The Postmarks: ‘By The Numbers’
September 18th, 2007 by Wade Tatangelo in News
Miami-based indie pop band The Postmarks will follow their acclaimed, self-titled debut album with a series of cover songs called By The Numbers, said the band’s multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Christopher Moll in a recent phone interview with Creative Loafing to advance their Sept. 29 concert with The Apples in Stereo at Crowbar, Ybor City.
Moll wouldn’t give me any song titles but said each selection will have a numeral in the title. The songs will be released online-only via an as-yet-unconfirmed “major Internet music store.” Fans should start looking for the songs as early as October, he said.
My interview with Moll will run in the CL that hits newsstands Sept. 27.
Here are some of the suggestion I gave Moll, plus a few more I came up with after I got off the phone with him.
Top 10: Songs By the Numbers
“One,” Harry Nilsson
“Two of Us.” The Beatles
“Three Times a Lady,” Commodores
“Four,” Miles Davis
“Obviously Five Believers,” Bob Dylan
“If 6 Was 9,” Jimi Hendrix
“7 Deadly Sins,” Traveling Wilburys
“8 Ball,” Eazy-E
“Nine Pound Hammer,” traditional
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” Bruce Springsteen
What else should/could The Postmarks cover for By The Numbers?
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September 18th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Some alternates:
Two Hearts Beat As One - U2
Four Sticks - Led Zeppelin
Five to One - The Doors
Take 5 - Dave Brubeck
Revolution #9 - The Beatles
Some higher numbers:
I’m Eighteen - Alice Cooper
Thirty-Three - Smashing Pumpkins
46 Days - Phish
Bonus Track (Just ’cause it has lots of numbers in it):
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
September 19th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Murder of One-Counting Crows
September 19th, 2007 at 11:06 am
We were thinking about Nilsson’s “One”, but, for me, it’s really associated with Amy Mann and the “Magnolia” soundtrack. I suggested The Smiths’ “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”, but it was recently crucified by Mark Ronson and we skipped it. Too bad, cause I think we could have nailed it.
The songs will be from numbers 1 to 12… there are several on your list that were/are in contention… I think people will be surprised by the variety… although, I really think we should have opened it with “Going For The One” by YES… or “5-4=Unity” by Pavement… nothing like pissing off the indie-/prog-rock geeks…
November 24th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
less than zero——-elvis costello
one———3 dog night
2 tickets to paradise———eddie money
5-years———–david bowie
seven year ache———-rosanne cash
eight days a week—————-beatles
big 10 inch record———aerosmith