Word: airplay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first song on the album, "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)," is getting a fair amount of airplay on progressive radio stations, and for good reason. The simple message of the song. David Lowery's passionate vocal performance and Johnny Hickman's solid lead guitar make for a great pop tune. With a chorus like "What the world needs now is a new Frank Sinatra, so I can get you in bed/What the world needs now is another folk singer like I need a hole in my head," "Teen Angst" bares it all in the name of rock...
...sequencers or automatic drums are used--this is all done manually (albeit on mind-blowing pieces of musical technology). Think Tree plays these instruments, rather than simply programming them. The resulting combination of sophistication and sponteneity has earned Think Tree recognition on the local music scene and airplay on local radio, most notably on alternative giant WFNX. When asked about their musical influences, the band is unanimous on one point: "Not slick pop in any genre...
...MINUTES:What's your attitudetowards pop? For instance, "Rattlesnake" isgetting airplay. How is your musical repertoireaffected by the knowledge that there is that onepop song on the album...
Even the best and most popular tracks from Achtung Baby, such as "One" and "Mysterious Ways," suffered in live performance. Over-familiarity from excessive radio airplay combined with the band's unremarkable and unenthusiastic presentation to make fine material almost boring...
...considerable airplay and growing popularity of Ugly Kid Joe's recently released single "Everything About You" have begun to give this exciting and entertaining new band some of the recognition it deserves. Ugly Kid Joe's recent performance at T.T. the Bear's in Cambridge had the enthusiastic crowd singing along to this quirky anthem, described by its composer, guitarist Klaus Eichstadt, as "the ultimate parody of a love song...