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AMC is aptly named. ''[[Engine]]'' contains songs of consummate Americana, for instance "[[Outside This Bar]]", where Eitzel spells out poetically the shortcomings of the fast-imploding American dream and the toll of exploitation and | AMC is aptly named. ''[[Engine]]'' contains songs of consummate Americana, for instance "[[Outside This Bar]]", where Eitzel spells out poetically the shortcomings of the fast-imploding American dream and the toll of exploitation and | ||
loneliness on people. "[[At My Mercy]]" is Eitzel at his brilliant best, a forlorn verse giving way invisibly to a swelling chorus of gilded quality. "[[ | loneliness on people. "[[At My Mercy]]" is Eitzel at his brilliant best, a forlorn verse giving way invisibly to a swelling chorus of gilded quality. "[[Gary's Song]]", played as a bluegrass-derived ode to mindless imbibing, pushes the point further. | ||
“The song started out to be about summer in Columbus; and then it started being about sitting on a porch drinking beer with a friend; and then it started being about…like, Cleveland has really bad areas where everything’s falling apart. I’ve always written really sad songs…I think that way. | “The song started out to be about summer in Columbus; and then it started being about sitting on a porch drinking beer with a friend; and then it started being about…like, Cleveland has really bad areas where everything’s falling apart. I’ve always written really sad songs…I think that way. | ||