Top 5 Songs of the Year
#2 Merry Christmas “Bedside in the Cosmos”
I’m in my late 20’s, and very few things get me out to see live music anymore. I have realized most bands I like probably are not that great live. Even if they are, I’d like to enjoy them by sitting down, having a beer, and not getting home too late.
So it’s astounding to me to listen to a band that makes me want to be in a crowded room, jump around, get sweaty and sing along at the top of my lungs. Merry Christmas makes me remember what used to get me excited about music when I was young. They make me want to start a band that doesn’t even have a myspace (although they do have one) and only release 7” singles with photocopied cover art.
“Bedside in the Cosmos” also speaks to the junior college, heart broken, apathetic, hungover guy inside me. Lines like “You are so apparently ready for anything. who knows? who cares?” sums it perfectly. All of these wonderful FTW lines are delivered between music and melodies that would make both Bob Pollard and Paul Westerberg jealous. The song is self destructive yet incredibly catchy and anthemic.
It makes an older, fatter, slower me want to have fun again
Originally posted in November
