"It's a Shame About Ray" by the Lemonheads wasn't a huge seller when it came out in 1992, but many people thought it was one of great pop-rock albums of the decade. I was one of those people; the title song and other tracks like the hidden bonus "Mrs. Robinson" take me back to a time of cassettes, the Sony Walkman, and a long train commute into Manhattan. The one thing that never occured to me back then was...hey, this would be a great commercial for your Chevy dealer, especially if they changed the melody to whistling!
But there you go -- Chevy advertises on both the Phillies and that ultra-left-wing MSNBC so I must hear the commercial about 12 or 13 times a day. I hope Evan Dando is getting paid, at least. It may be all tied into a re-release of the original CD by the Lemonheads, by the way.
Anyway, whistling "It's a Shame About Ray" sure beats the "FreeCreditReport.com Theme" for getting stuck in your head. Listen to the real thing below. Then talk about...whatever. It's the open thread!
This was one of the quintessential alternative rock albumbs of the 90s. On top of that, I actually had a chance to throw down some adult beverages with Evan Dando a couple of times (buddy of mine worked for Warner Records and was really tight with him).— Captain Awesome
Comment removed.- b.atkinson. There's nothing funny about that.— Patrick M
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- Branching out into the rock music critic world, are we, Will? Lets see... On these slow news days when you cannot find any good articles on Obama to post, you bore us with your lame music views and how to fix Ryan Howard. Or is he still the next Doc Gooden? Attytood needs a new name: Lame and Lamer— shoeshineboy
- Will, My apologies, but I don't have as much free time as some of your other commenters (to state reasons why I can't stand your blog but for some reason I'm reading it anyway), so I'm going to actually comment on your post: The song and the album were definitely quintessential 90s listening material. I hope Dando's getting some kickback from the deal, too. I saw him play solo a couple years ago in NYC, and it's looking as if he might need a few extra bucks - or maybe that's just his style now.— howard hall
- Attytood needs a new name: Lame and Lamer
Let's see. Yet another post from shiny complaining about the blog. Hates the blog, but reads it regularly and comments. Something tells me that shiny is a Republican.
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