Any longer, and it's usually self-indulgent excess.
But every rule has its exceptions. DeVotchKa's How It Ends takes an epic seven minutes to craft a masterful gypsy symphony full of heartache and break and love.
An elegiac, existential ode to life and approaching death. It is perfect, a perfect song.
The best ever.
DeVotchKa
How It Ends
How It Ends
2004
How It Ends
2004
NOTE: How It Ends is not on Spotify. So. Here's another great track by DeVotchKa, All the Sand in the Sea.
It also worked very well as a soundtrack to Little Miss Sunshine.
ReplyDeleteOnly in hindsight do I realize that the theme of the song hints cleverly at the inevitable chaos in the final act (though the lyrics themselves weren't used during the movie).