Monday, July 31, 2023

Wednesday Week - The Undertones

Wednesday Week - The Undertones
2:19
Hypnotised, 1980
Written by J. J. O'Neill

This isn't the Elvis Costello cover I thought it might be.  It's a slice of '60s Britpop filtered through a New Wave lens, kind of jangly in both the guitar and the vocals.  Apparently it's an outlier for the band, who are normally more at home with a harder pop-rock sound.  In the song, the narrator bemoans a love connection that turned out to be a flash in the pan.  "There she goes, I won't see her again / She's gone to school with her best friend."

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