I love to read... no, I mean, I really, really love to read, especially during the scorching hot Texas summers, when stepping outside is enough to melt one's flesh right from the muscle and bone. My favorites are memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies, and it's even better when they incorporate music into the tales. A few years ago, I picked up a book called Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield. If his name sounds familiar, it's probably because he wrote for Rolling Stone magazine, and I've also seen him on some of the VH-1 count down specials as one of the individuals who gave commentary. So, anyway, Rob starts each chapter with a mock cassette cover, and that is where I am drawing inspiration for this week's songs...
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I fell in love with Teenage Fanclub back in 1991, when I first heard their song, "The Concept", on 94.5 The EDGE. To me, there was something so sad about that song, but it didn't stop me from heading up to the mall and purchasing Bandwagonesque on cassette and listening to it over and over and over again (by hitting the rewind button, of course). I'll include the YouTube clip below the lyrics.
I didn't hear today's song, "God Knows It's True", until much, much later, even though it was actually released a year before "The Concept". However, it was released as an EP, and it was really hard to find. I had to wait until the release of Deep Fried Fanclub, which wasn't exactly easy to locate either, but I think I finally found that one at Bill's Records and Tapes because as I've said before: Bill never, ever let me down... ever!!!
I'll also include two of my other favorites by Teenage Fanclub called "What You Do to Me" and "Star Sign"...
Maybe I just got it wrong
Express the feelings in a song
I didn't mean that much to you
I'm given such a tainted view
I'm not bitter, you're still sweet
If I'm the bones, then you're the meat
I'd like to spend some time with you
Cause everything's got in a stew
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
Singing with a different band
Playing with a different hand
Somebody broke into my house
Stole the words out of my mouth
Baby said I've got it wrong
I sang the feelings in a song
And if they don't mean a thing to you
A lot you say is nothing new
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
God knows it's true, but I think that the devil knows it too.
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