The Outdoor Type

June 2, 2008

I just spent the last two hours searching the internet for videos of this Lemonheads song and found a LOT of super earnest covers by a LOT of average follicularly challenged white guys (which, to be perfectly honest, were very sweet and I’m sure resulted in them getting laid more than they would have otherwise) but I finally decided this one was my favorite - partly because of the spelling of “lemmonheads” and partly (mostly) because of the peppy uptempo-ness of it. And yes, maybe the accent helped a little. A LITTLE.

Also, I don’t understand why he’s singing from prison. I wonder who he killed? He seems like a nice kid. It’s always the quiet ones, I guess.


I will not giggle about the “lock climbing weekend”. I will NOT.

7 comments

1 Robert { 06.02.08 at 11:48 am }

I’ve owned “It’s a Shame About Ray” for a long time now, and I’ve only listened to it once.

Also, my freshman year in college, I was in a band who did a cover of the Lemonheads’ cover of “Mrs. Robinson” and I still remember the bassline.

That is all the Lemonheads stuff I got.

2 aidywi { 06.02.08 at 1:18 pm }

What if something’s on TV and never shown again?

Thank heavens for DVRs, because I’m not afraid to leave the house anymore. Well, uhh, except maybe when Ax Men is on. There’s something about those foul-mouthed, grain alcohol-swillin’, finger-missin’ loggers that lures me right in.

3 kiala { 06.02.08 at 1:46 pm }

Robert- You should listen to the Evan Dando stuff from that movie Heavy with Live Tyler. It’s very good.

aidywi - I agree about the dvr’s but there is something a little romantic and serendipitous about a movie being on at just the right moment in time. For instance, maybe you’ve just left your husband of two years because he is an alcoholic and Factotum is suddenly playing on HBO.

Like that.

What? I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT ME.

4 Dane { 06.02.08 at 2:20 pm }

You what?

I’m a what?

This is like an episode of “Sliders”

5 kiala { 06.02.08 at 2:22 pm }

Dane - Not you, dear. The other one.

6 melissa lion { 06.02.08 at 4:59 pm }

I think I dated that guy in college. No, I dated the WASP version. Like 75 times.

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