My Top 1000 Songs #893: Under The Old Lightbulb
[I've been writing up my Top 1000 songs on a daily basis--you can see them all in descending order by hitting the All My Favorite Songs tag.] Wondering if I had anything interesting to say about this one, but... nope, coming up dry. I just remember it being 1993, and the Fastbacks' Zucker --their third LP, but the first one I heard--getting some good press and picking it up on a lark (mostly off the Young Fresh Fellows connection, as Fastbacks songwriter/guitarist Kurt Bloch was serving double-duty in the two bands). The blast of pithy women-helmed punk-pop songs--still something of a novelty at the time--was just what I needed. And "Under The Old Lightbulb," racing at a frenetic pace and barely reaching the 90-second mark, was the perfect rave-up track to start my day. Still makes me absolutely giddy.