From his self-titled 1993 solo album, here's Cheap Trick heartthrob lead singer Robin Zander, and a killer cover of unsung powerpop hero Rob Laufer's "Reactionary Girl."
Or as we at Casa Simels call it "The Christine O'Donnell Story." Heh.
Already dated political cheap shots aside, I have to say that "Baby, have a bitchen summer, see you next fall" is definitely in my Top Ten list of Great Rock 'n' Roll Kiss-Off lines.
And as per usual, a coveted PowerPop no-prize will be awarded to the first reader who gleans the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
Best break up songs?
ReplyDeletePolitical ideology you can dance to?
Trey
The politics of dancing.
ReplyDeleteHmmm....might be a song in that.
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The politics of ooo feeling good
ReplyDeleteSolo tunes by frontmen
"outchump" - greatest verification word ever.
Greatest damn power pop songs EVER?
ReplyDeleteVirtually unknown solo releases from members of fairly huge bands?
Albums by guys who now wear hats on stage because they are going bald?
ReplyDeleteHey -- but those hats are hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI saw them at a club show in the mid 90s, when the box set came out, and Zander and Peterson were sporting the most ridiculously oversized sombreros I've ever seen.
Sombreros? Must be ZZ Trick.
ReplyDeleteSongs covered by singers with the same first name as the writers?
ReplyDeleteNot a bad idea but nooo...
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Songs about Sarah Palin;>
ReplyDeleteSongs about types of girls?
Songs by pissed off boys?
Songs about right wingers?
Songs about birds?
ReplyDeleteGreat songs pulled from the dustbin by Steve Simels.
ReplyDeleteAwesome song, thanks for reminding me.
How about obscure songs justly elevated by more famous artists?
ReplyDeleteI a word -- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
ReplyDeleteAll interesting ideas, BTW.
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The clue isn't the song, however.
Songs by ex-Beatlemaniacs?
ReplyDeleteWeird - I see tomorrow's post below this one! So I now know the answer! I think my time machine is finally working! Off to play the lotto!
ReplyDeleteAck -- how the hell did I do that?
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Actually, that's the second time this week I've published something prematurely. I accidentally put up an unfinished rough draft of today's Box Office on Wednesday afternoon. It was up for three hours before I noticed.
Senility? Probably. But it also has to do with the fact that on the internet, you don't have goddamn editors.
:-)