SONG OF THE DAY (#159)

'ghost town,' by the bicycles

swanky brass + plunky pianos + guitars + organs + strings + melody = sign me up!

where do i begin with a song as brilliant as 'ghost town?' i dunno, but i'll start here: it's supremely awesome. if you like your monkees, burt bacharach, the apples in stereo, 60s girls groups, and the like, then this is an album you're going to adore. the melodies are so precise and lovely and the songs so meticulously and brilliant arranged that it's hard to listen to the album in one shot 'cos you keep going back to the beginning. at least i did!

the bicycles debut album, 'the good, the bad, and the cuddly' (and with an album title like that, how can you go wrong? answer: you can't) is just such a fun record. now i know a lot of you 'hipsters' turn your noses up at bright, happy pop like this (i.e. 'i only listen to bright eyes and gloomy, political stuff.' you know who you are), but just slap on some training wheels (bicycles, training wheels--get it? man, that's a bad joke) and enjoy this ride. take it from me, you'll be glad you did.

bicycles, my canadian neighbors, i salute you.

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