In Between Days – The Cure

Here’s an offering for Autumn ‘08. In Between Days was the song that really sold me on The Cure. It sounds silly but I saw the video on MTV back in ‘85 and was I so blown away by the hypnotic sound, the synthetic pining, the bird like camera movements, the glow in the dark socks! Well, I immediately went and bought the record and I spent the next few weeks realizing that there was a world beyond REM and The Replacements. In my head the interpretation sounded like Merle Haggard but I think it came out more like John Denver. Oh well…

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy – 1910 Fruitgum Company

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy has to be one of the most banal songs of all time. However, late one night, a few years ago, I heard it on a classic rock radio station and I was amazed at how disturbing the lyrics were. “Love you’re such a sweet thing, good enough to eat thing?” Well, of course visions of Jeffrey Dahmer started spinning and it was then I got the idea to record a “darker” version of the song. I didn’t want to get too creepy with the delivery because it is a catchy tune. Seems like a good way to usher in the Summer of ‘08.