The Silver Seas

My friend Brick, the knower of all things good-music, once gave me a little nugget of wisdom: "Good music can often be found in commercials." Indeed, it was in a commercial that I found today's offering, proving once again that Brick is pretty much a genius.

I was watching TV, goofing around on my laptop a few months ago when I heard a cheerful little piano tune venture forth from my TV speakers. I sat bolt upright (yeah, like you don't slouch when watching TV and wasting time on your computer) and declared, "I must have it!" Not the Kenmore Elite washer and drier being sold by the adorable elven boy with the white skully, although I'm sure they're fabulous and very high quality(the washer and drier, not the boy... But he's probably cool, too). No, "Imaginary Girl" by The Silver Seas.

Let me just take a minute to praise Al Gore for inventing the internet. In under ten seconds of Googling, I had what I needed--song title and artist name. I plugged them into Amazon, clicked a few more times, and my very own Silver Seas "High Society"CD was on its way to my doorstep. A shipment which proved to be the longest ten days of my life.

Since I work at home and really don't have much to live for anyway, I live each moment in breathless anticipation waiting for the mailman. Every day around 2:00 (it used to be 11:00, what gives, mailman?) I see his little mail truck bouncing down the street in front of my house and I give a giddy little clap. The mail has come, the mail has come! Whilst waiting for my Silver Seas CD I'd run down to the bank of mail boxes and...! Nothing. Big fat nothing. Sigh. I just wanted my CD so I could listen to the song I loved over and over again!

Finally, a week and a half after placing my order, my CD came. I ran back to the house, ripping open the package so as to get my CD into my computer all the sooner. As it uploaded, I noticed a song in my iTunes library called "Imaginary Girl" by The Bees. "It can't be the same song," I chuckled knowingly to myself. "It isn't even the same band." But for kicks I played the song by the Bees, and... !@#@!#!!!! It was THE SAME SONG!! The Silver Seas USED TO BE THE BEES! This is exactly the kind of crap that only happens to me...

But there is a happy ending to my little, figuratively kicked-in-the-knee story. "High Society" turned out to be very enjoyable--very much worth what I paid for it, which I'm sure was under $9-10. It's an awesome, kickback collection of mellow deliciousness that I've gotten a lot of listens out of. (I may or may not have listened to "Imaginary Girl" 20 times the day I got it.) The great thing about "High Society" is that it's completely impossible to nurture a bad mood while listening to it. Go ahead, I defy you to do it. You might be able to get all storm cloud through a couple of the songs (if you're a jerk), but there is no way "Imaginary Girl" will let you stay jerkfaced. It's just not possible. So give it a listen! I've even embedded it below so you don't have to turn your TV on and wait for the Kenmore commercial. I'm just thoughtful like that.