Young Folks

I’ve been meaning to get a post about music I like up here, so here’s my first.

Peter, Bjorn & John – Young Folks

Heard this song on the Point Pleasant boardwalk the other day and haven’t been able to get the infectious whistling out of my head since. First heard it last summer on WERS I think… just figured I’d share it and get it stuck in your craniums as well.

Kanye West is apparently a fan… he joined Peter, Bjorn & John on stage at the Way Out West fest in Gothenberg, Sweden (they’re a swedish band… learn more through the almighty scholarly research power of wikipedia!) last summer and rapped over the song.

Here’s that:

And here’s a studio remix from him:

Some of the YouTube commenters hate on it, but I think it’s a fun remix, even though Kanye seems to go on forever about himself at the end of it.

Personally, I think if there’s any hate, it should be directed unilaterally and powerfully at one Mr. James Blunt, because this is effin’ terrible… he sounds like he’s trying to channel Cat Stevens and there’s no whistling. Boo this man.

Ugh.

This cover by a British band called the Kooks is nice, but you’d really be best served downloading the original or **GASP!!** actually buying the album “Writer’s Block”, which I’m planning on doing.

6 days until NHL 09 ruins/enhances my life.