Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Great Thing About Year End Lists
Sure they can be debated and pulled apart for putting crap at the top (Rolling Stone calling Beyonce's "Put a ring on it" as number one single) or for emitting stuff that shouldn't have been. But the great thing about year end lists is that you sometimes stumble across things that you never knew existed, like this video above. Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal"
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I watched a performance of this song in an empty high school gymnasium that was just amazing. Beautiful
And "Put a Ring On It" is fucking awesome, dude. Better than any of Kanye's tone-deaf robot shit this year.
Addenda:
http://current.com/items/89517863/fleet_foxes_sun_giant_white_winter_hymnal_la_blogotheque_take_away_show.htm
http://gawker.com/5109627/kanye-west-disastrously-sings-without-digital-enhancement
I can't get into the Beyonce. I used to dig her back in the day but the last few years I think she's been subpar. I mean I love the dual personality record as much as anyone (how great was Garth as Chris Gaines right?) but I'm not digging the Sasha Fierce. Also that "le me le me let me up grade ya grade ya grade ya" satelite commercial is driving me insane. But she is a damn fine lady.
But that aside, yeah this is a really cool tune. It reminds me very much of early 70's era Beach Boys. And their echo in that gymnasium is great.
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