"Monster Hospital" is a song by Canadian rock band Metric from their second album, Live It Out. It is the album's first single, followed by "Poster of a Girl".
The song makes reference to Bobby Fuller and the chorus tributes his hit song I Fought the Law replacing "Law" with "War". It also contains a reference to Daddy Warbucks from Annie.[2] They performed the song live at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 2006, which ended with a "stage jump" by lead singer Emily Haines where she jumped into the crowd on Queen Street in Toronto.[3]
During the announcement of the Sony PlayStation 4, the MSTRKRFT remix of the song was played in the opening video.
The song appears to refer to the political stance taken by the band in their earlier years, clearly stated by use of anti-war imagery in their music videos, during a time of rising military action. In recent years [when?] Emily has stated the song is about post traumatic stress disorder. [citation needed]
"Monster Hospital" was selected as NME Track of the Week[4] and also featured at number 12 on NME Tracks of 2006.[4]
Music videoedit
The video starts with Emily Haines walking into her living room and inserting Metric's Live It Out record into her record player. As soon as the song starts, the screen turns black and white and hands pull Emily through her carpet. During the first verse, the video interlopes with Emily singing on the floor in the living room and on a bed. When the first chorus begins, we see Jimmy Shaw playing the guitar covered in blood, while Emily sings. Hands are reaching through the roof and walls, trying to grab her (a reference to the 1965 Roman Polanski film Repulsion). During the second verse, Emily is walking down a hallway, looking around in fear as she continues to sing. We go back to Jimmy Shaw during the second chorus. During the bridge and final chorus, blood begins to leak from a lightbulb, a power socket, a television set, and other appliances (probably a reference to Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead). When the song ends, the screen becomes coloured again, and Emily sighs in relief, apparently just dreaming.
monster, hospital, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Monster Hospital news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Monster Hospital is a song by Canadian rock band Metric from their second album Live It Out It is the album s first single followed by Poster of a Girl Monster Hospital Single by Metricfrom the album Live It OutReleasedAugust 7 2006 1 GenreIndie rock new waveLength3 34LabelDrowned In SoundSongwriter s MetricMetric singles chronology Combat Baby 2004 Monster Hospital 2006 Poster of a Girl 2006 The song makes reference to Bobby Fuller and the chorus tributes his hit song I Fought the Law replacing Law with War It also contains a reference to Daddy Warbucks from Annie 2 They performed the song live at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 2006 which ended with a stage jump by lead singer Emily Haines where she jumped into the crowd on Queen Street in Toronto 3 During the announcement of the Sony PlayStation 4 the MSTRKRFT remix of the song was played in the opening video The song appears to refer to the political stance taken by the band in their earlier years clearly stated by use of anti war imagery in their music videos during a time of rising military action In recent years when Emily has stated the song is about post traumatic stress disorder citation needed Monster Hospital was selected as NME Track of the Week 4 and also featured at number 12 on NME Tracks of 2006 4 Music video editThe video starts with Emily Haines walking into her living room and inserting Metric s Live It Out record into her record player As soon as the song starts the screen turns black and white and hands pull Emily through her carpet During the first verse the video interlopes with Emily singing on the floor in the living room and on a bed When the first chorus begins we see Jimmy Shaw playing the guitar covered in blood while Emily sings Hands are reaching through the roof and walls trying to grab her a reference to the 1965 Roman Polanski film Repulsion During the second verse Emily is walking down a hallway looking around in fear as she continues to sing We go back to Jimmy Shaw during the second chorus During the bridge and final chorus blood begins to leak from a lightbulb a power socket a television set and other appliances probably a reference to Sam Raimi s The Evil Dead When the song ends the screen becomes coloured again and Emily sighs in relief apparently just dreaming Track listing editCD DiS0021CD Monster Hospital Dead Disco Kylie Kills Mix Monster Hospital MSTRKRFT Remix References edit Monster Hospital Metric Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic McGee Alan 31 January 2008 2008 will be Metric s year The Guardian Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Metric Monster Hospital Live at MuchMusic Video Awards 06 2006 avi YouTube a b Rocklist net NME End Of Year Lists 2006 Retrieved 22 April 2013 nbsp This 2000s rock song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monster Hospital amp oldid 1059700996, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
