Like savvy crack cocaine dealers, record companies in the '90s would distribute sampler CDs of artists on their label, hoping to get some college kids hooked on the sweet, sweet addictive music.
BMG released a limited pressing of a promotional CD entitled "Take A Lick," and their representatives were liberally handing out discs to passersby on Temple's campus in the Spring of '95.
I would listen to that compilation over.... and over.... and over again. There were some fantastic songs on there.
They all paled in comparison to Track #8 -- "We're the Same" by Matthew Sweet.
Musically, lyrically, vocally.... it's a near perfect rock song.
I wouldn't say that Winterpills improved the original. It is, after all, hard to top a near perfect rock song.
But, I love the minimalist keyboard melody, the harmonies on the chorus, the... is that a THEREMIN?!?!? Please tell me that that's a theremin....
Such a fantastic cover of such a fantastic song.
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