Rhapsody Song of the Day

Song: Visit From the Dead Dog
Album: The Beautiful Lie
Artist: Ed Harcourt 
Selected by: Nick Dedina
Date: June 3, 2008

While most songs featuring dead dogs tend to be morbid and sentimental, this Ed Harcourt ditty uses the expired canine as a flash bit of symbolism. The tune is a pop frolic that balances complex lyrics with a stone-skipping melody and the kind of trumpet solo that Burt Bacharach used to merrily toss around his songs like so many discarded chihuahuas.  

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