A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
One of the earliest examples of pure jangle pop--beating Let's Active and R.E.M. to the punch--the 1980 single from the dB's (and lead-off track on their 1981 debut Stands For Decibels) is a treble-lover's delight, establishing the template for a significant chunk of 80s college radio. The chirpy delivery belies some pretty pointed break-up lyrics--"Well I guess I just don't enjoy you any more," dang, not nice!--but, hey, that's a whole lotta jangle.Live 1984:
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