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The album cut a path for future indie rockers with an affection for lo-fi recordings, noise, indolent pop, and the disjointed rhythms of post-punk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSummer Babe\u201d opens <em>Slanted And Enchanted<\/em>, and arrived from a desire to write something memorable. It worked, and it helped make Pavement unforgettable, no matter how little the band appeared to be trying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pavement- &quot;Summer Babe&quot; (Unearthed Video from 1992)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c9Ks0kvlxXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ice, Baby<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malkmus was living in New Jersey when he wrote \u201cSummer Babe\u201d. He\u2019d grown tired of ear-splitting rock and wanted to write something catchy. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna mess around with this noisy art thing. I\u2019m going to make some real songs that people remember,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/stephen-malkmus-my-life-in-15-songs-629346\/our-singer-629370\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So he begins with a wave at Vanilla Ice in the dry wit that became a feature of his writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may notice similar irony on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-meaning-behind-c-e-o-by-weezer-and-the-bands-self-aware-return-to-form\/\">Weezer<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBlue Album\u201d, where beneath the slacker veneer lies a yearning for connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ice, baby,<br>I saw your girlfriend, and she was,<br>Eating her fingers like they\u2019re just another meal.<br>But she waits there in the levee while she\u2019s<br>Mixing cocktails with a plastic-tipped cigar<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, Malkmus narrates in a half-spoken way with more abstractions that also reveal an expectation of some kind. Musically, three chords repeat for the entirety of the song, like restlessness cascading upon itself, leaving Malkmus <em>waiting, waiting, waiting<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My eyes stick to all the shiny robes,<br>You wear on the protein delta strip.<br>In an abandoned house, but I will wait there,<br>I\u2019ll be waiting forever<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Cryptic Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though it\u2019s one of Pavement\u2019s catchiest tunes, don\u2019t spend too much time analyzing the story, as Malkmus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/stephen-malkmus-my-life-in-15-songs-629346\/our-singer-629370\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> to <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> in 2018: \u201cThere\u2019s some imagery from Stockton, California, where we recorded it, mixed in with a cryptic story about a girl and a guy. I don\u2019t think it makes all that much sense, but it\u2019s got some cool imagery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Minerals, ice deposit daily,<br>Drop off the first shiny robe.<br>I\u2019ve got a lot of things I want to sell,<br>But not here, babe, you took \u2019em all<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Dave Simpson\/WireImage<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pavement came out of the gate with a masterpiece, Slanted And Enchanted. Led by singer and reluctant guitar hero Stephen Malkmus, Pavement\u2019s 1992 debut LP quietly became one of the most influential albums of the decade. 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