Talk:Out Of A Tree

Flansburgh takes over the Beatles in 1965

This is a wonderful and joyful song. Lyrically it does the most difficult thing: It takes you directly back to childhood and you can enjoy it as a parent looking back or as a child experiencing such an adventure. Musically it's as if Flans has walked in on the Beatles and given George Harrison a massive hug. The solo is textbook George, and yet it transcends a pastiche because? Well I don't know why? Maybe because lyrically the Beatles never did anything like this and also because Flans knows he has a good song and there's a confidence that flows through the whole production because everyone realises. I've said before that Flans seems to relax lyrically (I feel he struggles for subject matter on regular releases) on the kids songs and he'll go for the emotional and human hook rather than try be clever or oblique. It's a great song and one of their best releases of 2015. (Mr Tuck)

I love it too, but aside from the definite Harrison tribute in the guitar playing, the vibe of the song sounds like A.M.-era Wilco to me...

Call Connected Thru the Tree

When I first heard the earliest version of this song, I thought it too slight and also that it sounded very similar to "Call Connected Thru The NSA", one of TMBG's most brilliant song nuggets of the 21st century. I'm glad to see/hear that this fleshed out version far exceeds the commercial-length ditty, expanding on what was a promising premise with a whole mini-story arc. Pretty neat. --MisterMe (talk) 22:26, 27 November 2015 (EST)