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    My Body’s a Zombie for You - Dead Man’s Bones

    I’ve thought about it for a bit - have actually written and re-written this opening line several times already - and I’m still not sure whether you’re better off knowing anything about this song before you hear it, whether it will add or detract to your experience to know in advance what you are about to hear, and who is doing the singing*.  Of course, the point might well be entirely moot: this is the internet after all, and word gets around (I first heard the song over a week ago now, which is like 100 years in internet years).  You might already know the song’s pedigree.

    There’s also a fair point to be made in saying that a song entitled “My Body’s a Zombie for You” needs no other introduction, really.  But then, I’d argue, you wouldn’t realize so many things about it, like how there’s an entire kids choir singing back-up vocals, or how the piano line that runs throughout the song is perfect in its pop simplicity, or how you’ll be running around with the sing-a-long chorus stuck in your head for weeks.  And then you might not listen.  And that would be the greatest shame of all.

    If you need an excuse to enjoy a song about the undead, tell yourself it’s October, that Halloween is right around the corner, that this is the month for a song like this.  If you have no such hang-ups, though, just dive right in.  This is one of the best songs you’ll hear all year.

    * lead vocals by Ryan Gosling

     
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      I’m pretty sure I have reblogged this song every time Chad has posted it, and will continue to do so as long as he does.
    4. sometimesagreatnotion reblogged this from eceu and added:
      ago on my music blog, and re-posted here...Halloween time every year since.
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      completely grown
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      will happily run...Berlin record store on friday, hooray
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      song. And I think that...hollywood house might be with me on this one…
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