I picked this song up in a random sampling of dance tracks from an iTunes mix last year, and it took a few listens before I realized that this was in fact “the” Donna Lewis.
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#songoftheday: The Ataris – Your Boyfriend Sucks
The song that introduced me to “The Locked Car Test”.
On their way to the song’s outro, The Ataris through in a clip from A Bronx Tale, where Chazz Palminteri gives Lillo Brancato some advice on how to find a nice girl.
Here’s the jist of it:
1) Start with a locked car.
2) Unlock the passenger side, and open the door for your date.
3) After they’re in, proceed to walk around the back of the car, on your way to the drivers side.
If your date:
A) Reaches over and unlocks your door for you:
– Congrats! They’re genuinely thoughtful, and your future looks bright.
B) Sits there and waits for you to unlock your own door:
– It means they’re self absorbed, and you probably shouldn’t set up that second date.
Unfortunately, the proliferation of power locks, and my lack of a car, have really held back my ability to use this advice in my everyday life.
#songoftheday: Modest Mouse – Dashboard
When your first experience with a song is hearing it live, that memory can be pretty resilient any time you hear the song in the future.
My first time hearing this track was when a local band called the Tenegens covered it for an event downtown.
#songoftheday: Nickelback – Breathe
Nickelback tend to get a lot of hate, but I’ve always thought this early track of theirs was a genuinely exceptional rock song.
#songoftheday: The Raconteurs – Carolina Drama
I’ve been told that one of the big appeals of country music is the storytelling. Here The Raconteurs tap into a bit of that to in this closing track to their second album, Consolers of the Lonely.
#songoftheday: 3 Doors Down – Kryptonite
As a comic book nerd in high school, I thought this song was absolute genius. It’s also another example of that classic 90’s Alt-Rock accent that so many rock singers of the era had (Creed, Seven Mary Three, Live, etc…)
#songoftheday: Bad Religion – Inner Logic
Getting to the credits in Crazy Taxi, and hearing this song, was one of my proudest video game achievements.
#songoftheday: Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun
An ode to getting back in the game.
#songoftheday: HAIM – Falling
I’m a big fan of how HAIM managed to really capture that ’80s power ballad feel in this song, while adding just the right mix of modern dance pop.
#songoftheday: J. Englishman – More
A deep cut from Big Shiny Tunes 5.
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