1 2 3 4

Originally posted on 10 October 2007.

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I know I must be the 3 millionth person to have said this already, but this song and this video just make me really, really happy ... and really seriously considering getting the new Ipod nano (RED!) just so I can carry this wonder of a song and vision with me.



Feist must have already sold so many Ipod nanos for Apple, and she must be so big now with the exposure that the ad has given her. She totally deserves it, too, I think. I mean, I just got to listen to some songs in the album (The Reminder, if I remember correctly) from which 1 2 3 4 was taken, and they were just overwhelming.

Apart from 1 2 3 4, I'm also totally loving The Park. While Feist's images are not neccessarily easy to put into some kind of order, interpret, and/or arrange into some meaningful whole--perhaps, they're not meant to, and that's part of the beauty and charm of it--there are a few lines in 'The Park' that I just totally get.

Here: Sadness so real that it populates/The city and leaves you homeless again/Steam from a cup and snow on the path/The seasons have changed from the present to past. Sad, right? And with her voice and her singing and the melody of this song, it just touches you and makes you ache. For some reason though, it also makes you hope. Or maybe, it's just me. :-)

Anyhoo, I didn't really start out thinking this was going to be about Feist or her songs. I mean, I don't really have the right to be reviewing music. Hehe. So I'll just go back to where I started: I'm really seriously considering getting the new Ipod nano (RED!) just so I can carry this wonder of a song and vision with me. And, oh, by the way, I'm also open to the idea of having someone else get the Ipod nano (RED!) for me and make me really happy. Christmas, after all, is just around the corner. Ahem.

Good night, all! :-)