Band: DeVotchKa
Song: Such a Lovely Thing
Album: How It Ends
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Why this song is awesome:
If you don’t have any Eastern European family, you’re really missing out. No other set of people on Earth can put away as much vodka and deli meats as they. It’s a sight to behold.
When these Eastern Euros get all hopped up on sodium and booze, they pick up instruments. It’s amazing how many of them just happen to know the mandolin.
Before you know it, there’s a circle of gypsies around you, singing, dancing, spinning and sweating profusely. You desperately try to hold onto your hat while they desperately trying to get a hold of your wallet. It’s a fun time.
Chances are, you don’t have Euro relatives like this, and so you need to listen to DeVotchKa’s song “Such a Lovely Thing”. It’s the closest thing to being in a middle-of-nowhere Ukranian barn full of old toothless people ready to throw down. Just grab a kielbasa, a bottle of Russian Prince, and you’re all set.
The lyrics are A+ too.
You’re such a lovely thing/ But there is ice forming/ Upon your pretty wings/ What are you protecting?/ I’ll give you everything/ And you could wear this ring/ But you only love me when I’m leaving
