Aug
20
2005

I Awake From A Long Deep Sleep

Thoughts on Leaky Little Boat

Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 02:17:46 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music, Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene)
I remember when I first got Americano!, back in Feb 2004 - the first day, taking it into work (as I'd not had time to listen to it at home), and how I really didn't like Leaky Little Boat at all. I seem to recall that it was probably my least favorite on the album during those first few listens. I certainly remember skipping it that day. The whole dusty record effect intro grated on my nerves, and the song seemed fairly hick to me.

It's funny how much a song can change! It wasn't until I watching the accompanying Leave And Open Door DVD (Americano released as a CD and bonus DVD) a week or so later, did the song decide to change. Firstly, it wasn't until I saw the DVD that I realised that Leaky was a regaee nod. It seemed pretty obviously once it was spelt out to me from comentary on the DVD. That immediately gave it some street cred.

Very soon after I saw Leaky Little Boat in a completely different light, and it was right up on the list of my favorite songs on Americano!. With Americano! and Your Name On A Grain Of Rice, it's so hard to pick a definate favorite, but it's certainly between those two and Leaky Little Boat. The more time has gone on, the more Leaky has become the song.

It's really funny the way a song can go from your least favorite, to most favorite.

I awake from a long deep sleep. In a leaky little boat, on a wide blue sea. I spy no island, rock or shore; I see she's comin' to me through a whole in the floor.

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