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By Pages:   1    2    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Such great heights (page 2/ 2) ------ performed by Iron & Wine Wow... | Reviewer: RMB | 7/30/07 Three people on here should do their homework on music if they think that this song was written by the postal service. It was not. It also doesn't help that the postal service (a) can't write a song to save their lives (b) did a horrible job of covering it and (c) are not even worth of capital letters in their name. SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT | Reviewer: ERIC | 7/23/07 OK, You guys are obviously fans of I&W, but I am surprised no one knows the meaning behind this song. When it was written, Sam had been fighting with his father, who thinks he is gay, and also with his mother, who thinks his father is gay and takes it out on their son. His father actually is very gay, and married his mom as a cover so he could be in both worlds and not arouse suspicion. The song came from a recorded phone call from his father to one of Sam's friends, and the only thing Sam changed was the line "...come down now, they'll saaaay-e-yay-ay", which originally said, "...go down now, cause we're gaaaay-e-yay-ay", which embarrassed Sam and his friend, who is thirty five years younger than his father and is just bi-curious so far. His mother had originally named the song "Now I've Got Proof, You Secret Faggot, So Say Goodbye To This House And Everything In It Cause My Lawyer's Going To Rip You A New One, Which You Probably Need After 35 Years Of Sodomy And Lies." Hope I've helped some, Sam Beam and I go way back, and he is definitely gay. i'm not quite sure why .. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/13/07 But this song really makes me smile. It's such a good remake of Such Great heights by the postal servcie. I also love how TPS did a song called Iron and Wine. :) actually | Reviewer: emily | 5/13/07 i just saw Ben Gibbard in concert and he specifically says that the song was written by Sam Beam. you can hear him say this at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9935188 at about 49:15 in the song enjoy :) ignorance is bliss | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/7/06 The Shins redid the postal service's "we will become silhuettes", and Sam Beam (iron & wine) covered "Such Great Heights". Both versions are quite good sam's haunting vocals brings a new perspective to the well written song. Anyway DCFC's Ben Gibbard and DNTEL's Jimmy Tamborello wrote the song exchanging letters in the mail. DOES matter | Reviewer: does matter | 5/11/06 Actually, to set the record straight, the Postal Service album "Give Up" includes several covers of other bands including the Shins, the Flaming Lips, and Iron and Wine. "Such Great Heights" was written by Sam Beam who is Iron and Wine. The Postal Service did a very creative job of shedding different light on the beautiful song written by Sam Beam. i love this song | Reviewer: kt | 11/17/05 i love the way iron and wine did this song. its so pretty and i just love listening to it none | Reviewer: doesnt matter | 7/3/05 I would just like to get it out there that this song was actually written by 'The Postal Service' and not 'Iron and Wine', although they did a very beautiful job with it. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2