Watching The Royal Tenenbaums the other day, I was reminded of what a lovely song Nico's These Days is. Hints of joy in the beautiful melancholy it portrays, finding solace there.
And a live VPRO Radio Session from 1983, with the song performed in a lower key, one and a half steps down:
I LOVE Wes Anderson's films, and always think his soundtracks are perfect. Just found an NPR interview with music supervisor Randall Poster about them here, looking forward to listening.
The song was written by Jackson Browne, and has been covered a bunch of times.
Paul Westerberg's cover (I've always been a big fan of his covers, solo and especially with The Replacements):
And The Golden Palominos version, from their 1993 This Is How It Feels album:
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