Maple Leaves
OK, if jay's going to be posting songs already done beautifully over at Said the Gramophone, I'm going to have to join him. When I first heard this Jens Lekman song posted over there, I immediately got all giddy and ran to the store in a blizzard to get the album. I'm glad I did, because Lekman was all over my Christmas mix CDs and whatnot and actually saved my life a few times. For real.
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
I can relate to this song on so many levels that it is kind of depressing. The oozing sentimentality, bad jokes, poor hearing, innatention to what's going on around me, and the wish that I was Jonathan Richman are just a few of these. I love this song even more because the bells during the chorus allowed this to be a christmas song when I wanted it to be, and the Mark E. Smith reference made it a kind of very dorky inside joke the rest of the time. In case you're wondering, the rest of the album is a melancholy stripped down version of this song, which is a very good thing.
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Deerhoof - Running Thoughts
This wasn't posted on STG, but it should have been because they would have done a better job. Before you download it, a few tips on listening to this song: 1) place your ear as close as possible to the speaker and be sure to slowly increase the volume as the song progresses; 2) steal your friend's car, play this song on the stereo on repeat, and proceed to drive towards the nearest blizzard (trust me on this); 3) buy a bass guitar, take lessons for two years, quit going to lessons for another two years, forget everything you've learned, break every string on the guitar except one, and then proceed to learn this song; 4) open a bank account, deposit twenty dollars, wait three days, withdraw nineteen dollars, and immediately go out and buy this album.
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Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
I can relate to this song on so many levels that it is kind of depressing. The oozing sentimentality, bad jokes, poor hearing, innatention to what's going on around me, and the wish that I was Jonathan Richman are just a few of these. I love this song even more because the bells during the chorus allowed this to be a christmas song when I wanted it to be, and the Mark E. Smith reference made it a kind of very dorky inside joke the rest of the time. In case you're wondering, the rest of the album is a melancholy stripped down version of this song, which is a very good thing.
[buy: us/can]
Deerhoof - Running Thoughts
This wasn't posted on STG, but it should have been because they would have done a better job. Before you download it, a few tips on listening to this song: 1) place your ear as close as possible to the speaker and be sure to slowly increase the volume as the song progresses; 2) steal your friend's car, play this song on the stereo on repeat, and proceed to drive towards the nearest blizzard (trust me on this); 3) buy a bass guitar, take lessons for two years, quit going to lessons for another two years, forget everything you've learned, break every string on the guitar except one, and then proceed to learn this song; 4) open a bank account, deposit twenty dollars, wait three days, withdraw nineteen dollars, and immediately go out and buy this album.
[buy: us/can]
posted by ian at 6:02 AM
2 Comments:
hahaha, o you guys.
nice words, ian.
you're right. about both songs. very nice selection. and my name is ian too, go figure.
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