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We Like to Be Liked, Don't We Like That?
by Dan
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Brighton, MA - "Good Kind of Crazy" Jordan Himelfarb once said to me (about writing for this blog) that one begins to run out of ways to describe music. A lot of music is like a road, like a kiss, like a dream, like a movie, like a glance, a smell, a breeze, a memory, joy. I agreed with him, thinking of all the times I'd listened to songs and thought, "no, I've said that before". He hasn't run out of new ways to describe music and neither have I, so maybe it's just something you say when you want to seem humble, or you want to relate to someone, or you're tired. This song has both the feeling that I've heard it before (it's like a road, and also brown pants, and Bob Dylan) and the feeling that I want to relate to someone, that I'm tired. It's a lovely left-alone kind of song, in the backseat of a car, in your bedroom (decorated a year ago), could I hear the phone from here even if it rang? Yes I could. [Buy] Posted by Dan at July 6, 2007 2:38 AMComments
I'm pretty sure the reason this sounds familiar is the original was posted on this very blog a while ago. it is a cover of the scotland yard gospel choir. i like theirs better. Posted by noah at July 6, 2007 12:10 PMHad a look and couldn't see the scotland yard gospel choir version here, think it was ttiktda Posted by Rob at July 6, 2007 12:35 PMEither way it's beautiful. Posted by Kenneth at July 6, 2007 2:17 PMAye, and well described Posted by Rob at July 6, 2007 2:34 PMNot a cover, Matthew Kerstein (co-founder) of Scotland Yard Gospel Choir wrote the song. He left SYGC in 2005 and started this band. Good Kind Of Crazy was never officially released by SYGC, so Brighton decided to remake it and release it. Hopefully that clears stuff up. Posted by Neptali at July 6, 2007 2:55 PMI think I'll skip the semantics argument waiting there... It's a good song that deserves an official release. Posted by Rob at July 6, 2007 4:10 PMRob, it has been released. You can get it on the new Brighton, MA CD here: www.myspace.com/loosetoothrecords Posted by Curt at July 6, 2007 4:19 PMWhat I meant was that it was a good decision to re-record it with Brighton, MA since it's such a good song. But thanks :) Posted by Rob at July 6, 2007 5:03 PMReally wonderful Blog! "I'm pretty sure the reason this sounds familiar is the original was posted on this very blog a while ago. it is a cover of the scotland yard gospel choir. i like theirs better." Dan - you're not making it easy for yourself, are you? Posted by Chris at July 8, 2007 7:21 PMHow can i contact you by e-mail? the question is about collaboration Posted by sonic at July 19, 2007 1:59 PMPost a comment |
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Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is writing a novel. His work also occasionally appears at McSweeney's. Follow him on Twitter or reach him here.
Dan Beirne is an actor and writer living in Montreal. He writes fiction fiction fiction on here. It may feel true, but it is never True. He is most proud of his most recent project The Bitter End. Email him here Jordan Himelfarb lives in Toronto, where he is editor in chief of The Mark. Jordan's posts appear at Said the Gramophone only on the last Wednesday of every month. Email him here. Site design and header typography by Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet. The header graphic is randomized: this one is by . 
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