Just where have I been this last week or so? Well I’ll tell you the truth. I’ve largely been in bed, sweating through a wicked fever, and generally ignoring all things related to the interwebs. It has been atrocious, terrible, and tragic. Well maybe not quite any of those three melodramatic terms, but it was bad. But I’m feeling better now, or at least I’ve convinced myself I’m well enough to blog again, and that’s really half the battle. And for my first post back from the brink of sure death I thought I would post my all time favorite song by one of my favorite bands.
This version of The Commander Thinks Aloud can only be found over at WOXY as it was preformed live in their Lounge. I guess the argument could be made that it could now be found here, but I’m not healthy enough for arguing. The song is a sort of narrative taken from the point of view of the commander aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia as they orbit the Earth and prepare to come home. A journey that they were never to successfully complete. It’s a blissfully simple song but there is a depth of emotion that I hear in this song that goes well beyond it’s simple composition and chord structure. By the time the repeated phrase of “the crew compartment is breaking up” is sung at the end of the song I feel as my heart has made the same journey.
mp3 : The Long Winters - The Commander Thinks Aloud (Live in the WOXY Lounge)
Although I do love the version of this song that appears on their Ultimatum EP (iTunes) I feel as if this version from WOXY says so much more without the distortion and electronica that was prevalent on that album. As I said before this is my favorite version of my favorite song by one of my favorite bands. Enjoy it for the first time if you’ve never heard it; listen to it again and remember how great The Long Winters are if this is your second time at the dance.
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this was a really good track. The Long Winters music just keeps growing on me.
when i saw the Long Winters play live they literally blew my mind. i found myself standing alone in a big crowd, with my eyes closed, swaying to the music as they sang the song cinnamon. it was brilliant.