My Top 1000 Songs #231: Feed The Tree
1993 full-length debut Star had a number of great tunes--"Gepetto" is another favorite--but "Feed The Tree" was an undeniable standout, with a killer earworm pop hook and Donelly pouring on the vocal charm. (Donelly is also underrated as a guitarist, and the song offers some dark, slinky riffs that cut loose into joyous jangle-pop.) It's one of those tracks that's still pretty arresting 30 years later, the kind of tune that comes up on shuffle-play and demands that you drop everything and sing along with the rousing chorus. "Take your hat off, boy, when you're talkin' to me..."
Live just a few years back:
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