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Yo La Tengo — Autumn Sweater
Album: I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
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Released: 1997
Length: 5:14
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When I heard the knock on the door
I couldn't catch my breath
Is it too late to call this off

We could slip away, wouldn't that be better
Me with nothing to say, and you in your autumn sweater

I tried my best to hide
In a crowded room, it's nearly possible
I wait for you, oh, most patiently

So I looked for your eyes
And the waves looked like they'd pour right out of them
I'll try hard, I'll try always
But it's a waste of time
It's a waste of time if I can't smile easily
Like in the beginning
In the beginning...
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I just have to shrug on this one. I can't say why, but it just grabs me. It ain't the great guitar or the awesome vocals, that's for sure. :-)  
I know, it's... 'tight'.
Posted 2 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
Simple & charming lyrics / intoxicating music behind them 😘
Posted 8 years ago by azcarol    [ Reply ]
 RoelantSiekman wrote:
Thought I was hearing Eels..
 
Yep, there's some Eels in there (so to speak), but I can't help thinking there's something/someone else, even closer . . . but who?
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Strange. I had this rated as a rare 1. . . today my ears tell me it is a 7 at least and gets bumped to an 8 for the shaky egg and splendidly lazy drum work. 
Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 richardgold wrote:
How very Hot Chip !

 

I really like Hot Chip, but would never think of comparing them to La Tengo.{#Ask}
Posted 9 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Deadwing wrote:
Any group that would release a CD named "I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass" can't be all bad
 
LOL!

I see they also released a CD entitled:   Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics.

Artists. 
Posted 9 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Muy relajante, en especial en horas de oficina... Que buena programación.
 
Posted 9 years ago by NilsonLoRi    [ Reply ]
Sitting in the train, it fits perfect {#Bananajumprope}
Posted 9 years ago by Ginetta    [ Reply ]
This is very cool.
Posted 9 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Sheesh, I thought Moby had a whiny voice...
Posted 10 years ago by Davidos    [ Reply ]
A drum machine, an accordion, and a whine.
Posted 10 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
Sufjan and Eels?

 
(Way) predates both - also have never heard of Hot Chip but do know Luna - YLT buries both in originality, creativity & longevity.
Posted 10 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]

Posted 11 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 Jazbo wrote:
Why do I hear a little Luna?
 
lotta luna
Posted 11 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
That was a disease, not a tune. =1
Posted 11 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 richardgold wrote:
How very Hot Chip !
 
Hate to point out the obvious, but since Hot Chip formed in about 2000 and even this later Yo La Tengo tune is from 1997 (the band has been around since the mid 1980s!) the comment is a bit strange.
Posted 11 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
How very Hot Chip !
Posted 11 years ago by richardgold    [ Reply ]
nice, nice, nice sound.
Posted 11 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
Oh-so-perfect for a crisp, clear September morning in Maine ... {#Meditate}
Posted 12 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 Rockit wrote:
PSD!
 
PSD brought me here and I'm stayin'!
Posted 12 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
PSD!
Posted 12 years ago by Rockit    [ Reply ]
 tonypf wrote:
I'm hearing a bit of Ray Davies which ain't so bad.
 
Thought I was hearing Eels..
Posted 12 years ago by RoelantSiekman    [ Reply ]
I just L-O-V-E this song, especially as the leaves fall and air cools ... so atmospheric. {#Meditate}
Posted 12 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
"You're just not cool if you don't like these guys." Said the 40ish hipster one bright sunny day in Brooklyn.

"Yeah, yeah, that's nice," I said. "But I asked for a skinny, no foam latte. This is clearly soy."
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing a bit of Ray Davies which ain't so bad.
Posted 12 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
Yo no la tengo. I don't get this one at all. As soporific as a bland autumn sweater, as dull as a wet Sunday afternoon in Hull (and that's dull), as sedative as a bottle of Dreamy Sleepy Nighty Snoozy-Snooze.

(Hey, where's the sleepy emoticon gone? )
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Lame.
Posted 12 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
You and your awful sweater?
Posted 12 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Just happened to glance up at the playlist and saw this one running, love this song. I may play it this weekend!{#Cheers}8
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
The more songs I hear from them, the more I like!!!
Posted 13 years ago by ejmusik    [ Reply ]
More! More! More Yo La Tengo!!!! Yeah!
{#Hug} 10 {#Kiss}
Posted 13 years ago by cirruss    [ Reply ]
yep.  hdaisy wrote:


yeah that is the best part of the song - the drumming!
 

