Iron & Wine stretch to Such Great Heights
Sam Beam - aka Iron & Wine - is to release his version of 'Such Great Heights', originally penned and performed by The Postal Service.
The song will be available as a download and CD on July 31. Previously released as a b-side of The Postal Service's version, Beam's take on the song is enjoying increasing popularity. It was included in the movie Garden State, and was recently used on an advertisement for Ask.com in Britain, sparking a fresh wave of interest.
The single's b-side will be 'Naked As We Came', lifted from Iron & Wine's most recent (2004) album, Our Endless Numbered Days.
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its a bit dull innit, never heard any other iron and whine stuff though.
Power of advertising isn't it.
i like Iron & Wine but i feel that it will become more successful than the Postal Service version and fuel the argument that acoustic guitar music is by default more noble, heartfelt, worthwhile and 'proper' than electronic music.
DiScuss.
it's been said before
but that cover is DULL.
this feels a bit lame
no new tracks? its all a bit (whisper it) 'sell-out' ish.
i like
the shins version of 'we become silhouettes'
far superior.
but
hasnt this been out for AGES AND AGES AND AGES AND AGES.
(CAR ADVERT BANDS ARE SHIT)
Martin Grech
was ok... until he played Truck.
It's a rubbish cover version
and I love Iron & Wine. Naked As We Came on the other hand is superb. Thanks fuck that isn't being used on adverts.
If it means more people hear his other music then good for him
Besides he has little babies to feed. why shouldn't he take the money? I would.
i cannot stand
Iron & Wine. it's so saccharaine, over-sugary, and just damn cringe-worthy.
apart from the people
who don't want it.
cos it is bad, innit.
.
shock horror, elitist dis'ers judge and write off previously liked track because it got popular and/or was used in adverts
i still think it's a good cover. *shrug*
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I have that Postal Service single, bought randomly when some customer didn't come to pick it up. I like both versions.
I would buy the cd but I have both tracks. Naked is also a bit of a tune...
I really dislike this version
It adds nothing whatsoever to the original, in my opinion
iron& wine
this version, i believe is better. that's only, i suppose, because i don't really like the postal service version very much.
i prefer iron & wine in general. better than anything ben gibbard does anyway.
Hmmmm
I do like this version, but it definately doesn't add anything to the original. However, I agree that the Shins version of We Become Silhouettes is very very good. But "saccharaine, over-sugary, and just damn cringe-worthy" is, to be blunt, a load of cock.
This was played really loud
every break there was at the cricket on Monday, and it pissed me off
man oh man
am I the only person who loves everything about this? I personally thing that this version is a great improvement of the Postal Service version which I never much liked. Plus, Naked As We Came as a B-side? Deserves more, but still, niiiiiice.
in the same way as
the knife/jose gonzalez??
hrmmm
i can see why it might appeal to some but i find it just a watered down version of the original with all the good bits taken out...
I have
they're flimsy as fuck, but when you type your destination in the steering wheel it takes you there with minimal effort.
Hmm..
Doesn't have that same feel as the Postal Service one, but its ok.
Iron & Wine is great
and has great songs. Its a shame a cover has to be relased to bring him to anyone's attention.
i love iron and wine
but this cover is a bit unimaginative. although having said that i like gozalez's cover of heartbeats so what do i know. i also heard sam beam's cover of we all us three will ride by will oldham, and that was pretty bland too. maybe covers just aren't his thing.
woah woah woah
its an ok cover, but people people!?? the original so So much better. clearly. my pal a couple of years back unfairly said it took everything good out of the song, i think thats a tad harsh. but still, acoustic music is gay, everyone knows that..what was the question again?
Zzzzz. Rubbish version.
Also, why the hell does he call himself 'Iron and Wine', and not just 'Sam Beam'?
I think you may be right
lame situation really.
But the original is hugely popular.
Go look at the last.fm history of most listened tracks, that song is in the top 10 nearly every week for 18 months!
Because 'Sam Beam'...
...is a far, far less interesting name to release under.
Erm..
I like it.
More than The Postal Service's version.
Does this make me a bad person?
I don't think, either, than it even remotely suggests people automatically choose acoustic ahead of electronic, especially given the amount of singer/songwriter types that now dabble in the electronic side of things.
Another cover?!
Amanda Palmer from The Dresden Dolls does a cover version of this at some live shows. She did it in Dublin anyway, yo.
I really love tha cover
it's my favourite cover, lykz evahhh.
That's really the only Iron and Wine song I've heard and actually remembered. It's alright. But is his other stuff better?
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