Oh, Feist, you do it again. I simply adore the first listen of this cover with my favorite Canadian songstress (clearly a close winner over Celine) and The Constantines. They take the Bee Gees & Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers guilty-pleasure song that I admittedly love to sing along with, and reconstruct it as something that is breathy, ethereal, and almost sad.
I give it a serious bravo.
Name: Heather Browne
Location: Colorado, originally by way of California
Giving context to the torrent since 2005.
"I love the relationship that anyone has with music: because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part..."
—Nick Hornby, Songbook
"Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel."
—Hunter S. Thompson
Mp3s are for sampling purposes, kinda like when they give you the cheese cube at Costco, knowing that you'll often go home with having bought the whole 7 lb. spiced Brie log. They are left up for a limited time. If you LIKE the music, go and support these artists, buy their schwag, go to their concerts, purchase their CDs/records and tell all your friends. Rock on.
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The weakerthans and Sarah Harmer do a great cover of this as well.
Dan — April 12, 2008 @ 10:25 pm
Heather,
Hey, it is cold and gray today in the Midwest. We had snow flurries the other day. But I know Spring is just around the corner. I am jonesing for a I Am Fuel Mix to get me into that Spring, renewal, poppy happy sorta mood. Can you help a guy out Heather?
Kev in STL
PS Looks like you’ve been able to catch some great shows lately.
Anonymous — April 13, 2008 @ 8:04 am