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I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images
And when we kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God Himself did make
Us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
And true, it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
When I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home.
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now" they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now" but we'll stay
I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
It sounded thin upon listening.
And that frankly will not fly
You'll hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
While this is guiding you home.
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now" they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now" but we'll stay
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now" they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now" but we'll stay
They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now" they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now" but we'll stay
| surreal1221 (Columbia SC) | Posted: Mar 18, 2007 - 21:05 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KI78874qbU Video of this performance. |
| bseib (40 24' N 86 53' W) | Posted: Mar 17, 2007 - 19:59 I like Bill's habit of playing various covers, and I like Ben Folds, but poor Ben's performance sounds very labored in this recording. It's empathically exhausting on the ears! |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Mar 17, 2007 - 19:53 karen wrote: Must. type. faster.
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| winter (at home) | Posted: Mar 17, 2007 - 19:52 Intriguing and kinda fun... |
| AliGator (Lex, KY) | Posted: Mar 17, 2007 - 19:52 meydele wrote: Actually, this is making me laugh, so a nice solid 7 for Ben.
It's kind of making me laugh, too. But I'm not gonna give it a 7. |
| Whirlpool (Somewhere in California) | Posted: Mar 17, 2007 - 19:52 God. Now this shit really sucks. |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 04:44 This is so so good!  thanx for that chillpill  I needed that like bad! |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 04:42 I must say: a major disappointment coming after a long, long stretch of sublime and shiny gems... and if it goes on much longer |
| meydele (By the sea) | Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 04:41 Actually, this is making me laugh, so a nice solid 7 for Ben. |
| elliotgoettelman (sturgeon bay, wi) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:37 not real sure about this one.............. |
| Queue (ROKville, MD) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:34 Is this the Aussie radio show that gets people to cover songs that are way out of their element? In that context, this is interesting... Is this worthy of RP general rotation? I think not. JMHO |
| roggles (Vancouver) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:31 Gregorama wrote: Postal Service recorded it first, not sure who penned it... Ummm... Postal Service did. Specifically - lyrics by Ben Gibbard. But this version... I'm going to have to go with a previous reviewer and give it a solid...  |
| 99 (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:28 Ennis wrote: I don't like Ben Folds much, but I enjoyed the cover!
I am a HUGE Ben Folds fan, but I don't like this cover. If anyone has a Ben Folds cover of Say Yes then please upload it. Thanks. |
| phineas | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:26 electron wrote: Great song. BAD cover.
Boring song not improved as a frantically bad cover. |
| celadonstone (Southeast of the USA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:19 Gregorama wrote: Is this really what the world needs now, another cover?
What the world needs now is to hear what the world needs now by Cracker. |
| jeremyg2k | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:19 This is a terrible idea by Folds. This song is amazing when postal do it and iron had a unique take. This is just a crap version of Postal's original, riding on their coat tails. Booooo |
| KevinM (Long Beach, Ca) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:19 This was recorded on the spur of the moment at an in-studio show in Australia - Apparently he recruited a few local drummers. The video shows him reading from a lyrics sheet |
| electron (The People's Republic of Canada) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:18 Great song. BAD cover. |
| Ennis | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:18 I don't like Ben Folds much, but I enjoyed the cover! |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:18 Nope. It don't work! |
| zipper (the double z) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:18  |
| hcaudill (Washington, DC) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:18 Not sure we really needed another version of this song. Certainly not this version... ugh. |
| PacificNWPariah (Between a Nuclear Power Plant and a Chemical Weapon Depot) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 This just makes me laugh  |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 This is much too frenetic and labored to be even remotely enjoyable. |
| grouchygreg (590 miles south of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 Terrible. |
| karen (neither here nor there) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 Must. type. faster. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Such_Great_Heights # Ben Folds covered "Such Great Heights" on Australian radio station Triple J using a piano, forks, tin foil, and glass.
neat! Ben Folds sounds quite a bit like Ben Gibbard, doesn't he? |
| djinnthespazz (S/E Michigan) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 gandalfbmg wrote: His voice sounds like he's having trouble keeping up... ...sing sing squeak gasp sing... |
| dexev | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 1) This is fun. 2) I'm going to get *really* sick of it, and soon 3) This sounds like a live version. For Ben's sake, I hope so. |
| celadonstone (Southeast of the USA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 The words to this song remind me of something used for an M & M's commercial in the last year. Is it a cover, or was it covered? Damn, ok. I see. Iron and Wine was probably the ad version. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:17 shakylegs wrote: so, who wrote the original?
Postal Service recorded it first, not sure who penned it... |
| Smoove_D (Milwaukee) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16 Woah! I had no idea Ben Folds did a cover of this. He shouldn't have. Iron and Wine's cover had a point and was done gracefully. This is just a mess. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16 Is this really what the world needs now, another cover? |
| shakylegs (Montreal) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16 so, who wrote the original? |
| surreal1221 (Columbia SC) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16 Ugh! What is with the covering of this song.  Sounds like more pounding of the piano than anything just to keep up.
I mean, I love Ben Folds. . . but I love my Postal Service more. |
| gandalfbmg (Missouri) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16
Not sure yet if this is  or , but it's DEFINITELY |
| annanyc (Gotham) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16 IMGoph wrote: ahhhhh! another version!
um, why? |
| davin (Victoria, British Columbia) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16 themotion wrote: what?
uhmm |
| Zubie | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:16 IMGoph wrote: ahhhhh! another version!
No more, please! He doesn't even sound that good, and what garage Casio synthesizer is he using? Man I loved the DEMO button on those things. |
| ElSupreme (ATL) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:15 IMGoph wrote: ahhhhh! another version!
Damn, you beat me to it! |
| bigB_3 (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:15 Sweet.....I think. Original is better. |
| themotion (the great city of austin in the not so great state of texas) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:15 what? |
| IMGoph (Washington, DC) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:15 ahhhhh! another version! |