Old Old Fashioned

Frightened Rabbit

Wow. What an incredible performance — live on KEXP from 2013…🥰

Rounding out this beautiful tangent 🐰 is a song I’ve OFTEN thought of during the pandemic. Because these last (2+!) years have made me think and re-think how I want to live my life each day. This is an unusual 3 1/2 minute song from this great band — but it feels beautiful, sincere and truthful — with a danceable bass riff.

How do we live our lives to their fullest? Perhaps it does have to do with simplifying. Juggling less. Allocating more time to what’s important. Easy to think about, harder to do. This song has some of my favorite lyrics. Especially the first verse. ❤️🎶🎵🎶🎸🥁🪕

I'll turn off the TV
It's killing us we never speak
There's a radio in the corner
It's dying to make us see

So give me soft, soft static
With a human voice underneath
And we can both get old fashioned
Put the brakes on these fast, fast wheels

Oh let's get old fashioned
Back to how things used to be
If I get old, old fashioned
Would you get old, old fashioned with me?

Put the wall clock in the top drawer
Turn off the lights so we can see
We will waltz across the carpet
So give me the soft, soft static
Of the open fire and the shuffle of our feet
We can both get old fashioned
Do it like they did in '43

Oh let's get old fashioned
Back to how things used to be
If I get old, old fashioned
Would you get old, old fashioned with me?

So give me soft, soft static
We won't need no electricity
If we both get old fashioned
We won't have to rely on our memories

Oh let's get old fashioned
Back to how things used to be
If I get old, old fashioned
Would you get old, old fashioned with me?