Weekly Trail Tune - The Postal Service

Have you ever suffered from an earworm? That's a song that is stuck in your head, usually an annoying one. I was afflicted for several months by a horrendous Journey song, Open Arms, after hearing someone sing it on American Idol. I've hated Journey since it was the band of choice for all the cool kids in my high school.

I was finally able to rid myself of this malady by listening repeatedly for seven hours to The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, which is a completely different kind of earworm that I actually don't mind having in my head. All together now: "In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed to sea..."

Another song I don't want out of my head is this week's Old Goat Trail Tune:

The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"

This is a near-perfect pop song co-written by Seattle's Ben Gibbard. It's breezy, happy, foot-tapping music that sounds great on a leisurely weekend drive through the tall trees of North Idaho. Their entire 2003 album is filled with memorable melodies and thoughtful lyrics, and I highly recommend it. Years from now it will be considered a classic of this era.

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