tutakea
| | Posted: May 08, 2013 - 06:24 | |
this sounds like The Lightning Seeds without genius, or sugar without spice...
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Trip_Estes
| | Posted: May 08, 2013 - 06:21 | |
Great song! I love both versions.
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 14:45 | |
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ycb661
| | Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 19:34 | |
great lyrics - Iron & Wine cover is more my style
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tomvela
| | Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 06:38 | |
great song on a dancefloor!
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kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | | Posted: May 27, 2012 - 12:58 | |
Is someone shuffling on sandpaper ?
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aquadonia
(Green Bay, WI) | | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 23:18 | |
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CasaE
| | Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 20:37 | |
Yuck! What happened to the GOOD friday night songs on RP?!  I promise I'll post something nice if they play a good song! |
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adroc
(T dot O dot) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 07:32 | |
buddy wrote:A really poor cover of a great song.
This one you're commenting on by The Postal Service is the original. Which poor cover are you referring to? I&W? |
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 07:30 | |
20% of that song is WORLD-CLASS!
The rest,....is not!
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Delawhere
| | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 07:33 | |
this is a cool song, I've never heard anyone sample a commercial before
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 07:31 | |
RadioDoc wrote:
Amusingly, both this and the Iron and Wine version were released at the same time, with I&W being the B side of the Postal Service single. So which is the cover?
The Iron & Wine version is the cover. |
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ericconrad
| | Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 21:39 | |
RadioDoc wrote:In some parallel universe, Ben Gibbard actually works for the Postal Service, preferably in a back room somewhere far away from recording equipment.
Right now I wish I lived there.
I disagree with the sentiment, but have to give credit where it's due. You made me laugh.  |
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simon-hk
(Hong Kong) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 18:10 | |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 16:50 | |
In some parallel universe, Ben Gibbard actually works for the Postal Service, preferably in a back room somewhere far away from recording equipment.
Right now I wish I lived there.
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dewhead
(Big Orange Country) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 12:25 | |
I love the Iron & Wine version of this. This version made my want to throw my speakers out the window.
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 17:02 | |
buddy wrote:A really poor cover of a great song.
Amusingly, both this and the Iron and Wine version were released at the same time, with I&W being the B side of the Postal Service single. So which is the cover? |
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Stave
(San Francisco) | | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 16:27 | |
No, Kaiser Permanente, I will not buy your crappy insurance!
Oh wait, this isn't a smug commercial. it's an actual song on RP. Well that's not so bad, I guess.
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Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco) | | Posted: Jul 19, 2009 - 07:29 | |
Uh, no thanks. Background sounds like sandpaper on the mic.
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 13:21 | |
Danimal174 wrote:One other comment...there are quite a few comments below about Iron & Wine's "cover" of this song...he (Sam Beam, force behind Iron & Wine) wrote this song, then The Postal Service covered it, so his version isn't a cover...it's the original.
Sorry, just being nitpicky.
Nitpicky and misinformed. Not a great combo.
Check the album credits. Copied and pasted directly from DCFC's website. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights Sub Pop Records
January 2003
Buy the CD |  Tracklisting - Such Great Heights
- Theres Never Enough Time
- We Will Become Silhouettes
- Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine
Credits The Postal Service are Jimmy Tamborello and Benjamin Gibbard. All songs written by Jimmy Tamborello and Benjamin Gibbard / Dying Songs (BMI) / Fake Songs (BMI). Songs 1 & 2 recorded and produced by the Postal Service at Dying Songs (L.A.) and Computerworld (Seattle). Guitars on Song 2 recorded by Chris Walla at the Hall of Justice, Spring 2002. Song 3 recorded and produced by James Mercer 12/2002 (Portland, Oregon). Song 4 recorded and produced by Sam Beam 11/2002 (Miami, Florida). Song 1 from the forthcoming album "Give Up" (sp595). Art by: Kozyndan. |
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sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 13:12 | |
Whats funny is I used to work for UPS and now I work for NCR supporting the Postal Service. Oh yea, Iron and Wine good; postal service remake bad.  |
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Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina) | | Posted: Jun 17, 2009 - 12:11 | |
One other comment...there are quite a few comments below about Iron & Wine's "cover" of this song...he (Sam Beam, force behind Iron & Wine) wrote this song, then The Postal Service covered it, so his version isn't a cover...it's the original.
Sorry, just being nitpicky.
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Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina) | | Posted: Jun 17, 2009 - 11:58 | |
ginger wrote:
Yeah, I had thought about that too. And I know we need one more person to weigh in on this like we need a collective hole in the head, but I give this version a 2 and Iron and Wine's a 9.
I agree completely. Love the I&W version, and could definitely do without this one. The little guitar "solo" (not much of a solo, but, still) is pretty cool, but that's about it for this version, for me. |
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Carl
(The Summit City) | | Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 17:44 | |
ginger wrote:
Yeah, I had thought about that too. And I know we need one more person to weigh in on this like we need a collective hole in the head, but I give this version a 2 and Iron and Wine's a 9.
Just listened to each of them and they're like two different songs! I like them both. |
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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA) | | Posted: Apr 09, 2009 - 10:38 | |
Finally just listened to the lyrics...very nice.
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ginger
(Connecticut) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 17:26 | |
redstorm wrote:Does anyone else find it funny/ironic that The Postal Service is used in the UPS/whiteboard TV ad's?  Yeah, I had thought about that too. And I know we need one more person to weigh in on this like we need a collective hole in the head, but I give this version a 2 and Iron and Wine's a 9. |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 09:47 | |
MJMJ wrote:
Postal Death for Cutie Cab Service
Death Cab for Postal Service
Cutie Cab for Postal Death Service
Death Service for Postal Cutie Cab
All of the above. Stick them in a brown box, load them in a brown truck and take them far away from here. |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 09:46 | |
jenakle wrote: Shimmer wrote:Iron & Wine's cover of this song will open your eyes.
i concur I hate this version  |
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lovemydog
| | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 09:46 | |
What can brown do for you?
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redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2009 - 14:36 | |
Does anyone else find it funny/ironic that The Postal Service is used in the UPS/whiteboard TV ad's? |
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