Thursday, January 23, 2020

Songs I'm surprised I like for $300

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrygAv93Ick

Poe - Angry Johnny

And it's from the 90's... again feeling overwhelmed???  Nostalgia for the past... and here's another one...


Andy Prieboy - Tomorrow Wendy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZBQGCI2hm0

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/concrete-blonde/tomorrow-wendy

  • Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde didn't write this song, but knows the story behind it. When we spoke with her in 2013, she explained: "Wendy was a real person. She was diagnosed with AIDS and rather than suffering the stigma, she decided to commit suicide. It's an old song, so this is a long time ago, and not that anything's changed much, by the way. But it's basically her dialogue with herself as to the decision she's going to make on her own. She's making the decision on her own, it's her one act of dignity in her life. And it's heavy, to say the least.

    When that first came out, there was a lot of good old fashioned southern 'we should burn this record' kind of s--t. Between the vampires and Wendy, I think those people just about choked on their whatever." (Here's our full Johnette Napolitano interview.)
  • This song was written by Andy Prieboy, who in the mid-'80s was lead singer of the Los Angeles group Wall Of Voodoo. On his 1990 album Upon My Wicked Son, Prieboy released a duet version with Concrete Blonde lead singer Johnette Napolitano. Concrete Blonde put it on their third album, Bloodletting, which contained their most popular song, "Joey." This version was sung mainly by Johnette, with Andy doing backing vocals, and was the last song on the album. >>



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