I’m pretty sure this pop-punk hit was in the majority of early ’00s teen movies.
SR-71 didn’t pump out too many more hits, but their lead singer moved on to a prolific career co-writing music for such Disney teen hits as Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers.
Todays mandate: have some fun with genre classifications.
As far as this song goes, I’m gonna say electro-pop-blues-funk.
The secret to time travel has officially been discovered, and it’s not the Flux Capacitor. It’s music. As soon as I hear this song, I’m instantly back riding shotgun in Castellani’s VW Beetle on the way to play in my first senior football game.
It’s funny how some songs can become so inextricably linked to a single time and place.
From a time when the Rolling Stones were going disco, here’s Black Sabbath bringing a bit of a punk rock beat to their sound.
Never Say Die’s the lead single off of their last album featuring the original lineup. Despite being one of their least critically successful albums, it’s the only Black Sabbath record I own, and I think it’s pretty great.
Arguably the most popular single from Big Willie Style. For a bit of a Daft Punk connection, the Sister Sledge song that Will Smith samples here features Nile Rodgers on guitar, writing, and production duties.
A perfect example of Smashing Pumpkins doing what they do best. Few other bands manage to combine sweet melodies, and heavy riffs as well as they do here on this track from Siamese Dream.
One of my favourite tracks from the Kooks’ sophomore album Konk. It’s also one of the few songs from that album that’s co-written by the majority of the band members.
I’m bending the #songoftheday rules a bit on this one. This medley from Sloan’s 20th anniversary album, The Double Cross, is a great example of Sloan putting the album format to good use. A band of four equally talented songwriters working together to make some great music.
I bought Punk-O-Rama 10 for the rare Offspring outtake, but this upbeat pop-punk number really caught my attention. I mean how many punk songs feature piano, sleigh bells, and wood blocks?
It’s pretty rare that a band reforms with its original members, 17 years after breaking up, and consistently puts out music that’s just as good, if not better, than all of their pre-breakup material. This song off their 2012 album “I Bet on Sky”, is a perfect example of Dinosaur Jr. pulling off this feat. Every time I listen to it, I’m convinced that it’s the perfect accompaniment to a lazy river inner tube ride.
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