Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 4 March 2022
I don’t suppose there are many pop songs which have referenced a poem by T S Eliot. But this one did.
Crash Test Dummies: Afternoons and Coffee Spoons
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 30 October 2020
About ten weeks ago I noted the death of Wayne Fontana and featured (along with his later solo hit Pamela, Pamela) Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, a top five song when he was with the Mindbenders. Except the way Fontana enunciated the lyric it sounded more like this song’s title. The first – and biggest – UK hit for the band Crash Test Dummies. This was around the time when my eldest son, not yet in his teens, was getting into music seriously. Ah, memories.
Crash Test Dummies: Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm
