Fireflies

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

It's gorgeous. I never heard this before. As you say, apart from the incredible depth and beauty of this fragment, it's quite amazing and impressive that Lindsey and the band arranged the midtempo rocker out of it as it came out......

I sounds sort of like all her piano demos from this period, particularly the Rhiannon related ones.

In many ways, I think the musical structure and the music of the finished fireflies is LB (I presume the major production force) and the rest of the band (no slouches either mind you) 's finest accomplishment of that era. I have no clue how complicated the song is in its structure, but it sure comes off as a perfect fit to her words and voice. I also think she (presumably) did an outstanding job on the harmonies (as she presumably did on Farmer's Daughter - SHEEBUS!).

All in all, I think Fireflies is an example of FM working best when they work together as a group. It is just so evident on this live track.