2000 Great Songs #1340: Choose A Side
We've had a good number of Connells tunes on the list (this is our 8th to date, tied with Big Star and Neil Young , for what it's worth--yep, putting that song database to work!); yet this is only our second visit to 1987's Boylan Heights . Which is odd because that stands as one of my all-time favorite records, as much a defining moment for 80s college radio jangle pop for me as R.E.M. 's Murmur . And while the previously-referenced album opener " Scotty's Lament " was bouncy and fun, the next track on the record really sets the stage for what makes the band great. "Choose A Side" is gently pretty, wonderfully melodic, coasting along on guitar jangle and slight organ textures before it amps up just a bit on a delightful earworm chorus you'll be humming all day. (Or, in my case, for nearly 40 years.) Live 1994: Live 2024: See the entire Top 2000 to date in a sortable database !
