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Sequestered in Memphis

Certain Songs #605: The Hold Steady – “Sequestered in Memphis”

July 28, 2016 by Jim Connelly

hold_steady -stay_positive-frontal Album: Stay Positive
Year: 2008

One of the things about that differentiated Stay Positive from its predecessors was that there weren’t just quite a few songs that weren’t about fucked-up kids from a fucked-up scene.

Nope, there were also songs about fucked-up adults, too!

Like the protagonist in “Sequestered in Memphis,” who is clearly not having a good day, as he’s being interrogated by cops about something he barely remembers from a recent business trip.

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Sequestered in Memphis, Stay Positive, The Hold Steady

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