What’s Your Song of the Week?
Throw it up in the comments!
Here’s mine: Grizzly Bear - On a Neck, On a Spit
Story #1: On Tuesday, Joel, Crichton (of “Like Children” fame), and myself went to the Grizzly Bear show over at Bowery Ballroom. J & C had to leave early so they missed out on the fantastic show closing version of the song. If you get a chance to catch one of the shows they’re doing as support for TV on the Radio, you’ll be in for a treat, since both bands have fantastic sacks of songs at their disposal, and will more than certainly be finding their way to several end-o-year best of lists.
Story #2: The day I first heard the new Grizzly Bear record will haunt me for a while and certainly cement the album as a sign o’ the times. I was on my way home on the subway checking this album out and being wowed by nearly every song. It’s not everyday you fall in love with an album, and this one felt special. It evoked a similar sense of greater emotion that my favorite music seems to share and pretty soon my thoughts were on love and how lucky I was to have a wonderful girl to come home to everyday. When the subway opened up, I rushed out of the station and into my building, came up the stairs and went straight to my room where my girlfriend was reading. She had something to say but I made a motion for quiet and plugged in my iPod to throw on this song. “I just heard this on the subway, it’s great.” We listened to it for a bit and she nodded in agreement, though it didn’t seem to send her heart flying like it had mine. Something was wrong. I knew she would love this song as much as I did, and I was thrown by her mild level of enjoyment. “What’s up?”, I asked. “I got into law school. I’m moving to Illinois in two weeks.” It’s not easy carrying on so far apart, but while some of the blessings I counted then are on hold, most of them are still with me everyday. It’s not an easy weight for a song to hold, but I still think I was pretty lucky, cause this one can pull off the job.
September 29th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
thats a heck of a story david
My song of the week: A Stranger, by: A Perfect Circle
September 29th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
A Vida- by Unico Black,
Golden Cage- Whitest Boy Alive
Fall In Love- Tortured Soul.
DAVE!
September 29th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
All I Want To Do Is Rock - Travis
(It’s my song of the next few years, really. I listen to it on a loop almost every day.)
September 29th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Silver Jews - Smith & Jones Forever.
You made me really excited about life with your story. Beautiful.
September 30th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Anna Begins- Counting Crows
September 30th, 2006 at 9:46 am
“wolf like me” by TV on the Radio!
i found TV on the Radio because a man came into my work wearing a shirt that said TVOTR and i had to ask him about it. there was a crazy dragon on the shirt.
September 30th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Wayward and Parliament - Amy Millan
Chinese Translation - M. Ward
Thursday - Asobi Seksu
September 30th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
Those were quite some stories, Dave. I appreciate your clear passion for music, in all it’s forms.
1) Bathtime in Clerkenwell - The Real Tuesday Weld
2) Fuck Was I - Jenny Owens Young
I changed it to two songs.
-Danny
October 1st, 2006 at 10:21 am
Illinois isn’t so bad! Move here with her! And bring your ipod.
Sorry to read that though.
Let me in - Garrison Starr
October 1st, 2006 at 1:42 pm
After going to the concert, I change my song to Majesty Snowbird by Sufjan Stevens.
October 1st, 2006 at 2:10 pm
No Passenger: No Parasite - Norma Jean
October 1st, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Half Shark Alligator Half Man–by Dr. Octagon.
its sweet wierd rap. This song is off the album ocagonachilogist. He took acid and wrote the entire album in one day in his bathroom. Totally rad.
October 1st, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Sharing my love for Grizzly Bear, my envy that you were able to attend a show that I could not because of a Cornell visit, and my sympathy that you have to deal with your gf’s move.
But yeah man, I don’t care if every hipster online mag in the world doesn’t shut up about it for the next three months, I will count Yellow House as one of my favorites for a long, long time.
October 2nd, 2006 at 4:15 am
oh man, I love Half Shark Alligator Half Man! I get that song in my head all the time!
October 3rd, 2006 at 2:17 pm
I think I have the best say over anything AMY MILLAN, as I, like her, am Canadian. Yes, she is awesome, the whole album Honey, From the Tombs is amazing. Also, if ya like that, check out Jason Collett (from the same label, Arts and Crafts) and also Joshua Radin.
October 5th, 2006 at 3:02 am
I just got back from seeing Grizzly Bear and TVOTR at the Showbox, here in Seattle, and I must say, you were right. Grizzly Bear was amazing! Better than TVOTR, I think. Though, they played a completely different version of “On a Neck, On a Spit”… it was downright boppy.
SOTW: Okkervil River - “Lady Liberty”
October 17th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
LOL
but anyway, Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead
January 5th, 2007 at 12:15 am
I’m pretty late to be commenting on this post- but I’m choosing to reject that reality and replace it with my own.
Lately The Arcade Fire has been filling my head phones- Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) is my favorite.
I adore that album from Grizzly Bear. The first song I heard from them I wasn’t that wild about- but then my friend made me a mix CD and it had On a Neck, On a Spit on it and I fell love. I’ve heard they’re amazing live- but I’ve yet to be fortunate enough to see for myself.