{"id":267,"date":"2012-07-06T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T10:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2012-07-09T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T14:25:37","slug":"song-of-the-week-side-girl-by-organos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Side Girl&#8221; by Organos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a new feature: every Friday I&#8217;ll pick a song&#8211;new, old, borrowed, blue&#8211;that&#8217;s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural Song of the Week is &#8220;Side Girl&#8221; by Organos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=1006075801\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/organos.bandcamp.com\/track\/side-girl\">Side Girl by Organos<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Music Review: Organos &quot;Concha&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=214\" target=\"_blank\">I reviewed this album back in April<\/a> and have listened to it quite a bit since then.\u00a0 The other day &#8220;Side Girl&#8221; came on the shuffle and it&#8217;s been bouncing around ever since.\u00a0 The first thing I&#8217;ll say about this song is: handclaps.\u00a0 I love some good handclaps in a song, and this one uses handclaps as the sole instrument other than voice.\u00a0 Even better: there&#8217;s nothing ornate about the clapping; it just provides a straight beat for the voice to play off.\u00a0 That voice sings out a really simple and pretty melody with really sharp, thoughtful lyrics to match: &#8220;And when the lights go out \/ And there&#8217;s room for doubt \/ Don&#8217;t you know \/ I&#8217;m gonna have your back babe.&#8221;\u00a0 In my review I called this song a folk song that should be and now is; like good folk songs, &#8220;Side Girl&#8221; is simple without being simplistic and fun without being stupid (in fact, it&#8217;s pretty damn smart).\u00a0 Its simplicity also gives it a certain flexibility that allows it to be adapted, reshaped and just generally played around with: witness the aRoaRoa remix, which you can <a href=\"http:\/\/organos.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">download for free here.<\/a> There you have it: handclaps, voice, melody, plenty of space for playing around.\u00a0 What more do you need to head into a weekend?<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Side%20Girl%22%20by%20Organos\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a new feature: every Friday I&#8217;ll pick a song&#8211;new, old, borrowed, blue&#8211;that&#8217;s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. The inaugural Song of the Week is &#8220;Side Girl&#8221; by Organos. Side Girl by Organos I reviewed this album back in April and have listened to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Side%20Girl%22%20by%20Organos\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-song-of-the-week","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}