Song of the Day #61: “World Spins Madly On,” by The Weepies

Anthony, or Visual Music man as you have come to know and love him as, and I were pondering a song for the song of the day. I decided to pick up my guitar and play a few poorly sung covers in search of a suitable song and I forced Anthony to play along with me. After our unsuccessful jam session where Anthony and I both realized once again that our dream to be the next Simon and Garfunkel will never come to fruition, Anthony asked me if I had profiled The Weepies yet. I said no and he scorned me with some expletives and the song of the day was  born

WEEPIES!!!!!!!!

The story of our Weepies obsession reaches back to a vacation where I was shuffling through new music. The Weepies presented themselves during my 3:00 in the morning search and the song of the day played. After hearing it I let it play around 70 or so times before I told Anthony about the song when we went back to school. Anthony listened to it, got the Weepies, and their music has never ceased to leave our heads. So, now that you know about our weird longing for everything Weepies let me get to something about the song.

“World Spins Madly On,” fits perfectly into a wonderful description I found online (wikipedia). The Weepies’ music is “subtly intoxicating folk-pop.” You don’t know that the Weep virus is infecting you as you listen but, trust me, it is. It is like a tape worm that just sucks all music into a vacuum and consumes it so the Weep virus keeps all Weepies songs perpetually stuck in your head. Also, the tape worm never leaves. This beautiful analogy leads in perfectly to the creation of the Weepies by Deb Talan and Steve Tannen. Actually it has nothing to do with anything of the story but whatever. The two met at a show Tannen was playing and quickly found out that they shared many of the same music roots and interest. Love sprouted like autumn foliage and these vivid colors have been spread to all listeners. “World Spins Madly On,” is just one example of their great music. The song appeared on the 2006 album Say I Am You and also in the movie “Because I Said So,” which is pretty funny when you think about. Say I am you. Why? Because I said so. Or, just listen to the song.

“World Spins Madly On”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4sa2HoXpsE

I also particularly liked this cover. Good job guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIjly8KKNpM