Posted 14 years ago by Cellocaster_Paul    [ Reply ]
 Xstar wrote:
They're recording and I'm not?  This track gives hope to us all; that's a good thing.
 
Yeah, you can do it, too!!   

(that's what the punk and indie thing was/is all about!)

I was digging this song for the first time (having heard it before and not liking it) but especially enjoyed reading the comments and Onion article from 2007.


Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
They're recording and I'm not?  This track gives hope to us all; that's a good thing.
Posted 14 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
So, RP is playing demo-tapes now?
 
Why? Wouldn't that be marvellous?!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Fables85    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Sounds like the Eels with somehow cheesier instrumentation.

1.
 
RIP

Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 dunno wrote:
I really like the drumming, especially in the beginning.

 

yeah that is the best part of the song - the drumming!
Posted 14 years ago by hdaisy    [ Reply ]
Really so very great.
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
Sufjan and Eels?
 
Doubt it - this was release in 1997.

Posted 14 years ago by Droidac    [ Reply ]
This song is so simple yet unbelievably addicting. 7=>9
Posted 15 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
So, RP is playing demo-tapes now?
Posted 15 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Why do I hear a little Luna?
Posted 15 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
I really like the drumming, especially in the beginning.

Posted 15 years ago by dunno    [ Reply ]
Sufjan and Eels?
Posted 15 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I have this song in my iPod. It's a good song to listen to while daydreaming.
Posted 15 years ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
Thank you, thank you! This song has been on my mind (it always is this time of year) and I've been meaning to go dig it out. Absoultely goregous, dreamy, perfect. Brings back a lot of happy memories. And I love the John Lennon shoutout.
Posted 15 years ago by Exene    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite YLT songs.  Thanks RP for making my autumn morning!
Posted 15 years ago by Tree_Hugger    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the Eels with somehow cheesier instrumentation.

