Ladies and gentlemen, The Polyphonic Spree

[SteppingRazor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQAvflPexng

For reasons I can't quite put into words, this video makes me giddily happy.

[crispini]

1. How I love them

I will :kick: that without even watchin' the vid.

I'm seeing them Tuesday! And that makes me thrilled beyond belief. ;)

[SteppingRazor]

3. Bah! I rage with envy.

They're coming fairly close to me soon (Nov. 12 in St. Petersburg), but not close enough.

Still never seen them live. They're definitely on my list of Bands I Must See Before (I die/They die/They breakup/etc.)

[crispini]

21. Definitely must see them

They are wonderful!

[yellowdogintexas]

27. I knew I would find you in this thread!

how are you doing, anyway?

[MrCoffee]

2. nice post, Zach Braff

[SteppingRazor]

4. Hey, it's not like I posted a Shins video.

:P

[MrCoffee]

5. nice try, Sarah Chalke

i'm surprised you didn't post the clip of the Spree doing this song on Scrubs

[SteppingRazor]

6. Look, newbie, I've had enough of this. And tell Barbie the same goes for her.

Lemme see, what do I care about more than your opinions on my musical selection? Uhh... Low-carb diets. Michael Moore. The Republican National Convention. Kabbalah and all Kabbalah-related products. Hi-def TV, the Bush daughters, wireless hot spots, 'The O.C.', the U.N., recycling, getting Punk'd, Danny Gans, the Latin Grammys, the real Grammys. Jeff, that Wiggle who sleeps too darn much! The Yankees payroll, all the red states, all the blue states, every hybrid car, every talk show host! Everything on the planet, everything in the solar system, everything everything everything everything everything everything - eve - everything that exists - past, present and future, in all discovered and undiscovered dimensions. Oh! And Hugh Jackman.

[MrCoffee]

7. who's got two thumbs and still doesn't give a rat's ass?

i thought we'd met?

[SteppingRazor]

10. Hmm... Your Kelso trumps my Cox, but I've got the one guy that trumps Kelso...

*THUD*


"Careful there, Doc. Wet floor."

[MrCoffee]

13. Hammock Five!

[redqueen]

8. Could it perhaps have something to do with the happy happy joy joy images and happy melody?

Balloons, smiling people all jumping around with glee...

I think it's sort of been put together with that whole 'make the listener happy' angle. :)

[SteppingRazor]

9. Yeah, you could be right about that.

;)


I love the Spree. I, mean, how the hell do they maintain those goofy grins through a whole show. It's like they actually enjoy what they're doing or something.

[redqueen]

11. Hah yes... imagine that.

Do you like Belle & Sebastian? I'm not much for the Spree... but I do seem to have developed a fondness for B&S. :)

[SteppingRazor]

12. Their pre-Fold Your Hands Child stuff is amazing...

I think they lost something when Stuart David left, and weakened further after Isobel Campbell's departure. But those first three albums are unbelievable.

[redqueen]

14. Have you heard any of her stuff with Lanegan?

Ballad of the Broken Seas is worth a listen...

[SteppingRazor]

19. I haven't, actually.

But now that you say that, I certainly will!

[Taverner]

16. I dunno, I think B&S is getting better and better

For me (and I'm about to commit blasphemy here) Tigermilk is their weakest album

[SteppingRazor]

18. Blasphemy!!

I'll give you this much -- their last album, Life Pursuit, is their best since Boy With the Arab Strap.

[Taverner]

24. Hell, I don't think there's a bad B&S album

Life Pursuit is amazing

Have you heard the Hollywood Bowl show? That one is downright classic! I hope the get around to releasing it sometime. They had the LA Philharmonic backing them during the show. Nothing like "Don't Leave The Light On Baby" with full orchestration....

[MrCoffee]

15. i don't understand the choir robes

MrsCoffee really wants to go to a Spree show. i can't for the life of me figure out why.

[NightWatcher]

17. they're a cult. I'd join but they already have a french horn player

[MrCoffee]

20. heh. i held a french horn in junior high band

i say held because i couldn't play the damn thing to save my life. the band director actually made a deal with me wherein i could go on a band trip and miss school for a couple of days if i agreed not to physically blow in to the instrument.

it's got a beautiful sound that i was utterly incapable of making.

[crispini]

22. You know, that would be a fun cult to be in.

Maybe that's what I need to do, hehe.

[bbernardini]

23. It's a unifying visual image, that's all.

The idea was to all wear the same thing instead of wearing whatever clothes they felt like. Not unlike the Beatles all wearing matching clothes in the early days.

You'll notice that these days, they're wearing black military-type uniforms instead.

[opiate69]

25. Wow.. that was like a bad parody of "Hooray for Everything" from the Simpsons..

[datasuspect]

26. yeah, it would be perfect for any number of advertisements