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}} "The Lines You Amend" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan, and the third single released from their 1996 album, ''One Chord to Another''. The song was written by Jay Ferguson. It is the band's first song written by Ferguson to be released as a single. ==Reception== Bassist-vocalist Chris Murphy described the song as being "about suicide", and said, "We sort of breeze through it like it's a cutesy number, but the lyrics are heavy."〔Lewis, Nick. "Sloan takes greatest hits for a spin", ''Calgary Herald'', 2005-05-10, p. C2.〕 One lyric makes reference to Ringo Starr's song "Photograph".〔Hoskyns, Barney (1997-03-06). "One Chord to Another", ''Rolling Stone'' 755: 72.〕 The song has been praised by critics for its melodic strength,〔Jenkins, Mark. "Sloan: 'Between the Bridges' Murderecords; Sloan: '4 Nights at Palais Royale' Murderecords", ''The Washington Post'', 1999-11-05, p. N17.〕〔Foster, Patrick. "Pop Music", ''The Washington Post'', 2002-07-29, p. C5.〕〔Farber, Jim. "Halifax Band is a singular sensation", ''New York Daily News'', 2005-05-07, p. 29.〕 with one critic describing it as "Beatle-esque pop".〔Devlin, Mike. "Sloan plays past old labels", ''Times-Colonist'', 2005-05-05, p. D4.〕 ''Billboard'' magazine's critic suggested it was in the style of Violent Femmes.〔Verna, Paul (1997-04-12). "One Chord to Another", ''Billboard'' 109 (15): 65.〕 ''Rolling Stones critic wrote that the song begins sounding like "The Ballad of John and Yoko", but then becomes "a likable hybrid of T. Rex and Crowded House."〔 Portions of the music video were filmed in a York University lecture hall.〔Preston, Brian (February 1997). "Girls just wanna", ''Saturday Night'' 112 (1): 14.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lines You Amend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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