Just the other day I was going through my CD's, wondering which ones haven't stood the test of time, thinking I can put some more on Half.com to sell.
I pulled out this one particular CD, thinking about that ONE GREAT SONG that I loved, but the rest didn't thrill me. Then it hit me: I'll create a blog post about great songs by unknown bands.
So here it is, the 1st installment.
1) The first song (that started this thing) is by a band by the (unusually long) name of Bestkissersintheworld. There's not much of a biography on them -- that they were from the Seattle area, and played power-pop in the early '90s is about as much as I know.
I will tell you this though -- their 5-song EP, "Puddin" got a LOT of airplay when I was a college-radio DJ. The 1st two songs, "Pickin' Flowers For" and "60 Seconds" just ROCKED. Cool thing is, you can get this CD for, like, 75 cents at Half.com.
The song that I'm gonna provide here is off their full-length release, "Been There", an album that shows the band had lost a lot of their earlier attitude, and the CD suffered for it. But there was THAT ONE GREAT SONG that I still love to this day, it has a melancholy line that repeats, and I sing along every time: "Thanks a lot, que sera sera"
Best Kissers in the World - "Bad About the Fact"
2) The second song is by a Milwaukee band called The Gufs that have been around for quite a long time — about 18 years — and are still pretty obscure.
The song I'm posting is from their 1999 album on Atlantic Records, “Holiday from You” and includs some great radio-friendly songs. The song itself, “Give Back Yourself” has a great chorus — featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty — and has the same upbeat but melodic sound I've always been a sucker for.
The Gufs - "Give Back Yourself"
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