this is a cool song, I've never heard anyone sample a commercial before

 RadioDoc wrote: 
I disagree with the sentiment, but have to give credit where it's due. You made me laugh.

excellent!!

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 love the Iron & Wine version of this. This version made my want to throw my speakers out the window.

 buddy 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?

A really poor cover of a great song.

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.

Uh, no thanks. Background sounds like sandpaper on the mic.

 Danimal174 wrote:
Nitpicky and misinformed.  Not a great combo.

Check the album credits. Copied and pasted directly from DCFC's website.

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.

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.

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.

 ginger wrote: 

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.

 ginger wrote: 
 Just listened to each of them and they're like two different songs! I like them both.

Finally just listened to the lyrics...very nice.

 redstorm 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.

 MJMJ wrote: 
All of the above.  Stick them in a brown box, load them in a brown truck and take them far away from here.

 jenakle wrote: 

What can brown do for you?

love all the versions, and I think they all have merit - this is my favorite though! 

i am havin great heights

i don't think i could choose between the postal service and iron & wine on this one...they're both great. depends on your mood.

james mercer of the shins also plays some supreme postal service covers. not sure where i got my hands on the recording, but it's one of my favorites!

 darrenwwwa wrote: 
Play it without expectations and I think you'll be impressed. You have to forget you've ever heard this version first.

 darrenwwwa wrote: 
But the slow tempo fit the words and music better. Much like Gary Jules' version of Mad World. They should've saved that happy energy for a different song.

 Shimmer wrote: 
It is a good cover, but becuase it is so slow it looses the happy energy that the Postal Service's version has.
Both are good, but I prefer the original.

 Shimmer wrote: 




i concur
I hate this version

 Shimmer wrote: 
Their cover of this song is even better than this? Wow. I must hear that!

All of the crappy 80s synthesizer music, but without the hair. I guess there might be something good about this song.