Comments on: Top Songs of 2009: #8 Dear Leader — Barbarians http://blog.ryantoohil.com/2009/12/top-songs-of-2009-8-dear-leader-barbarians.php Stuff. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://blog.ryantoohil.com/2009/12/top-songs-of-2009-8-dear-leader-barbarians.php/comment-page-1#comment-16396 Ryan Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:26:28 +0000 http://blog.ryantoohil.com/?p=417#comment-16396 I had not made that connection, but that's probably a major reason I really dig the We Were Promised Jetpacks album. Good call. I had not made that connection, but that's probably a major reason I really dig the We Were Promised Jetpacks album.

Good call.

]]> By: WinterMatt http://blog.ryantoohil.com/2009/12/top-songs-of-2009-8-dear-leader-barbarians.php/comment-page-1#comment-16395 WinterMatt Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:24:14 +0000 http://blog.ryantoohil.com/?p=417#comment-16395 Is it weird that We Were Promised Jet Packs reminds me of Aaron Perrino? "It's Thunder and It's Lighting" builds and crescendoes, and then the Scottish dude yells, and he might as well be Aaron Perrino at that point. You'll probably not agree, but I like "<a href="http://blog.ryantoohil.com/2009/12/top-songs-of-2009-the-runners-up.php" target="_blank">It's Thunder and It's Lightining</a>" for the same reason I like "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBRZLQgAtHY" target="_blank">Back to the Cradle</a>." Oh, I also like "<a href="http://c1.libsyn.com/editions/63686/790/indiefeed_dearleader_barbarians.mp3?nvb=20091230062930&nva=20091231063930&t=0c038767cc31db543812b" target="_blank">Barbarians</a>," too, even though there's no yelling. "Show me a way / it's ok / it's just not enough ... " Solid. Is it weird that We Were Promised Jet Packs reminds me of Aaron Perrino? "It's Thunder and It's Lighting" builds and crescendoes, and then the Scottish dude yells, and he might as well be Aaron Perrino at that point. You'll probably not agree, but I like "It's Thunder and It's Lightining" for the same reason I like "Back to the Cradle."

Oh, I also like "Barbarians," too, even though there's no yelling. "Show me a way / it's ok / it's just not enough … " Solid.

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