So, as I am typing away on my computer I hear Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You In The End”- one of the greatest songs of all time- from down the hallway on my brother’s TV set. As with all “Good Music In Commercial Sightings” I bolted across my house and discovered I was not tripping balls, but in fact it truly was Daniel’s fine tune in an Axe hair product commercial. I thought to myself, why not Mountain Dew?! Ahh well, can’t win em’ all. Another peculiar thing to note is that when I heard the song from the TV set, The Beets’ tune “The Devil” came up on my itunes, a number I have always eerily connected to the work of Daniel Johnston in both a musical and lyrical sense. Not to mention the obvious titular connection with his documentary being entitled The Devil and Daniel Johnston. Anyone else surprised? They get me every time. I know it’s not too uncommon now to hear these far from mainstream tunes in mainstream settings nowadays, but I still never expect it when the time comes. Lastly, THIS ISN’T AN ENDORSEMENT OF AXE! We do however endorse Daniel Johnston!!!
Category Archives: Good Ole Music Limelight
Good Music In Commercial Sighting: Strange Boys (Dell)
Unless I’m hallucinating, I just saw/heard The Strange Boys’ “Be Brave” in a Dell commercial. Anyone else seen this?
Good Ole Music Limelight: Bishop Allen
Got into Bishop Allen in 2007 — around this time of the year. It was because of MLB 2k7. I heard “Middle Management” a few times (main menu!) and thought gee, this sounds good, let me look into this band. So I did and found out that they named themselves after a street in Cambridge, a street that we always travel on to go get to the Middle East, which is the best place to see music in and around the city. Anyway! Always get a little nostalgic about this band when driving on that road so here’s to an irregular feature where I talk about how I got into bands that I like. I’ve yet to listen to any of their albums completely and sincerely, but I have some songs to recommend: “Click Click Click Click,” “Rain,” “Middle Management,” “Eve of Destruction,” and “Ghosts Are Good Company.” Bishop Allen has been described as power-pop, which is pretty accurate, but I would say the band also has an outsider vibe going on — similar to Adam Green, The Moldy Peaches, et al. Listen below!
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 