Jun
15
The Hold Steady - Killer Parties
For some reason I had never heard this song until I saw the Hold Steady live last weekend. Which, you know, is probably the best way to hear this song for the first time.
If you’re watching this delightfully demented homebrew video and it’s your first time listening to this song, imagine you’ve just had a number of whiskies and beers and imagine that during the breakdown Craig Finn is shouting to 2000 sweaty madpeople, thanking them by saying “THERE IS SO MUCH JOY IN WHAT WE DO UP HERE,” and that they are roaring back in greater and greater gratitude.
I am given to understand that this track typically closes out their livesets. I can see why.
