a humble gift

this song has been caught in my brain since the first time i heard it, more than a month ago at a vday benefit concert to end violence against women. sometime after the inadvertently silent ribbon dancing, a blond boy with an electric guitar performed his version of "he hit me (it felt like a kiss)," written, says wikipedia, by gerry goffen and carole king, originally performed by the crystals and arranged by phil spector. knowing, however, that he was really covering grizzly bear's friend ep cover of the crystals made me uncomfortable, the way seeing someone in a decently pretty dress that you decided not to buy frequently does. i wanted to go. lizzie recognized the next song. "oh!" she whispered. "soltero! this is the best song, too!" we stayed. until that moment i thought soltero was some kind of baile funk band she liked to dance in her underwear to when her roommate is gone, which is not meant to be derisive as i think we can all safely admit to partaking. this is only as weird as it sounds because the previous week we played soltero on our show but i think i was in the gender neutral bathroom and missed it.

forget everything i wrote. this is a song for headphones or quiet nighttime. fall asleep or in love or just down to this song. i know every word.

"the moment you said yes" by soltero

is a free and legal mp3. soltero is tim howard. he lives in philadelphia, like nick, and is touring, and will be playing at hampshire college this weekend, in amherst, mass. tim howard, when queried, does not want to be famous. keep him a good secret.

"he hit me (it felt like a kiss)" by the crystals
"he hit me (it felt like a kiss)" by grizzly bear (the crystals cover)