{"id":1112,"date":"2007-03-18T22:37:40","date_gmt":"2007-03-19T02:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2007-03-18T22:37:40","modified_gmt":"2007-03-19T02:37:40","slug":"keen_on_keane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/keen_on_keane\/","title":{"rendered":"keen on keane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/03\/18\/keane2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Keane2\" alt=\"Keane2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/03\/18\/keane2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> I&#8217;ve been listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keanemusic.com\/\">Keane&#8217;s<\/a> older CD <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keanemusic.com\/\">Hopes and Fears<\/a> during my recent blog entries and thought I&#8217;d share one of my favorite songs <strong>Somewhere Only We Know<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ai-iXXVeuwA\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>The Rolling Stone review reads, &quot;<span class=\"content\"><span face=\"Georgia\">On its surprising debut album, seemingly underpowered Brit trio Keane (piano, drums, vocals) reconfigures the high-romantic aesthetic introduced by Radiohead and mainstreamed by Coldplay as the launchpad for a serious hookfest. <em>Hopes and Fears<\/em> contains more hooks than most pop groups manage in their careers; the album brims with unabashedly grand, sun-breaking-through-the-clouds gestures. Tim Rice-Oxley&#8217;s piano playing, like Chris Martin&#8217;s, is at once percussive and expansive; drummer Richard Hughes executes the strategic fills with pomp and circumstance; and when singer Tom Chaplin lets loose with his extraordinary tenor, he seems to be channeling Freddie Mercury. There&#8217;s no letup, from the ascending opener, &quot;Somewhere Only We Know,&quot; to the monumental closer, &quot;Bedshaped,&quot; on which Rice-Oxley makes up for the absence of guitar with a synth solo of power-ballad-y theatricality. Cynics may find this nonstop ear candy hard to swallow, but what&#8217;s the point of resisting such delirious beauty when submitting to it feels so good?&quot; &#8211; Bud Scoppa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Bookmark Post Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?pub=H37RYQW9GRAD8L2L&amp;url='+encodeURIComponent(<$MTEntryPermalink$>)+&#8217;&amp;title=&#8217;+encodeURIComponent(<$MTEntryTitle$>), &#8216;addthis&#8217;, &#8216;scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,width=620,height=520,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,screenX=200,screenY=100,left=200,top=100&#8217;); return false;&#8221; title=&#8221;Bookmark using any bookmark manager!&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.addthis.com\/button1-bm.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AddThis Social Bookmark Button\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- AddThis Bookmark Post Button END --><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/keen_on_keane\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/keen_on_keane\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been listening to Keane&#8217;s older CD Hopes and Fears during my recent blog entries and thought I&#8217;d share one of my favorite songs Somewhere Only We Know. 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