Sometimes us cool people have way too much pride to give a chance to an album that produced one of the most overplayed songs ever. Of course I'm speaking of "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground. At one point I felt that if I had heard that song one more time I was going to stick hot fishing hooks into my eyeballs. I never even bothered listening to the rest of the album until 8 years later because I feared that the other songs might be just as annoying as "Sex and Candy". Much to my surprise, they were not.When listening to this album (is it OK to call them albums still) you might think 'this is what Nirvana would have sounded like if they drank wine laced with downers'. But Marcy Playground tends to pull it off in an original way-if that makes any sense. Singer/guitarist John Wozniak writes simple and beautiful songs. It's his drowsy and slightly breathy singing style that gets me. Ordinarily that sort of singing wouldn't be very appealing to me. For this, it works.
I guess I'm changing as I get older. For the past 15 years or so, I wouldn't have given any band that had an album in the Top 40 a chance. Of course this album did come out in 1997 and when I think about it-there hasn't been anything else in the Top 40 since then that is worth listening to. Oh well, I guess I am still a snob.
Highlights-Saint Joe On The School Bus, Gone Crazy, Sherry Fraser
Low Points-Sex And Candy, Dog And His Master
I have to start reviewing albums that suck. That'd be more fun.
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