I was listening to the Garden State soundtrack during work today, and a song came on that I knew. It was a song I'd first heard on a Postal Service album, and the version on the Garden State soundtrack was different, sung by a different person. I think the song was used during and M&Ms commercial too. Does anyone know which version came first? I'm inclined to think the Postal Service one did, since I heard that version first, but I'm usually wrong about these things. Let me know if you have insight into the answer to this question.
The last time I wondered this, it was about the song "Crazy" by Gnarles Barkley. It worked backward in this case. I heard the GB version first. Then I was listening to a great station out of the Twin Cities and I heard an acoustic version of the same song, except it was by Shawn Colvin of all people. In this case, I just assumed she wrote it first, because, well, she's Shawn Colvin. It turns out I was wrong, despite arguing with a drunken Matt Rudman that Shawn's came first. Oh well.
Oh! You should listen to her version of the song, because it's very, very cool. Everyone I've played it for has agreed. I would recommend buying it from iTunes, although the for-sale version isn't as good as the version they play on cities97.com, which I linked to earlier. If you have the time, or if you like a good radio station, go to cities97.com and listen to their online broadcast. Eventually you'll hear the cool version of Crazy, and you'll hear some other pretty good music along the way.
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You've now officially every topic underneath your title in your blog. Way to go!
In case you're still wondering:
The version of "Such Great Heights" on the Garden State soundtrack is by Iron & Wine, which I believe is made up of one guy recording in his basement. It was written by the Postal Service guys.
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