I finally drove the “Five Dolla Foot Long” song out of my head with this one here, “Brown Eyed Son” by a pre-“weren’t they that band from the Claritin ad?” Katrina and the Waves.
Indeed, if I have a crusade (after getting conservatives elected, exposing the madness of the anarchists coming to the Twin Cities this fall, throwing the 2009 Patriot Picnic on the ruins of the AM950 studio, druming all six of the “override six” from political life, getting “Phantom Menace” expunged from history and turning Saint Paul red), it’s getting the world to realize that the Waves were much, much more than a one-hit wonder.
Even though they had, y’know, one hit.
(And, in retrospect, I cribbed that opening Kim Rew guitar riff for one of my songs, 20-odd years ago. Imitation and flattery and all that, donchaknow).
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Don’t remove “Phantom Menace” from history… “Attack of the Clones” is MUCH worse, plus the lightsaber duel at the end of Menace is actually very good.
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Ah, the mid 80’s!
Skinny ties and cool sport coats you bought at Tatters!
Badda, I may be slow today, but WTF are you talking about?
Glad to see a little Katrina recognition here. They were one of the few “poppy” bands I could stand in my early/mid 80’s punker youth (along with Smithereens and the Bodeans.)