Courtney Barnett: Rare Early Track

[@SoggyBigfoot]

You said you liked me at a party I said "oh well, um" Your flatmate was drinking whiskey You asked me to get you some I stole the key from your apartment So you'd have to come around Stuck balls of cotton to my sneakers So I wouldn't make a sound I disconnected the gas heating And suggested movie nights It got colder, you moved closer So I cooked us party pie And I did Everything to not let you know I like you and Everything to let you know that I was still around Like swapping chairs and coughing loudly Putting on your favourite song I'm standing hidden in the pantry Hoping you will come along Like tracing lines into a napkin To the shadows of your face Like dropping you to choir practice On my twelfth-year study break And I did Everything to not let you know i like you and Everything to let you know that i was still around Outside the party it was raining You were hailing me a cab I had a plane at 7:30 Rain was dripping down my back I'm pretty sure you said you like me But a bottle smashed somewhere You lent me your roadmap of Melbourne I pretended not to care And I can't Stop thinking about what would have happened if I Hadn't gone to Melbourne the day after your party Even though you didn't want me to I just want You to know theres still a spot left on my keyring just for you

[@wifflejoey5938]

Just a very appealing artist

[@rodneygarton2849]

What a hidden gem

[@pragjyotishbhuyangogoi8363]

Such a cute song.

[@decharlus]

beautiful

[@jessthrift9860]

this is adorable.

[@nonesuchfoxtrot]

Super good! Thanks for posting!

[@lucresiocraso3566]

"Nobody Really Cares if You Don't Go to the Party." Enjoy! entonces es un palimpsesto

[@tudormiller8898]

That photo of her lighting up, looks hot. I love Courtney Barnett. 👩🎤🎸♥️

[@robertclarkyoung9141]

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[@hwyisalive]

In the plaid flannel?

[@rolandorubalcava2168]

I'm smiling, crying, and laughing while I listen to this

[@campbellrocksagain]

Very nice

[@barel1384]

Where did you find this?? I love it. Do you have any other of her old music?

[@EllieXxDirection]

sounds like something off the juno soundtrack

[@burnzie743]

I was just about to say this.

[@ElDanoLectro]

Yes, very Kimya.

[@albertandrew6570]

Waoow so folkiee, good too🐱

[@ElDanoLectro]

Totally fu**ing adorable

[@justmart4455]

I feel like this is the shit she remembers when she's awake at 4am cursing herself to death lmaooo courtney you amazing individual I wuv you

[@justmart4455]

I feel like I'm sinning watching this

[@cockadoodee]

I take it Courtney was a fan of The Moldy Peaches? 😉

[@bingonamo7520]

Lovely. What was her day job incidentally?

[@what3ev]

Man, where did you get all those pictures? The only “young Courtney” photos I can find are some gems on her Last.fm page or eight-year-old Facebook posts. Where did these come from? Were you her personal photographer or something?

[@dhitho]

Kimya Dawson from down under, great song

[@chrismackenzie7252]

It does sound "very Kimya" in its cadence / rhythm

[@rockandroll-do8bj]

Found the song on bandcamp. You can purchase it here. weheartarts.bandcamp.com/album/snapshots

[@jdee0]

✨☺️

[@andersonmatias4761]

👌

[@omniversiddhialterdestiny]

bless u

[@robertclarkyoung9141]

you too

[@katefry7023]

anyone know what the chords are?

[@tomigoodall]

it's something like F-Bb-F-C with a capo on the 3rd fret (Ab-Db-Ab-Eb)

[@Lovver420]

Am I only one think Courtney could be a sister to Arya Stark?

[@tstaats2705]

I need those chords. Please

[@javierpagani]

G# C# G# D#...por ahi anda Tarde pero seguro..xD

[@ElDanoLectro]

Gracias Javier - I just played around with it on capo 1 and think you can throw a quick Em into the chorus … a real simple, graceful song if you nail down the rhythm

[@marsduke8244]

The chorus kinda sounds like oh no by Marina and the Diamonds

[@hwyisalive]

Does this track have a name?

[@robertclarkyoung9141]

Yes: "Things to Consider Before RSVPing to a Party"

[@hwyisalive]

Robert Clark Young Thank you. Did she Re record this later or use the title in another context?

[@hwyisalive]

Robert Clark Young Also, I’m sorry to bother you. Is the type writer and other rhythm sounds sourced from garage-band? This is such a wonderful song. Very appreciative of you posting it. I saw her play in San Diego and now I understand how Springsteen fan felt in 74 and 75. She can be meek. She can be humble. She can shred.

[@robertclarkyoung9141]

@@hwyisalive This song was cowritten with Oliver Paul Mestitz, who is the Oliver Paul of Elevator Operator. He's currently in The Finks. This song is from the era when she and Oliver were a duo--he played drums. I don't know the sources for the various other rhythm sounds. To my knowledge, this is the only recording, and the only song of this title. I found it on a British music site in 2015, paid something like a pound and a half to download it, and I made the video, using some of the few Courtney photos I had at the time..

[@hwyisalive]

Thank you Robert!

[@joelzico]

Hello qworty