Friday, September 24, 2010

To Songs for the First Friday of Fall

Is This Love? // Clap Your Hands Say Yeah



I mentioned this song last week. In an apartment long ago, in a city built on an isthmus, the lyrics of this song were painted across the bedroom wall of one of my best friends. It always makes me think of her, and it always makes me happy.



The Trapeze Swinger // Iron & Wine



Not so much a Friday song as an every day song. As I rode into work this morning a fog settled upon Manhattan's stoic buildings, and this song, very appropriately, played on my iPod. I promise I won't always put Iron & Wine on this segment... but if you know me at all, you know how much I love me some I&W. Sam Beam is a lyrical genius in this intense story of one man's experience of life under the Big Top. It's a long one, so sit tight. I assure you, every line is worth it.

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