When I was standing on a chair in the living room and being an idiot like every other child, the original video for “Decent Days and Nights”, the song from The Futureheads’ debut album came on MTV2. In the video, the band were in a huge warehouse, standing on podiums whilst playing their instruments. That video seems to have disappeared, as it’s not even on YouTube. Does anyone else remember the version I am talking about? It is cool if you do.
No, the video above is one they produced when they re-released the single in 2005. That was the radio mix, which included a new introduction and overall cleaner production. The version I listen to is the original album version, which is the opposite. The guitars sound a bit rough and messier, I swear I always hear this hissing sound during the ‘chorus’ but apart from that the punchy drums, those sweet harmonic vocals the band are known for and the song structure is the same.
I also didn’t recognise until recently why I thought this song was a bit disorienting. The time signature changes throughout the bloody thing. It is 4/4 for the majority, but it switches to 3/4 and 2/4 too. It’s very strange, but does it makes the track a lot more fluid. The verse just rolls right into the ‘chorus’ (which it doesn’t really have hence the apostrophes) which then segues into the bridge and so on and so forth. Not one section drags on for too long and so it maintains your attention.
Another one to remember from the good times that were the mid-2000s.
Update (18/11/2014): Here’s the original video. How good is that!
The Music in My Ears 
