Sorry, couldn’t resist this one. It was too obvious. Man, wouldn’t it be nice if Wainwright would allow himself to write a jaunty pop song again instead of this deathly serious brooding that he’s been wallowing in lately.
On an unrelated note, go Cubs and Tribe.
We realize we’re about 30 years too late, but better late than never; the English Beat is coming to town this weekend, and we are there, dude. So what if Dave Wakeling’s the only remaining member of the band? (Well, this incarnation, anyway – Ranking Roger leads the Beat on the other side of the pond.) It’s Dave singing songs by the Beat. We’re in.
Since the entire music world is in Austin this week for South by Southwest – which reminds us of a great quote that Jon Fratelli gave us, that “you get to Friday and you think, ‘That should be it.’ You get to Saturday, and you’re like, ‘I’m sick of music. Fucking hate music.’” – we’re staying at home and enjoying the relative email silence while our publicist friends stay up until four in the morning working showcases. But fear not: we have a rabid concert goer on the premises who will be giving us rundowns of the day’s biggest hits.
Anyway, this seemed a fitting track to describe everyone’s travel plans for the week. Pity the band broke up right after this album came out. It seemed like they were just on the verge of breaking through. We suppose the world will have to settle for this, their song “A Girl Like You,” and their funky cover of “Mama Told Me Not to Come.” Could be worse, we suppose.
Now will someone please just get this guy a Pepsi?
Ladies and gentlemen, the first speed metal song.
Freddie Mercury, man. They just don’t make singers like that anymore.
And, if you’re looking for something more contemporary, here’s Trent Reznor’s remix of the song. RAWK! _\m/
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