There are times in my life when I feel like I have stumbled across the perfect song. One of those times was when I was in London when I was seventeen and discovering indie British music. I bought their debut album Spiders from HMV in November 1997 and was blown away by the track Money. I remember having what I considered to be a very important conversation with a girl named Tracy about how it was a perfect song. Subversive lyrics, a great melody, a pre-chorus that you think is the chorus and then BOOM, an awesome ascending chorus. (Yes, I still remember my arguments for the song.)
I don't have Spiders any more and I have no idea what happened to it in the post-mission haze. For some reason, it came to mind tonight and I had to revisit it to see if that precocious American in Britain knew what he was talking about.
Prognosis: It's a funny novelty song and nothing more. So much for that.
Dang it.
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