dancing robots

So last night on the radio I played this song, "Everything's Alright" by Kimya Dawson featuring Danielle Ferguson. Ferguson is a small child singing along to a song about one-night stands and that lonely feeling you have inside when you "spoon a guy" and pretend that you can still "be his friend". Not only did I receive a few phone calls about how much people loved it, but the guys that called were shocked that this happens to girls. That girls who live alone bring guys home, and even though he doesn't love her, he keeps her company.

Anyways, this song reminds me of, in a weird way, Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire". Someone in radio land said that it reminded them of R.E.M.'s "End of the World". I kind of agree with them. With the fast paced listing of pop-culture figures and day-to-day tasks and objects, I can hear the connection.

Everything's Alright w/Danielle Ferguson::Kimya Dawson