{"id":26028,"date":"2016-05-22T10:37:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=26028"},"modified":"2016-05-22T10:37:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T18:37:02","slug":"on-sunday-watch-andrew-bird-perform-capsized-and-roma-fade-on-kcrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2016-05\/on-sunday-watch-andrew-bird-perform-capsized-and-roma-fade-on-kcrw\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunday: Watch Andrew Bird Perform “Capsized” and “Roma Fade” on KCRW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Regrets, we’ve had a few more. We’ve never managed to catch the gifted singer-songwriter Andrew Bird<\/strong><\/a> live and couldn’t connect this go-’round either. To stave off any similar regrets watch the multi-talented\u00a0Bird<\/strong> and great band on KCRW<\/strong> perform Capsized,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>a great break-up song off his recent album Are You Serious.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>This is an inspired version that sounds less like Bill Withers than the recorded version<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

About the song (lyrics below), Bird<\/strong>\u00a0wrote, “I wrote a version of the song 15 years ago but certain lines came following a breakup years ago where I kind of walked out of our apartment and wasn\u2019t coming back. It was a Saturday night in Chicago. It was a strange time. I just felt like I had a target on my head.” And about the Jesus verse, Bird<\/strong> wrote, “‘Jesus Is A Dyin\u2019 Bed-Maker<\/strong><\/em>‘ is a spiritual song from the 20\u2019s by Charley Patton<\/strong> (listen at bottom). I was really struck by that line. A lot of those old spirituals have somewhat cryptic or violent imagery to it. The line is meant to be comforting, but it\u2019s saying death is your only comfort. So it\u2019s a pretty sorry attempt at comfort, I guess.”<\/p>\n

While we’re at it, check out the additional KCRW<\/strong> performance of the driving, pizzicato Roma Fade<\/strong><\/em> (a song about meeting his wife and partially inspired by a drive on the 5 from LA to San Francisco–who does that? Stay on the 101!).<\/p>\n

Go pick up Are You Serious<\/strong><\/em> HERE<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0Bird<\/strong> will kick off another leg of his tour at Bumbershoot<\/strong> in early September. \u00a0Check out all the dates HERE<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0No mo’ Cali, however.<\/p>\n