2000 Great Songs #1321: Open The Door
Georgia alt.rockers Magnapop had a few albums in the 90s that fit in comfortably alongside bands like the Breeders and Hole , though they never got quite the same critical or commercial attention. Eminently buoyant singer Linda Hopper had previously played in experimental post-punk act Oh-Ok (alongside Michael Stipe 's sister Linda), but Magnapop moved in a more pop-oriented direction. They had their MTV moment with the catchy "Open The Door," from 1996's Rubbing Doesn't Help --the third and final LP of their original run, though they've released music intermittently since then. It's a bit more restrained than much of their work, a Pixies -like bass hook cutting loose into some jangly power pop. It's not the most novel of songs and would've been fine at two minutes--but 30 years later, I still hear Hopper's incantation to "Open the door!" in my head when I'm waiting for someone to answer the doorbell. So there's that. Acousti...
