showing how they resemble solipsistic bullying.

They're like the mirror of myself - I've got both male and female counterparts. I'm really happy to be playing in a band that appeals to people who I feel I could honestly be friends with. It's a luxury, I believe, not many bands enjoy. It certainly spurs me on.

Look at the leader of my country, he is somebody I cannot relate to at all. He is so far removed from me - politically, personally and morally.

Meloy's balladry brings to mind vaudeville, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, 'Sweeney Todd,' the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Kurt Weill and Nick Cave, 1960s psychedelic rock pop and roaring pub sing-alongs.