Feist
A little over a year ago, Canada’s famed sweetheart, Feist, dropped her third studio album, The Reminder, on us. I don’t know if you remember, but in the weeks that ensued, if you closed your eyes and listened hard enough, you could almost always hear a collective “Awwwwwwww….” as, little by little, nearly everyone in the world grew fond of her adorable songs, specifically the soft-spoken tune “1234″. I mean, even if you didn’t own the album, or even a music player for that matter, the track was still unavoidable (thanks to that infamous ipod mini commercial), and for the next several months, it was played time and time again, slowly wearing itself out until it had all but disappeared. —That is until our studio happy friends decided that they hadn’t spent enough time with the charming little girl, and decided to give her a good remix’n. Thanks to them, there are more than just a few “1234″ remixes floating around online, all of them just aching to win you over, and I don’t think any of us are complaining. I mean, no one even really wanted to let Feist go in the first place; The truth is, we were all just embarrassed to have to admit that we’ve had the same Feist song repeating on iTunes all this time. Don’t worry, now you’ve got an excuse.
Check out the Vanshe Technologic remix. The opening will have you intrigued, and I guarantee you’ll have fallen in love by just over a minute in.
Fiest – 1234 (Vanshe Technologic Remix)
And here’s a rather unusual yet strangely intriguing edit, followed by a blippy electropop cover.
Feist – 1234 (My!Gay!Husband! Get Up Kid edit)
I know it’s a bit of an offshoot, but I can’t talk about Feist as a solo artist without ever mentioning her previous musical endeavor, Broken Social Scene. The nineteen member band has a sweeping nostalgic sound that plays like one enormous contented sigh. Simply magical…
Broken Social Scene – Major Label Debut
One last little note. If you haven’t already seen Feist’s music video for 1234, you simply must watch spare a few moments and watch it now. It’s fun and playful, but the real magic comes from the fact that the director chose to fill the entire video in one take. The camera never cuts throughout the video. If you really stop to think about that, you’ll realize how incredible a feat it is. Anyhow, take a look!
