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My Top 1000 Songs #297: Mr. E's Beautiful Blues

[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.] Mark Everett (a.k.a. E) & his revolving cast of Eels have a vast catalog packed with everything from quirky, offbeat baroque pop to emotionally devastating post-punk balladry. But "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" stands out as a relatively straightforward, buoyant pop song, harmless smile-inducing fun. It first appeared tacked on to the end of 2000's Daisies Of The Galaxy , one of those record company "we need a single!" moments; and like the Clash's "Train In Vain," it's an unlisted pure-pop chaser to a fine album that didn't necessarily need it, but, hey, what an amazing bonus track! The song rocks a familiar riff, a throwback to the Steve Miller Band's "Space Cowboy" and Wilco's "Hoodoo Voodoo," a vibe of joyful percolating electricity (co-written by Michael Simp

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