You Make It Easy

There was a short time before and after Stunt was released that I enjoyed listening to the Barenaked Ladies. The emphasis is on short. I enjoyed the quirky melodies that bordered on novelty in songs like Be My Yoko Ono and If I Had a Million Dollars (the latter of which was played incessantly by the band made up of my roommates in college -- along with If I Run by the band formerly known as Pleasure -- mere inches away from my basement bedroom until 3 o'clock in the morning - good times). But then a song that could hardly be listened to for longer than one minute was everywhere for much longer than One Week and I was done. I haven't even been able to listen to the songs I enjoyed before that song killed BNL for me. Way2Poppy still digs them, and that's cool. I just can't get past it.

Well, I may have to give them one more shot because I admire what they're doing right now. They are defiantly anti-DRM and to prove it, they have released their new single Easy in a free download four-track version. They encourage you to remix it and submit your version, which may be given a formal download release if it's one of their five favorites. Let me know how it is. I still can't make the leap to listen.

MP3s: Barenaked Ladies - Easy