1. “I know her-UR-er-er!”

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002LO7?tag=merlinsblog-20

    That’s pretty depressing. The first Throwing Muses record I owned (and maybe their best) appears to be out of print. Luckily, the MP3 version lives on.

    In any case, The Real Ramona is the source of my unquestionably favorite TM song, “Not Too Soon.”

    I clearly remember the first time I heard this song — one afternoon (late summer of 1991?) on V89.

    I’m sitting there in my office-with-a-door-that-closes, typing away on my SE/30. “Not Too Soon” comes bounding out of the radio (“She…!”), and I’m unconsciously bobbing along.

    Then, the little pre-chorus kicks in, and the jungle drums are pounding, and I start spontaneously bouncing up and down in my swivelly office chair.

    Then. Then. She sings that dreamy part of the chorus that goes, “Ow wow-wow wow-wow ow ooo-wow ooo-wow ooo-wow…..”

    And I totally got a boner. Right there. Sitting in the swivelly office chair in my office-with-a-door-that-closes. Thank God for the office-with-a-door-that-closes.

    Yeah. Really good song. Good song, great boner. Great drums and guitar. Great great.

    [Obligatory media links…]

    Studio Version (1991)

    Throwing Muses - Not too Soon

    Audio only.

    Demo (1984)

    Demo 1984

    This is awesome. Sounds like the Go-Gos covering the Feelies.

    Live (1991)

    live in Dusseldorf, Spring, ‘91.

    Mostly Unrelated Anecdote

    INT. OUR KITCHEN - LAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

    MERLIN enters, carrying ELEANOR, and waving his iPhone around like a winning scratch-off ticket. MADELINE is doing kitchen things

    MERLIN
    Holy shit, you’ll never believe this.
    MADELINE
    Mm?
    MERLIN
    I just heard this song in the car, and I pulled out Shazam because, I’m like, “Is there conceivably a Breeders song I’ve never heard?”
    MADELINE
    Right.
    MERLIN
    And, so I run Shazam…
    MADELINE
    …and it was Metric.
    MERLIN
    WHAT?!? YES!! Totally! How’d you guess that?
    MADELINE
    Because the middle part of that Metric song sounds almost exactly like Tanya Donelly. And the rest of it sounds like three different Breeders songs.
    MERLIN
    YES!! Like, if The Breeders used auto-tune and had expensive shoes. Exactly. Yes. Weird.

    [BEAT]

    MADELINE
    So, were you driving with the baby when you got all excited and held your iPhone up to the speaker?

    [BEAT]

    MERLIN
    Um. No?

    [BEAT]

    MERLIN
    Man, that sure smells good.

And, then, you were all...

  1. morrowplanet reblogged this from merlin and added:
    Overdue reblog and top-posting because...my most favoritest songs ever ever ever.
  2. steampoweredmedia reblogged this from merlin and added:
    New Order. O’Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida....place, they rocked
  3. adamschoales reblogged this from merlin and added:
    didn’t make me literally laugh...loud. Probably because
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