1.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Great selection this evening. A lovely haunting song. (Connection response is great tonight!)
Posted 16 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Great selection this morning. A lovely haunting song. (I've had trouble posting this morning...heavy traffic or server issues?)
Posted 17 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
Any group that would release a CD named "I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass" can't be all bad
Posted 17 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
rd wrote:
I like this, and the other stuff I've heard from them. But I can't help thinking of this article: (click here)
"I haven't seen this much senseless hipster carnage since the Great Sebadoh Fire Of '93," Friggin' hilarious!
Posted 17 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]
OK, I'll admit it. I don't get Yo La Tengo. (That feels better.)
Posted 17 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
I like it. Always heard about them, never really listened...kind of like sparklehorse
Posted 17 years ago by out_to_lunch    [ Reply ]
very cool tune.... nice to wake up to....
Posted 17 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
Sad to say this about anything on R.P. - but I find this an uninspired, insipid weedy drone, with hardly any redeeming factors.
Posted 17 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
best line of that article, hands down... "I gave up my vintage Galaxie 500 shirt just to help some guy bandage his arm. It was horrible." speaking of, why is there no Galaxie 500 on RP? wow, someone call the darling indie band oversight committee. rd wrote:
I like this, and the other stuff I've heard from them. But I can't help thinking of this article: (click here)
Posted 17 years ago by greg6494    [ Reply ]
For contrast, how about following this with Laurie Anderson's 'Sweaters'Â… I appreciate Yo La's 'And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out", but "I no longer love it"Â…
Posted 17 years ago by startatZ    [ Reply ]
Farquwaar wrote:
Your all aware that the Onion is a satorical newspaper, right??
Um...I think you mean satirical. Satori is something quite different from satire...
Posted 17 years ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
Is it about wanting to bail on your wedding, and eloping, instead?
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
I love this song. Period.
Posted 18 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
This song could not possibly end to soon.
Posted 18 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
....and the world laughs and laughs.... I almost pee'd my pants when I first read that article....toooooo funny. One of my favorite bands...check out "Ride the Tiger", "New Wave Hotdogs", or "President" if you haven't heard any of their early stuff....so good. Mari wrote:
Yea, very interesting and distressing, but it's certainly not their fault or anything, they survived thank goodness!
Posted 18 years ago by joek    [ Reply ]
rd wrote:
I like this, and the other stuff I've heard from them. But I can't help thinking of this article: (click here)
That's hilarious.
Posted 18 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
Mari wrote:
Yea, very interesting and distressing, but it's certainly not their fault or anything, they survived thank goodness!
Your all aware that the Onion is a satorical newspaper, right??
Posted 18 years ago by Farquwaar    [ Reply ]
rd wrote:
I like this, and the other stuff I've heard from them. But I can't help thinking of this article: (click here)
Yea, very interesting and distressing, but it's certainly not their fault or anything, they survived thank goodness!
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
I like this, and the other stuff I've heard from them. But I can't help thinking of this article: (click here)
Posted 18 years ago by rd    [ Reply ]
I love this album and i love this track, i didn't know it was on RP. Hope someone upload "Stockholm Syndrome"
Posted 18 years ago by mogutu    [ Reply ]
Song by song they might sound like Eels or somebody else, but as a whole they're Yo La Tengo and they are quite good. Truly underrated band.
Posted 19 years ago by Dior    [ Reply ]
Eels meet They Might Be Giants. Not bad.
Posted 19 years ago by absolutemotion    [ Reply ]
Marqdyeth wrote:
Sounds a little like an Eels song, don't ya think?
definitely
Posted 19 years ago by Stevo    [ Reply ]
brandog wrote:
sounds like a drug dirge.
AND?
Posted 19 years ago by rayban    [ Reply ]
make it stop, mommy.
Posted 19 years ago by labkpr    [ Reply ]
Me likey the quirky.
Posted 19 years ago by lostindetroit    [ Reply ]
if you like this band, check out FROM A MOTEL 6. that album is amazing!
Posted 19 years ago by JayA1969    [ Reply ]
Sounds a little like an Eels song, don't ya think?
Posted 19 years ago by Marqdyeth    [ Reply ]
I LIKE YO LA TENGO... OF THIS SONG EXISTS A VERSION REMIX .
Posted 19 years ago by Foreverfree    [ Reply ]
OK, I agree. this is wayyy too much like a funeral of a musician. Other than the organ sound overload, its Good stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by bajafisher    [ Reply ]
meh...this song does nothing for me, though I think that I've liked other things by them. YEah, that keyboard definitely gets old.
Posted 19 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
I'm liking this band more and more.
Posted 19 years ago by willyworx    [ Reply ]
My gawd get off the keyboard,the rest is ok..5....Am I at a funeral?
Posted 19 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
funkanorak wrote:
This is an excellent song from a sadly underrated band. I had the pleasure of seeing YLT in live concert - they were transcendent!
I wouldn't quite say they are underrated, the critics adore YLT and they have a strong fan base. It's just that the music they make is a bit too ecclectic and adventuresome for the masses. Add to that the fact that Ira and Georgia don't have radio ready voices and you get a band that will never appeal to mainstream tastes. Did you know that Rolling Stone listed this album one of the 100 most important albums of the 90's?
Posted 20 years ago by llazare    [ Reply ]
RichardPrins wrote:
A favourite! thx... They always reminded me of the New Fast Automatic Daffodils on this track (bongo's and cool bass I guess)
I'd love to hear Lloyd Cole do this... this could almost be one of his songs.
Posted 20 years ago by GolfRomeo    [ Reply ]
Try singing the verses of Lucinda Williams' "Righteously" over this song....
Posted 20 years ago by pdhski    [ Reply ]
This is an excellent song from a sadly underrated band. I had the pleasure of seeing YLT in live concert - they were transcendent!
Posted 20 years ago by funkanorak    [ Reply ]
Flying_Donut wrote:
Hey this was a pleasant surprise. Catchy, fun little tune. Never heard of this band, but hey, that's what RP is for!
:highfive: My sentiments exactly
Posted 20 years ago by philarktos    [ Reply ]
Thoroughly unimpressed. I thought my CD was skipping, or my LP was scratched, and then I remembered it was online - maybe my streaming radio was doing some weird buffering error? Sooooooo repetitive....
Posted 20 years ago by DBCinCA    [ Reply ]
I am tickled to be hearing a number of cuts off of "I can hear the heart beating as one..." lately. This is a fantastic album, with this track being a premier example. If it is intelligent, eclectic rock you're after, Yo La Tengo will deliver! How nicely their material fits in the RP playlist.
Posted 20 years ago by Rockabobbie    [ Reply ]
Wooooooo, cool piece of music ! Another discovery thx to RP. So nice !
Posted 20 years ago by MTL_Robbie    [ Reply ]
Here is another band that has completely flown under my radar for too dang long. Great music. I highly recommend this album, as well as "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" and "Fakebook" Haven't bought the new one yet, but it's on the list. Nice song.
Posted 20 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
A favourite! thx... They always reminded me of the New Fast Automatic Daffodils on this track (bongo's and cool bass I guess)
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Hey this was a pleasant surprise. Catchy, fun little tune. Never heard of this band, but hey, that's what RP is for!
Posted 20 years ago by Flying_Donut    [ Reply ]