John Vanderslice - Romanian Names (Live on KEXP)

[mefistogirl]

does anyone know why is it called romanian names?

[lairhab]

@mefistogirl lmao I don't know!! I'm romanian and by mystake I found this song lol ... I wonder,too,why is it call romanian names..

[majorscrilla]

Love this song. I believe it's called "Romanian Names" because it describes a relationship with a gymnast from that country, but I could be wrong

[robotnudist]

@mefistogirl Dunno, but I would guess he tried a bunch of different Romanian names for the girl in the song (and her name would be the title) but none of them fit, so he just called it Romanian Names. That hypothesis might work better if it was called Romanian Name.. but that would be a stupid name for a song.

[MonkeyTazer]

:) vanderslice!

Such wonderful songs :)

[searchformulder]

yeah!

[portfolio7luas]

Can't wait for the new album!

Meanwhile, check out the animation I did for "They Won't Let Me Run" (in my user, "Clipes" playlist).

[Keldorek]

One of my favorite songwriters.

[thecicerone]

I don't know how you do it, John, but you do it well!

[minorthread]

really lovely... nice work, john.