coming from out of nowhere

Without even thinking of it, I started singing the Starsailor song “Good Souls” in the shower this morning.

Now, the album this song was on pretty much sucked. The band overall is pretty hit or miss (and more often than not miss). But this song has always been able to sink its hooks in me.

I’ve loved it since the first time I heard it at a headphones listening station at Pure Pop in Burlington. My friend Timmy was in town visiting and said “Hey, this lame ass Britpop is right up your alley. Check out track 10.” I was hung over and had drank way too much coffee that morning, and I think those two factors contributed to the excited jitters I got when I heard this song. Maybe I still get residuals from that every time I hear it. Who knows.

Anyhow, this song is a one-hit wonder for me much along the lines of the Apples In Stereo’s “Radiation”: a standout track on a record I don’t particularly like. But what standouts. Just try to not air-drum cymbal hits on the downbeats during the chorus to this song. It cannot be done.

“Good Souls” by Starsailor (from Love Is Here)

“Radiation” by Apples in Stereo (from New Magnetic Wonder)