Question of the Week
Got some good responses to the last post about summer music (thanks Sachi, Erin, Greg, and Mary!). So this week’s question comes on the heels of watching Iron & Wine recently appear on a late night show. Apparently they have a new album of collected songs called Around the Well.
Q: What song(s) do you like in which you feel inevitably compelled to sing along to?
We’ll be liberal with our definition of “sing along to”, because as you all can likely guess, I certainly don’t profess to carry a tone. But still, in each of our own ways, I have a feeling that there are songs in which we find ourselves going beyond merely passively listening to them. Mouthing the words, whispering them, belting out the chorus in the shower, heck — even humming or whistling along. Why not.
Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger
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I first heard this song at last year’s Hardly Strict Bluegrass festival. Not really sure why I have this reaction to this song, but it is what it is. Two others would be songs I’ve mentioned here before, namely The National’s Fake Empires and Sufjan Steven’s The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades. Go ahead and share yours if you’d like, just leave a comment below!
naman shah Said,
May 25, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
mo money mo problems
erin Said,
May 25, 2009 @ 6:28 pm
Ain’t Nothin in Ramblin- Lucinda Williams
Heartbeats- The Knife
Tender- Blur
Sachi Said,
May 26, 2009 @ 9:35 pm
This Side – Nickel Creek
Penny Lane – Beatles
The Hazards of Love – The Decemberists
Paralyze – Jay Clifford
Idioteque – Radiohead
Paper Planes – MIA
And my absolute favorite for some bizarre reason:
Drops of Jupiter – Train
Saket Said,
May 27, 2009 @ 1:12 am
Sachi singing along to Radiohead’s Idioteque? weird. i can’t picture it. The radiohead songs that do it for me are There, There and Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.
Saket Vora » Question of the Week Said,
April 4, 2010 @ 7:43 pm
[...] that “sound great together.” I particularly enjoyed one of them which was seeded by Iron & Wine’s The Trapeze Swinger, and I invite you to listen to the playlist here. It’s mellow-ish, the ideal kind of music I [...]