The Morning Benders, and a rag-tag click of San Francisco’s finest guitar pickers, string ticklers, drum kickers and ooh ahh singers–who go by The Big Echo Orchestra–are caught here at Different Fur Studios performing “Excuses,” the first song from the band’s momentous new album, Big Echo. And keeping with custom, the boys wrote a little letter, to Mr. Phil Spector.
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Oh My God! This is incredible. Excellent work my fellow media maker!
no! I submitted a comment in the middle of the video and it stopped it. Just at the climax! I’ve never been so mad that a video was interrupted! It’s sooo good!
Brilliant! A regular San Francisco kumbaya.
I love this song! Thank you!
Very nice! I am going back to shoveling snow now.
An ode to Phil Spector’s creative process. Bring a gun and force them to make things right. Talk about a wall of distance.
Gorgeous video. a soulful moment in an otherwise average day.
Beautiful. Makes the eyes well up.
Outstanding!
I am in love.
super sick yall!! I love it
Oh..my…Gosh.
My reaction to this song was like: =O *-* T-T
That harmony is the most beautiful thing I’ve heard in a while. Definitely going into my favourites’ list!
This is actually the most beautiful thing I have heard for a very long time.
The Harmonies are lovely.
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Where can I buy? Tell me now! I demand an answer!
I second chris’s above comment! This song is truly amazing and the morning benders are some of the truest artisits I have heard in a long time. I really hope this song is available out there somewhere!
bravo!!!
Listened to this 10 times today… simply amazing
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