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Exactly the type of song Beardyman was lampooning, although Coldplay aren't really indie exactly. It only needs some glockenspiel.

Been saying it for years: indie is shit. It is pastiche pop art, meaning it's inherently derivative. Ironically, musicians and fans of indie fancy themselves counter-cultural (hipsters) when all they've managed to do is raid their parent's record collection and grandparent's wardrobe. Furthermore, there needs to be a moratorium on the following instruments: glockenspiel, celesta, toy piano, or any other bell like instrument. These are staples of the indie diet and they make any track INSTANTLY sound like a Target commercial. I could go on but indie will be dead and gone before I'd finish the rant.

Cool cover, though I really would have enjoyed the Van Halen solo on the glockenspiel...

You're very welcome. Thank you for all the yummy links.

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
Thanks for the promote. I just sent an e-mail of Andrew Bird youtube performances I like to a friend; thought I'd share with you in case you hadn't caught some:

"
Here's a song that's much better live than on the record, performed at the Fillmore with a fun audience... fun lyrics, and lyrical presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Buxc-CNfLM

Here he is again on the violin, and also playing guitar and glockenspiel, with a band backing him up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKGPyYcf8g

Here's a slower song from a CD coming out Jan. 20th called Noble Beast (that album title is a David Attenborough reference):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYwUVSUd3Ko

Here's a strange one of him walking around Paris singing and playing for a popular French music blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsR0uyPxqxI

Here's a song I really like,... he supposedly got the lyrics from a letter he found on the ground (he said the letter started 'Dear Dirty,' and then went on to describe in a simple caveman dialect what it was like being a caveman):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnjsRvsyGQ

Finally, here he is first playing a song he wrote for a children's show he appeared on, then rolling into an intense performance of a pretty wild song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0-HVPl4xg
"

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
*PROMOTE

Thanks for the promote. I just sent an e-mail of Andrew Bird youtube performances I like to a friend; thought I'd share with you in case you hadn't caught some:

"
Here's a song that's much better live than on the record, performed at the Fillmore with a fun audience... fun lyrics, and lyrical presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Buxc-CNfLM

Here he is again on the violin, and also playing guitar and glockenspiel, with a band backing him up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKGPyYcf8g

Here's a slower song from a CD coming out Jan. 20th called Noble Beast (that album title is a David Attenborough reference):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYwUVSUd3Ko

Here's a strange one of him walking around Paris singing and playing for a popular French music blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsR0uyPxqxI

Here's a song I really like,... he supposedly got the lyrics from a letter he found on the ground (he said the letter started 'Dear Dirty,' and then went on to describe in a simple caveman dialect what it was like being a caveman):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnjsRvsyGQ

Finally, here he is first playing a song he wrote for a children's show he appeared on, then rolling into an intense performance of a pretty wild song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0-HVPl4xg
"

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
*PROMOTE

thanks for sharing.

I just sent an e-mail to a friend with links to Andrew Bird performances on youtube that I like, in case you hadn't seen some of them:

"
Here's a song that's much better live than on the record, performed at the Fillmore with a fun audience... fun lyrics, and lyrical presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Buxc-CNfLM

Here he is again on the violin, and also playing guitar and glockenspiel, with a band backing him up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKGPyYcf8g

Here's a slower song from a CD coming out Jan. 20th called Noble Beast (that album title is a David Attenborough reference):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYwUVSUd3Ko

Here's a strange one of him walking around Paris singing and playing for a popular French music blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsR0uyPxqxI

Here's a song I really like,... he supposedly got the lyrics from a letter he found on the ground (he said the letter started 'Dear Dirty,' and then when on to describe in a simple caveman dialect what it was like being a caveman):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnjsRvsyGQ

Finally, here he is first playing a song he wrote for a children's show he appeared on, then rolling into an intense performance of a pretty wild song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0-HVPl4xg
"

In reply to this comment by guessandcheck:
thought you might like this http://www.videosift.com/video/Andrew-Bird-Yawny-at-the-Apocalypse

(Left to Right) Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Marimba and Vibraphone.

It's okay, Issykitty. I like the "comments" number to get all pumped up so people think there's a really interesting conversation going on inside and thereby watch the video to see what all the hubub is about and, maybe, vote for it. I sure am glad I got my bronze before this 2-day queue thing because I probably would've given up! Thanks for your votes.

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Sorry Schmawy!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Chicago[1] and currently splits his time between Chicago and a farm near the town of Elizabeth in northwest Illinois. His musical proficiency includes violin, whistling, guitar, mandolin, and glockenspiel.

:-p

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Here I go messing with tags again! I think Andrew Bird is *british, so off to the british channel!!!

Sorry Schmawy!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Chicago[1] and currently splits his time between Chicago and a farm near the town of Elizabeth in northwest Illinois. His musical proficiency includes violin, whistling, guitar, mandolin, and glockenspiel.

:-p

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
Here I go messing with tags again! I think Andrew Bird is *british, so off to the british channel!!!

Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Chicago[1] and currently splits his time between Chicago and a farm near the town of Elizabeth in northwest Illinois. His musical proficiency includes violin, whistling, guitar, mandolin, and glockenspiel.

Actually there is only one Vibraphone in that "orchestra" all the ladies are playing Marimbas (longer wooden keys). A vibraphone has metal keys and a foot pedal like a piano which is used to let the notes resonate longer... a Xylophone is made out of a composite material not wood like a marimba or metal like a vibraphone. Also just metal keys without any resonators are called "bells" or "glockenspiel". Everyone’s percussion lesson for the day