Illustration titled "Had Lady Godiva Lived Today" by C.F. Budd, 1906
Thanks to a mix CD assembled by REM's Peter Buck (part of the SCORE! project from Merge Records), I have suddenly been reminded of two of my favorite things. First, I love and miss DC band Velocity Girl - one of the best and most slept-on pop bands of the '90s. Sarah Shannon's formal training as a vocalist gave them an edge over most other girl-fronted power-pop combos, and I always liked the way her voice blended with guitarist Archie Moore's. Second, I was reminded of how much I love the songs from the Beach Boys' 1965 record Summer Days (and Summer Nights!). The Brian-Wilson-penned and -sung "You're So Good To Me" is one of the record's high points, and Velocity Girl executes it quite well. They originally released this cover as the b-side to their 1994 single "Your Silent Face" (a cover of one of my favorite New Order songs).
"You're So Good To Me" by Velocity Girl
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Hey--I don't see any contact info or I'd just email you about this rather than posting a comment.
I noticed the change recently and I just wanted to put my vote in for full posts (rather than excerpts) in you RSS feed. I'd rather to be able to see the whole post there than have to click through.
Adrian Veidt says to fix your RSS feed. He's reading 100 blogs at once right now on his Antarctic TV screens.
You posted a Velocity Girl song and it's one of the lame ones where the GUY sings lead? RIP Velocity Girl.
Thanks for the tip, Adrian. A couple of friends use an RSS app that doesn't like my full posts, so I switched to excerpts to accommodate them.
I figured that most people would come to the site for the full post anyway because the streaming player doesn't work in the feed (or so I've been told). If my whole post is plugging an mp3 I've posted, doesn't the post look weird if the mp3 isn't there?
I can switch back to full posts if it's a big deal - being new at this, I appreciate the feedback. And if you really are Adrian Veidt, please don't send a giant alien brain monster after me!
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