June 12, 2004

buy some new old clothes and i'll be fine.

david dondero "the real tina turner"
i hope just one of you gets as excited about this song as i do. i've played it for many people and i always seem to get the "eh" reaction. they like it, but not like me. david dondero plays what he calls the "skinny indie white boy blues", and though his best album is his newest, the transient, this here's my favorite song. sounds a bit like m. ward, or bright eyes done as southern garage rock.
--from shooting at the sun with a water gun [2001] // epitonic site // label site // lyrics

sondre lerche "sleep on needles"
indie pop bliss. lerche's vocals dance around almost a croon. one of my favorite things about lerche is that his vocal range falls right in line with mine so i can sing along with all of his songs with ease. always a bonus! i love both of his cds, and they're the kind i can always flip on at dinner and not have my mother bat an eyelash before she starts humming along. best moment: when the bells chime in at around the four minute mark.
--from faces down [2002] // official site // lyrics

sunday's best "saccharine"
this falls squarely into what the press ended up dubbing "emo" but it sounds most like the piebald vein. it's all about the chorus and guitar hook "we want it and we want it now!" great for shoutalong car rides. i could totally picture this one blasting in a stadium. catchy and fun.
--from poised to break [2000] // epitonic site // lyrics

Posted by justin whye at June 12, 2004 08:35 PM
Comments

I like the Sunday's Best, but alas, Sondre Lerche and David Dondero have always irritated me.

Posted by: Sean on June 13, 2004 12:37 PM

The best Lerche I have ever heard is the song he sung on Kilborn, and I can't remember it, but i have it downloaded somwhere. And I love Sunday's Best. Nice picks.

Posted by: caley on June 14, 2004 02:24 AM

Not "eh". OMG! I love it! I've never thought I'll be so close with a song connected in any way with Tina Turner. awesome!

Posted by: L on June 14, 2004 11:25 AM

d dondero is great. there is a "albums that have influenced you" type-thing in the new spin with conor of bright eyes, where he states that he mirrored his voice trying to sing like david dondero...so i guess it would be bright eyes sounds like him instead! anyways, sunday's best are awesome. good choices...

Posted by: jt on June 14, 2004 04:39 PM

that's really interesting about the spin article, i'll have to look for that.

Posted by: justin why on June 16, 2004 10:34 PM

sleep on needles is an amazing song for a guy who was what at the time he wrote it - nineteen maybe?
nice post.
sixeyes@www.sixeyes.blogspot.com

Posted by: alan on June 18, 2004 10:01 PM

Real Tina Turner is a fantastic song. Very high on my rotation. I'll end up listening to this all night now, thanks! I've turned on several friends to Dondero. Usually I hit them with "If You Break My Heart", easy to like.

Posted by: Old Guy on August 1, 2004 01:40 AM

I've been listening to Sondre Lerche two in a half years now...wonderful music. I also had the change of seeing him play in san francisco....it was truly beautiful..."the best guitar solos are the ones you can sing to"...good stuff.

Posted by: lmidnightbutterl on March 20, 2005 02:26 AM
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