Song of the Day: "One Foot in Front of the Other"

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It's not only guys who get pressed into moving furniture, but it's mainly guys. I know I'm a wonder at packing up china and stuff, gossiping all the while, but when it comes to lifting and angling couches and hutches and TVs, I fade into the background like Homer Simpson--you know the meme, where he disappears into the hedge!

Anyhow, next time your buddy guilts you into helping him move house, I dare you to set the tone by playing this song, off the soundtrack of "Revenge of the Nerds." If motivation is slow to come, you can put it on repeat. The internet tells me it's by a getup called Bone Symphony.

I give you the 1984 soundtrack earworm, "One Foot in Front of the Other."

--Sarah Torribio

Song of the Day: "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" by The Postal Service

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It's been too long since I listened to my song of the day, "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight." It's off the collaborative 2003 album with the inspirational title Give Up. 

Vis-a-vis this particular tune, I love the weird sense of disaffection, the singer's kafka-esque unfamiliarity and the orchestral sweep of the electronic mix. Then, wait for it, the beat speeds up and the song takes on the momentum of a brisk game of pong played at five times the normal speed.

Give up was a unique and landmark album that lived in my CD player nearly two-decades ago. The Postal Service is a collaboration between Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, producer Jimmy Tamborello and vocalist Jenny Lewis. (I had no idea about the latter musician's participation until consulting Wikipedia, the worlds most distrusted yet most consulted source.)

The lyrics on songs like this and "Such Great Heights" feature Gibbard's trademark image-rich and metaphor-drenched poetry. His tendency toward melancholic introspection, however, is buoyed by riff-heavy guitar and keys, brisk beats and the creative chaos of collaboration.

--Sarah Torribio

Song of the Day: "It's Good to be in Love" by Frou Frou

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How did I not know that I needed to hear this song? Imogen Heap is, of course, amazing and from some enchanted woodland. And the production of 'It's Good to Be in Love" by Frou Frou is so lush.

I love her description of feeling unhappy, discontent and awkward: "When all of my clothes feels like somebody's old throwaways."

I know that feeling well. . .

—Sarah Torribio

Song of the Day: "Go Fast Baby" by Raissa

 

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You had me at "Spark me up, I'm your blunt, get you faded. . .

Ash and dust, try and sober me up. I feel jaded. . ."

Raissa is the stage name for English singer-songwriter Raissa Khan-Panni. I didn't need to surf the web to learn that her shiny straight bangs are awesome. Her single "Go Fast Baby" was released in September 2020. 

—Sarah Torribio