I have wanted to write a quick post on the new Good Shoes song, The Photos on My Wall, for a while now. The two of you who read this little endeavour of mine may recall that I posted on their previous All in My Head track in August of 2006, and both of you know I was hooked on their sound from the moment I saw that video on YouTube.
I waited an absolute eternity to get my mitts on that first cd single, something like five weeks if I recall correctly. I had it on my Amazon wishlist, though I figured I would find it here rather than waiting the month plus for it to ship. Thankfully, Kevin bought it for me on my birthday last September, and I counted the days for it to arrive. That nine minute cd (just long enough to get Abby to work in the morning) was on constant rotation in the A3, and the third track became a bit of a rallying cry for both me and Abby. Everything surrounding this cd is very near and dear to my heart.
Now Sterling likes to pretend that I wrote about OKGO’s infamous Here it Goes video (no link for me, thanks), but we all know I’m too much of a snob to dirty my blog with such a blatant gimmick. Fact is I prefer something a little less on the beaten path. Good Shoes has next to no awareness in America, no plans to tour the states as best I can tell, and no real publicity engine outside of the UK at all. bleep has their stuff but not the rights to sell downloads in North America. So I’m waiting yet again for Amazon to ship me the import release of their new album…
At any rate, though it’s just shy of two minutes long, this song is nothing short of epic. I love the way it builds, completely breaks down about 80 seconds in, then comes back with a furious burst of energy at the end. Plus those woodpecker-like clicks during the chorus make me shake my booty as fast as I can (and no I can’t keep up, but watch that stop me!). The video is clever, especially the scene with the boxes, and the lackadaisical approach to the crescendo at the end is a perfect way to end it. Oh, and, have you ever seen a more pristine video on YouTube?
It has been tagged twice on Last.fm, and I wanted to point them out since I absolutely love both of them: ‘so good you’ll put a foot in a bucket’ and ‘songs on mixtapes i make my mum and she quite likes them’. That pretty much sums it up for me.
So here it is, clocking in at a full 1:54…
I can’t complain about a thing; I listen to this song over and over again, and haven’t tired of it yet. And what I have heard on the new album is just as good. I can’t wait.
I found this song on bleep the other day, not yet released (damn! well, I suppose I can wait), and embargoed in the US (double damn! what now?!!). Nothing on iTMS yet, and even though I hate to buy such poor quality downloads I wanted the songs bad enough to at least force myself to make that decision. I was even poking around torrentspy trying to find an illegal download, but no love there either.
I hate flash websites—there’s no easy way to link directly to the good stuff buried within—but I was able to find a link to the lyrics in their forum. Now, that helps more than I care to admit, as I simply cannot understand English accents. Honestly, it might as well be Dutch, it just goes in one ear and out the other. That’s hardly the only thing these days.
Of course, MySpace has the two new songs for streaming, and a link to their video on YouTube, which is all I really wanted to share. Not sure why I made you sit through all of the other nonsense…
First the lyrics…
good shoes - All in my head
Im a talented artist but my hearts not in it
Im a good shag but I find nobody fit
I play in a band but I’ve got no talent
I spit and I drawl but I just don’t change a thingIts all in my head all my hopes and my fears
And I lay it all out all for you all to see and its
All in my headI work 9-5 but I want to get out
I watch the tv but I want to be an inspiration
I write it all down but nobody reads
You never will and its so obscene
And now the video…
I’m hooked. Great sound. Great fun.Great lyrics too, if a bit too close to home. No need to dissect this one. And at 2:31, it’s perfectly short and sweet. You know I have a soft spot for that kinda stuff.