Build God, Then We'll Talk
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| Single by Panic at the Disco from the album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out |
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| Released | March 26, 2007 | ||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 3:40 | ||||
| Label | Decaydance | ||||
| Producer | Matt Squire | ||||
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"Build God, Then We'll Talk" is the fifth and final official single, written by Ryan Ross, from Panic at the Disco's 2005 album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, including the radio-only single "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage".
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[edit] Track listing
- "Build God, Then We'll Talk" - 3:40
- "Build God, Then We'll Talk" (Live in Denver) - 4:27
[edit] Song information
The song is the final song on Panic at the Disco's début album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.
The bridge melody of "Build God, Then We'll Talk" is a derivative of the melody of the chorus of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. The lyrics in the bridge also directly satirize the lyrics of "My Favorite Things".
The song begins with a description of a motel on Fremont Street and 4th street (this is in Las Vegas, where Panic is from). The people there are a lawyer and a virgin. The vigin is probably religious because the song refers to her "accessorizing with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie." We also learn that the virgin is going to be getting a job at the lawyer's firm, just as soon as she sleeps with him. Next we find out about "the constable and his proposition for that virgin." Obviously, the girl is not a virgin anymore. After the lawyer had left, she was fixing her face when "there was a terrible crash." The girl ran into the policeman "and held a 'purse' of a different kind."
[edit] Music video
The video director unknown but rumored to be Andy Soup. depicts the story of a "pornomime" and a girl who falls in love after she watches one of his performances. Their relationship is a mimed one. Both "relationships" encompass a false feeling of intimacy and are essentially devoid of meaning. The mime and his girlfriend both walk in on each other having affairs (mimed, of course), again symbolizing the emptiness of their mimed relationships. They are not making love to real people — it is an illusion. People want the song's music video to have another music video in which has references to "The Sound Of Music". The video is the first from the band to be web-exclusive, mostly because they felt it was too vulgar for television, but it has aired on MTV2 in the UK and is available on Music Choice On-demand.
The band does not appear in this video. Ryan Ross stated that he was annoyed that the video did not get any MTV Airplay. His annoyance was perhaps because "Build God, Then We'll Talk" was always the band's favorite song on the record.[citation needed]
