Since the advent of the inter-web, I’ve noticed that I possess more “alternate-versions” of songs than I ever thought I would. If I dig a song enough, I’ll usually type its title into soulseek regularly until I’ve found every possible version of it. It ends up obscuring what I like about the song in many cases, because I start to sing the demo version’s slightly different lyrics when actually listening to the acoustic version that I found on some random blog. Y’see how that’s a problem?

Final Fantasy - This Is The Dream Of Emma & Cam

Now, before you start furrowing your brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation, it's not a misprint, it's not supposed to be "This Is The Dream Of Win and Regine". It’s the “alternate” version of the tune from Owen’s Young Canadian Mothers vinyl-only EP (hence the shoddy quality). It’s not that different, and truthfully, not as good. At least the title adheres more closely to the Postal Service's "(This Is the Dream of) Evan and Chan".

These "alternate versions" cause havoc for record store employees, because often you'll get someone coming in, asking to hear a CD, and then complaining that it's "not the right version" and that they "heard it on the internet". When it's explained to them that they may have heard a bootleg or a b-side, they furrow their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation.

It all leads to furrowing.

Young Canadian Mothers is Out Of Print (Luckily, I Have A Copy, Ha-Ha), But Has A Good Home Has The Better Version Of This Song, and You Can Buy That Here!

-kevin