I am super (casual) fan of Of Monsters and Men. I love the few songs i have by them, but have never picked up the record. And so… when I heard the new single “Dirty Paws…” I actaully thought it was new. My man Shayne Kaye is a DJ on The Q! and actually follows the group. He told me that this is side one, track one off their record and generally how the band would start a concert.
The song tells the tale of a war between the bees and the animals. Shayne says the bees are bad news, but then I was like, GMOs maaaaaaan…its the animals who need to WAKE UP!
I encountered the song when I watched the trailer for the new Ben Stiller film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The film is a remake of a short story first published in 1939 by James Thurber. The story is a collection of fantasies that the main character Mitty has while running mundane errands with is wife.
The modern film is the second time Hollywood has brought the story to screen. Carpe Diem…totally.
That beautiful epic folk song about a war between the bees and the animals is the front and center during that trailer.
Neat-O gang. Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
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