Who doesn't love falling in love? It's the greatest feeling in the world. Fortunately for me, I fall in love several times a week -- with a newly discovered artist, band, or song. I'm like a shark trolling the waters, constantly on the hunt for that new experience that's going to remind me that I'm alive and present and a part of that great web of creativity that stirs our hearts and connects us to one another. And lest you think me fickle, I never stop loving those I've already fallen for, which only enlarges the trove of pleasures from which I am able to draw.
I have fallen so crazy in love with so many bands over the last five years, I can't imagine my life without them. Okkervil River and every song Will Sheff has ever written. My Morning Jacket with their otherworldly reverb. Handsome Furs. The National. The Constantines. There are more. And when they come through town and I catch them live, it only makes me love them more.
Often I fall in love after the fact, with a group that's been around a while, but that I missed the first time around. The Pixies come to mind. This morning I was out walking with my iPod, as I am wont to do, and heard a Replacements song from 1985, "Swingin' Party," that was new to me and that I really liked. Ah, to begin the day smitten. What a lovely thing.
Here's a cover version that's really sweet by Jon Auer of The Posies.
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Only four days have gone by, and I've fallen in love again -- with "Oh No" by KaiserCartel. I LOVE when groups don't sound like other groups!
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