today’s tunes: demons (Guster vs The National)

for today’s tunes, you get a twofer Tuesday, as I present two songs – both titled “demons”.

the 1st version is from the band Guster, off their 2nd album Goldfly (1997).  Guster has long been a favorite of my wife and I – I think we’ve seen them live multiple times now.

Honest is easy
Fiction is where genius lies
Cause it’s easier sometimes
Not to be involved
Somehow I make you believe

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the 2nd version is from the band The National, off their brand new album Trouble Will Find Me (2013, just released this week).  I LOVE this band – and have everyone of their albums, plus a smattering of live stuff as well.

The worried talk to god goes on.
I sincerely tried to love it,
Wish that I could rise above it.

But I stay down,
With my demons.

what do you think?  vote in the poll below on which version you prefer:

today’s tunes: sea of love by The National

this is the 1st music video from the latest album “Trouble will Find Me” by The National, available for pre-order now.

I love the kid playing air guitar the whole time.

today’s tunes: falling slowly – Glen Hansard & Lisa Hannigan

this is an amazing live performance of the song “Falling Slowly”, performed by Glen Hansard with Lisa Hannigan.

take this sinking boat
and point it home
we’ve still got time

 

today’s tunes: rocketship – guster (live & acoustic)

for today’s tunes, I offer up the song Rocketship, by the awesome band Guster.  this is a live and acoustic version off their latest album – Guster Live Acoustic.  I’ve seen Guster live several times – they are fantastic, and this album does not disappoint.

today’s tunes: fade out

in honor of the end of the world (if the Mayans were correct):

Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we’ll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out again

Immerse your soul in love
Immerse your soul in love

 

today’s tunes: sunny

enjoy this cover of the popular song “Sunny” originally by Bobby Hebb, written 49 years ago tomorrow.

Hebb wrote the song after November 22, 1963, the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Hebb’s older brother Harold was stabbed to death outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and many critics say that those events inspired the tune.

this version is by the Ann Street Soul Stirrers, a band at the University of Michigan [the hated rival].

you can also download the song at the band’s Bandcamp site.