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3 years ago • 2 notesFreight Train: Laura Veirs (2009)
By false presumptuous hope, the ranged powers
Disband; and wandering, each his several way
Pursues, as inclination or sad choice
Leads him perplexed where he may likeliest find
Truce to his restless thoughts, and entertain
The irksome hours, till his great chief return.- John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II (522-527)
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Niagara Falls: Harlem Shakes (2009)
This might come out sounding like a backhanded compliment, but really, I swear, it’s not. I think Harlem Shakes have put out a better Peter Bjorn and John record than Peter Bjorn and John. Go ahead and scoff - all this hipster stuff is knock-off fad music anyway blah blah blah. Well, whatever. Nothing is original. Everything is a little Beatles, blues, and Bach.
And to me, “Niagara Falls” seems to address the head-in-hands weariness of trying to stay fresh and relevant a scene overflowing with noncommittal, ironic gestures. “I don’t even know what I’m in the game for,” Lexy Benaim sings, followed by my favorite line, ”I don’t even get your T-shirt’s pun.” If there’s a lesson to be learned, it comes from a natural wonder, always there, always relevant, always fresh. Stay awake, break and break, crash and crash, flow and flow.
in LOVE with this song
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