NMT 127
Exactly one full year and we start again. Welcome back...bitches.
Our pick this week is proof that whoever said, "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach" not only flunked anatomy, but also forgot to factor in the effect of, as soon as you sit down on the first date, handing him four cd's. Especially when three of them are ones he's never heard and he likes them. Good on ya.
This is the first song on this record and I'm sure the other songs are good, but I never get past the third one because I usually go back to this one. The lyrics are two former lovers meeting again and discussing their break-up(I think). It's the cello line that gets me; just keeps drawing me back with its simplistic and honest beauty.
I hope you never become the lyrics, but you will always be this cello line.
Most of the members of this band are also in Broken Social Scene, the Canadian Super-group we discussed before.
So, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada(ish):
Stars - "Your Ex-Lover is Dead":
Bonus Tracks:
I can't believe we went through an R.E.M. day without one of these, but don't worry, Stipe has started a project to make a film for every track. Thank you for the bottomless, go-to material.
The album is really good and their best in years. This song has everything you'd want from an R.E.M. song: Jangly chords, beautiful chorus and incomprehensible lyrics. Also: a LRHG friendly video; she loves the artsy shit. (and I want that shirt)
R.E.M. - "Uberlin":
We'll miss the 90's next week. This week we'll go random.
Random Pick of the Week:
Just the pick of the week, but sung by Mr. Zooey Deshanel of Death Cab...Because she likes Death Cab and we give preferential treatment around here.
Our pick this week is proof that whoever said, "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach" not only flunked anatomy, but also forgot to factor in the effect of, as soon as you sit down on the first date, handing him four cd's. Especially when three of them are ones he's never heard and he likes them. Good on ya.
This is the first song on this record and I'm sure the other songs are good, but I never get past the third one because I usually go back to this one. The lyrics are two former lovers meeting again and discussing their break-up(I think). It's the cello line that gets me; just keeps drawing me back with its simplistic and honest beauty.
I hope you never become the lyrics, but you will always be this cello line.
Most of the members of this band are also in Broken Social Scene, the Canadian Super-group we discussed before.
So, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada(ish):
Stars - "Your Ex-Lover is Dead":
Bonus Tracks:
I can't believe we went through an R.E.M. day without one of these, but don't worry, Stipe has started a project to make a film for every track. Thank you for the bottomless, go-to material.
The album is really good and their best in years. This song has everything you'd want from an R.E.M. song: Jangly chords, beautiful chorus and incomprehensible lyrics. Also: a LRHG friendly video; she loves the artsy shit. (and I want that shirt)
R.E.M. - "Uberlin":
We'll miss the 90's next week. This week we'll go random.
Random Pick of the Week:
Just the pick of the week, but sung by Mr. Zooey Deshanel of Death Cab...Because she likes Death Cab and we give preferential treatment around here.
Labels: Ben Gibbard, NMT, R.E.M., Stars
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