tegan and sara

Jeremy Blackman · **on:** April 12, 2005, 10:38:24 PM

I'd just like to express my love for "walking with a ghost" and "you wouldn't like me."

"I won't be left" and "my number" are pretty good too.

ono · **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2005, 10:43:26 PM

I saw them on Conan a while back. I think my comments were like, "Pretty weird, but pretty catchy. Unique." Don't remember too much, but I would like to know what song it was they performed.

cecilia · **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2005, 11:02:21 PM

I'm sure the song on Conan was "Walking With A Ghost" and it's a great simple little song, I remember seeing them perform it on one of the late nights so may have well be the same performance. It's way better on the record than the show I saw. I love her voice on that tune, sounds a lot like Brenda Lee or someone like that.

Really none of the other songs on the album grabbed me much but I only listened to it a couple of times one day in the car, haven't pulled it back out since November.

Thrindle · **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2005, 02:10:39 AM

Yay! They are my favorite Vancouverite Twin Lesbians. "Living Room" is good, and so is "My Number". Good to see this thread on xixax.

pete · **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2005, 11:13:42 AM

I thought only one of them was a lesbian.

Thrindle · **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2005, 12:31:10 PM

Hmmm... my gay best friend told me both. I'll tell her to get her facts straight. I always assume that what she says about gay celebrities is true because of her mildly smug attitude... like... "Yeah, well Nikki, he's gay. So there. Haha."

Rudie Obias · **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2005, 02:41:26 PM

they're my current obsession!!

Jeremy Blackman · **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2005, 03:10:43 PM

"You Wouldn't Like Me" is growing on me like a fungus. I also realize that "Walking With A Ghost" doesn't have as much replay value.

The "So Jealous" title track is interesting... it's kind of emulating "A Day in the Life"...

Jeremy Blackman · **Reply #8 on:** May 22, 2005, 12:57:05 AM

I put this song on my playlist, fell in love with it, and eventually realized that's it's not on any of their albums. It was a demo, apparently.

Here's a convenient download:

Hello

pete · **Reply #9 on:** May 22, 2005, 01:24:18 AM

my buddy told me this cute story about going to see them in portland with a few of his friends, and then they took this photo together. then he moved to LA and realized that they were playing at pomona college, so him and his buddy dug up the picture, went to kinkos and made a t-shirt out of it. when they went to pomona they realized that the show was completely sold out, and no one was scalping tickets at all. they were kind of bummed because my buddy spent like 28 bucks on four shirts or something. standing by the door they realized that all they needed were some orange wristbands to get in or something. so they went back to his car, got an orange marker, and cut up some strips (of what I don't remember) and then colored them orange, with a layer of masking tape. they raised their wrists and walked right past the doorman. anyways, they went up to tegan and sara after the show and gave them their t-shirts and took this photo.

Jeremy Blackman · **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2005, 09:41:07 PM

I've grown to love the entirety of So Jealous (with the possible exception of I Know I Know I Know). A really great track—maybe the best—is I Can't Take It. Took me forever to find that one.

If It Was You is also a pretty great album. I especially love Living Room, City Girl, You Went Away (Tegan's vocals are amazing on all of those), Terrible Storm, and Time Running.

This Business of Art, on the other hand, is mostly crap.

I've learned to distinguish their voices, but here's the important question. Apparently they write (mostly) separately. Can we assume that whoever is a lead on a particular song wrote that song? (I can't find any specific credits.)

Just because people should hear these, I'm throwing a few b-sides onto Xixax:

When You Were Mine
Here I Am
Terrible Storm (Live)
Missing You
Days And Days
I've Got You

It really took me a while to appreciate Tegan & Sara, but it was worth it.

Jeremy Blackman · **Reply #11 on:** July 30, 2005, 06:51:02 PM

TEN TEGAN & SARA SONGS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR

durable/evolving songs that grow on you
1. I CAN'T TAKE IT
2. YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ME
3. DON'T CONFESS (Takes a little while, but it's surprisingly becoming one of my favorite songs)
4. TERRIBLE STORM (Live version preferable... see download above.)
5. LIVING ROOM

accessible/infectious songs
1. WALKING WITH A GHOST
2. WE DIDN'T DO IT
3. CITY GIRL
4. TIME RUNNING
5. MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY

polkablues · **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2005, 08:48:42 PM

All I had heard before those ones you posted was "Walking With A Ghost", which had one-hit-wonder written all over it -- until I started hearing the rest of their stuff.

If you like Tegan & Sara (and clearly you do), you should check out Butterfly Boucher and Eisley. Specifically find the Butterfly songs "Life is Short" and "I Can't Make Me", and the Eisley songs "Telescope Eyes" and "Golly, Sandra".

MacGuffin · **Reply #13 on:** September 05, 2005, 10:24:19 PM

So I had heard this song I liked that goes "Out of my mind, out of my mind" and never knew who it was from, until I heard a radio commercial promoting Tegan and Sara's album. Then I remembered Jeremy fawning over them in this thread and was intrigued to hear some of their other songs. I ended up previewing the So Jealous album at the store and was surprised how every track had a distinct sound, and not one song made me want to skip to the next one. A Labor Day sale also helped my decision to buy the album and now it's in my rotation.

Thanks, Jeremy.

matt35mm · **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2005, 11:26:09 PM

I hadn't heard any of their music before, except for some of "Walking With A Ghost." I haven't been in a position to actually buy any music, so I've been relying on free MP3s for my new music, which actually has the benefit of exposing me to more music, but just not the whole album of anybody.

These MP3s are great. Thanks JB.