One might not be the loneliest number

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Antony & The Johnsons, Eulogies, mp3, Music, Okkervil River, Teitur, The Old 97's, The Thrills

They say one is the loneliest number, but they sure have written a ton of songs about it (including that classic tune of the same name, that you won’t find here, because I don’t like it). The best one has to be Okkervil River’s ‘Plus Ones’, in which Will Sheff cleverly references a bunch of well known songs, adding ‘one’ each time to create his own version.

No one wants to hear about your 97th tear…

And no one wants a tune about the 100th luftballoon…

Eight Chinese brothers…

51st way to leave your lover…

I told you I can’t listen, baby, ’bout the 4th time you were a lady…

Kitten, not everyone’s keen on lighting candle 17…

Plus Ones – Okkervil River

Some more tunes that reference numero uno can be found below.

One Man – Eulogies

The One – The Old 97s

One and Only – Teitur

One Horse Town – The Thrills

One Dove – Antony & The Johnsons

Sparrows

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mp3, Music, Plants and Animals, The Dandy Warhols, The Notwist, The Old 97's

This is not a post about sparrows, but about the fact that I’ll be up and at ‘em hours before they’ve even thought about dragging themselves up off the perch. I’m only employed three days a week at the moment, but I’ve been picking up quite a lot of relief teaching on my days off (ha!) and tomorrow I get to go to on an excursion down to the big smoke. It’ll be a great day but it comes at a cost unfortunately – a cost to my beauty sleep. I’ll be up at sparrows, around 5.30am, stumbling to the bathroom and searching for my face – think of me, won’t you?

Early Morning – The Old 97′s

Early In The Morning (Live) – Plants And Animals

And what I’ll be forsaking…

Sleep – The Notwist

Sleep – The Dandy Warhols

Gorgeous sparrow photo from Yet Another Photo Blog.