Some songs seem perfectly suited to those lazy days where summer's last flurry slides into autumn. Some songs simply have a quality that makes you want to sit back and appreciate them, and everything that surrounds you. Liam Finn's Second Chance is one of those songs... I stumbled on it today, and its indescribable effervescence has me totally intoxicated:
I can't help it. I've always been a "Crowded House":http://www.crowdedhouse.com/s_home/index.phpfan even tho that may make me somewhat of a sap in the eyes of "some":http://stereogum.com/archives/concert/coachella-rage-fans-didnt-like-crowded-house_005258.html. So, I was very happy to hear CH offspring, Liam Finn's new tune. It's been described as "melancholy":http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/C...
http://terriblelovesongs.blogspot.comI have just returned from a lovely time celebrating a wedding in France with my French family. In my absence, London has experienced an unusual bout of warm weather and unfortunately, my poor old courgette plant took the brunt of it. Guess they're off the menu this week...My sickly looking courgette plant -please note the little bird who flew in momentarily ...
" entity_media_id="" height=344 src="http://static.uber.com/images/spacer.gif" title="Embedded Media - Liam Finn- Second Chance" unselectable="on" width=425>Liam Finn- Second ChanceThis was the first single off of Liam Finn's 2007 solo debut I'll Be Lightning. Liam, who happens to be the son of Neil Finn of Crowded House and Split Enz fame, will be coming through the Echoplex in Los Angeles on ...
It is a joke amongst my friends, this affinity-bordering-on-pathetic-obsession I have for/with Neil and Tim Finn. While my appreciation for wee Liam Finn (Neil's boy) is unlikely to reach the same mythic proportions, I am finding it impossible to get this song out of my head. It's strange and familiar and dorky and sophisiticated all at once. I love it. I'm really looking forward to the avai...