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| From | "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: killer song to download / Josh Rouse |
| Date | Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:10:25 +0100 |
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Agreed. Postal Service wins the day.
I really like the new Josh Rouse, but then I absolutely loved Nashville.
Subtitulo is a fairly natural progression, and as he now lives in a small
Spanish town, the album has a very laid back vibe to suit his environs.
>From: Matthew George <abertawe@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: killer song to download
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:23:48 +0100
>
>WARFELT@Nationwide.com wrote:
>
>>It is Iron and Wine covering a song by Post Office which their version
> > was embraced by alternative radio.
>
>The original artist was The Postal Service, and the song is on their album,
>Give Up. As most of the list will doubtless already know, The Postal
>Service is half made up of Ben Gibbard, from Death Cab For Cutie. The Iron
>& Wine version of "Such great heights" was also used in the excellent Zach
>Braff film, Garden State.
>
>And I have to disagree with your assessment. The original track is a thing
>of incredible beauty. The cover is quite cute, but I don't think the style
>fits the lyrics as well as the original.
>
>
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