Bailey Anne Bravely

The new Train song "Mermaid" is really super catchy, and in this post I'm going to compare it to the other two mermaid songs I know: "The Mermaid" by Great Big Sea (though originally written by Shel Silverstein, which I learned while writing this), and "Mermaid Town" by the Abrams Brothers. The Train song is certainly the most polished (read: moneyed) of the three (please excuse Vevo's obnoxiousness): While the Abrams brothers win the prize for most creative and most adorable: And then there's Great Big Sea (skip to about 2:00 for the song): Great Big Sea has a special place in my heart because my cousin Josh really likes sea shanties, and now I associate them with our annual summer vacation to an island off the coast of Maine. We put Great Big Sea on repeat for hours and it's glorious. For the songs, I shall look at three aspects of quality: music, lyrical content, and the video. The video for Great Big Sea ...

People think I'm super patient. I guess I am, but most times it doesn't feel too difficult... you see, I have a secret. I do rage. I do get upset and frustrated. But I don't get really angry at any one person. Usually. Here's the rage I could write, if I didn't have my soon-to-be-not-so-secret trick: Argh, taking the bus downtown is so exasperating; there are so many bleeping so-and-sos around all the time. That person driving the car passing the bus after it's clearly trying to pull away from the curb is a jerkface and I hope they get hit by oncoming traffic! Even if they pass while the bus is stopped they could hit those kids trying to cross the street. Don't even get me started on the genius who passed the bus right at an intersection. Just exactly how the bleep did they expect to look both ways before entering the intersection? THEY DIDN'T! And then there are the pedestrians. Ugh. That jaywalker is clearly stupid; I can't believe he just cr...