Scorpio Rising - 10,000 Maniacs

Scorpio Rising - 10,000 Maniacs
3:14
The Wishing Chair, 1985
Written by Natalie Merchant and John Lombardo

This week is all about 1985!

This band's success is entirely, 100% due to Natalie Merchant's voice.  The jangling guitars and high, thin rhythm section are competent enough, but nothing that a thousand other alt-rock bands can do.  Merchant's voice is a powerful instrument, though, and on tracks like this — punchy and aggressive, raw-sounding, with abstruse lyrics that come in short phrases —the band really shines.