Be Gentle With Me- The Boy Least Likely To

"Be Gentle With Me" by The Boy Least Likely To is one of those songs that immediately grabbed my attention. I really don't know much about the band. They are a duo from England and I would classify their music as poppy folk. The song is on the album, The Best Party Ever.

The intro reminded me of the I Dream of Jeannie theme song. It makes me smile and takes me to a happy place. I searched Google to find what instruments were used and someone said it was a xylophone, another said it was a glockenspiel, such a great word, I just like saying it, so let's go with it. Besides the glockenspiel (ha, I said it again) they used banjos and recorders. How can you not dance around the room?

I do not know how popular this song was/is? I stumbled upon it about 2005/2006. Rolling Stone described the music as "if all your childhood stuff animals got together and started a band". I never seen the video until now. I think Rolling Stone got it right. I feel like I am visiting The New Zoo Revue or H.R. Pufnstuf. And yes that is Rashida Jones in the video. The lyrics are very simple but poignant.

I'm happy because I'm stupid,
Scared of spiders, scared of flying,
If I wasn't so happy,
I wouldn't be so scared of dying.
So just be gentle with me,
I'm not as young as I was,
And I'll be gentle with you,
I'm not as brave as I thought,
Cause my heart gets broken so easily,
So just be gentle, be gentle with me.

Some of the other songs I enjoyed by The Boy Least Likely To are "Monsters, Hugging My Grudge, and A Fairytale Ending". Worth checking out.