About this episode
Rob Harvilla discusses Feist's song '1234' and its impact on music and film with guest Chandler Levack.
Imagine, you’re on the road with an indie sleaze band making sock puppets sing obscenities when Sesame Street gives you a call. Leslie Feist’s career can most similarly be compared to the life of Benjamin Button with her most successful and youthful song, “1234,” coming later in her colorful and previously raucous music career. Rob breaks down Feist’s magical ability to bring new perspectives to covers and sing emotion into numbers before he is joined by Canadian filmmaker Chandler Levack. They discuss the role Feist’s music played in soundtracking Chandler’s college years and how this affected her most recent film, Mile End Kicks, which follows a young music journalist becoming increasingly more involved in the music scene she’s documenting. Listen to the songs from the episode: '00s #44 Feist "1234" Host: Rob Harvilla Producers: Olivia Crerie, Julianna Ress, Chris Sutton, and Justin Sayles Additional Video Editing: Kevin Pooler Guest: Chandler Levack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Chandler Levack
Topics covered
- Feist
- music career
- indie sleaze
- covers
- emotional singing
- film soundtracks
Keywords
- Feist
- 1234
- indie music
- covers
- Mile End Kicks
- Chandler Levack
- Rob Harvilla
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Mile End Kicks
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