Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub

Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub
3:17
Grand Prix, 1995
Written by Gerard Love

I don't know much about this band, but I read that this song, written and sung by the bassist, is considered among their best.  It's pure power pop, perfectly pleasant but to me nothing very special.  The lyrics are a far-out blend of imagery evoking nostalgia and lost love.  "I take a wrong direction / From a shooting star / In the love dimension / Fading fast from taking this too far."  Why, this could be the Byrds in the 1960s!  While it's a fine song, and the sort of thing I maybe ought to like, it doesn't do much for me.

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