tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post4813385816449201791..comments2024-03-07T21:20:19.388-05:00Comments on Tremble Under Boom Lights: The Walkmen's "In the New Year" and How Its Seven-Note Melody Has Been Stuck in My Head For Days...cassdetroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743641029214106404noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-32092872678743544212009-01-04T09:16:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:16:00.000-05:00great description of the song. i've been playing i...great description of the song. i've been playing it everyday for weeks... amazing track.Anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827566297276939169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-86653296517949497572008-09-12T23:15:00.000-04:002008-09-12T23:15:00.000-04:00good version of the song here:http://pitchfork.tv/...good version of the song here:<BR/>http://pitchfork.tv/juans-basement/the-walkmen-part-1-of-3<BR/><BR/>I heard it today on 3WK for the first time. It's been playing in my head for the rest of the day.Prince Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450025030425929910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-70799329226099846022008-08-23T05:35:00.000-04:002008-08-23T05:35:00.000-04:00Commenting long after your post, but having had se...Commenting long after your post, but having had several good listens to the new record, I can say that I love and agree with your opinions here. Paul is so ridiculously underappreciated as a guitarist, and his Gretsch is half the reason this band sounds so perfect. Your explanation of the sound was spot on.Chinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587048189901792943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-70458504763225932022008-06-20T10:09:00.000-04:002008-06-20T10:09:00.000-04:00go to pitchfork and find the studio version of the...go to pitchfork and find the studio version of the song. not as good as the live one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-9407627414983151122008-03-03T05:37:00.000-05:002008-03-03T05:37:00.000-05:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7euFmQ3Zghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7euFmQ3ZgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-22981709932936240112008-01-24T13:11:00.000-05:002008-01-24T13:11:00.000-05:00Someone once told me that when you have that weird...Someone once told me that when you have that weird kind of internal recognition of a song even though you've never heard it before, it's your brain responding to a particular prosody of the music/lyric depending on what kind of books you read or had read to you as a child. Like your brain processes spondic heptameter (or whatever) in a way that sends warm, familiar fuzzies to the rest of your body.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-7201725271019598902008-01-23T19:43:00.000-05:002008-01-23T19:43:00.000-05:00i've got a real nice soundboard recording of the n...i've got a real nice soundboard recording of the new years song from one of their recent shows. good tune.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37447263.post-76485074149521468642008-01-23T17:22:00.000-05:002008-01-23T17:22:00.000-05:00Caught them in Pittsburgh on Wed. night. They were...Caught them in Pittsburgh on Wed. night. They were, for lack of more sophisticated phraseology, real good.<BR/><BR/>I can't find a setlist, but I don't remember hearing the song that haunts you. I hope to soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com