As social media discussions go, many users of X/Twitter were recently chiming in on what they thought was the worst song ever. One user in particular threw out Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros’ 2009 hit “Home” with a clip of their Tiny Desk performance. The band’s singer Alex Ebert has come to the defense of The Magnetic Zeros’ biggest hit in an Instagram video . He went on to explain what he feels are the nuts and bolts of a good song.

“If the bones are good, if the bones let the song survive context, if you pull it out of acoustic guitar, you put a piano there and it works, it’s a good song,” said Ebert. “You pull it out of the piano, you put it on the harp, it’s still working, you take out of the harp, you sing it a capella, it’s still working, good song.” Ebert went on to clai

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