Looking for Airplanes
Did it ever happen to you that you hear a song, and you love it so much on first hear, but you never find out who the artist was, or what the title was? And then you go online to look for it using a line in the lyrics, but you still can’t, for the life of you, find out who it is? I hate it when that happens.
There’s a song I’ve been looking for for a long, long, loooooooong time. The lyrics I remembered were
“I want you back, back, back…You back~”
I know. Not quite the most unique string of words, which makes the search even harder. I’ve almost given up looking for it, until I heard the exact song on Chuck. (Seriously, I love that series!)
The song I’m talking about is Airplanes by Local Natives. Oh, man, I so love them for it. The lyrics are straightforward yet enigmatic, the tune is catchy, the harmony is simply ear candy, and the musical arrangement is just ARGH. Because of this song, I looked for Local Natives’ other songs, and…well…Let’s just say I fell in love with them and I can’t wait to get my hands on their album.
By the way: as awesome as the recording already is, the live version at Jumping Turtle is just as awesome. And this bare, stripped version!
I also recommend Who Knows Who Cares (epic, I tell ya), and Only Son (a track I listen to over and over and over and over). I implore you to look up their other songs, too.
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Airplanes
by Local Natives
The desk where you sit
inside of a frame made of wood
I keep those chopsticks you had from
when you taught abroad in Japan
I love it all so much
I call
I want you back
I did not know you as well
as my father knew you
every question you took the
time to sit and look it up in the
encyclopedia
I love it all so much
I call
I want you back
It sounds like we
would of had a great deal to say
to each other
I bet when I leave
my body for the sky the wait will
be worth it
I just listened to it and yeah I like it too. I can't say I'm a fan of the TV series but judging by your posts it seems Chuck has a great soundtrack!
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