“You don’t even care where that other missile is headed, do you? “Of course I do. I know exactly where it’s headed. Hackensack, New Jersey.” –Superman and Lex Luthor from Superman, 1978 Amazon.com Widgets FOW are best known for their surprise hit, “Stacy’s Mom” from their third album, 2003’s Welcome Interstate Managers. This album as […]
“Hey Brit…If I said you ripped off our song, would you hold it against me?” -Howard Bellamy Amazon.com Widgets This song wasn’t in my queue of Overlooked Hooks until Britney Spears forced my hand. I heard a sample of her “new” song “Hold it Against Me”, and immediately recognized that she (or more likely her […]
“Drove downtown in the rain, 9:30 on a Tuesday night, just to check out the late night record shop” Welcome to my blog on unheralded music that your ears will love hearing! Look for a new post at 9:30 on Tuesday nights (as often as I can get them out!) about a song that may […]
“She had nothing left to say, so she said she loved me. And I stood there grateful for the lie.” –Doug Hopkins Amazon.com Widgets Right after Cobain and Company turned the music industry on its ear in the early 90’s, a slew of bands were signed instantly just for having the slightest stink of grunge […]