"To Live and Die In The Airport Lounge" by My Teenage Stride, very well might be one of the best songs of the decade, and believe it or not, the rest of their songs are pretty great too.
For years Jed Smith, the mind behind MTS, has been writing pop songs influenced by the Velvet Undergroud, The Four Seasons, Television Personalities, Pink Floyd, and the Supremes that are unendingly catchy and even transcendent. Now, with a new backing band consisting of Tris Mcall and two members of psychy-indie band I'm Turning Into the live show has more power behind it and My Teenage Stride is poised to take over the world.
Right now, in preparation for said world domination, MTS is trying to raise money to record a new album. If you're into that, or are just looking for a way to spend some money, you can donate to the cause over at Kickstarter.
In the meantime, listen to these two awesome, classic My Teenage Stride songs:
My Teenage Stride- Theme From Teenage Suicide
My Teenage Stride- Creep Academy
One of the best songwriters in the country.
Posted by: Jill | January 15, 2010 at 04:22 PM
Cindy tells me, the rich boys are weeping,
Cindy tells me, they've given up sleeping alone,
And now they're so confused by their new freedoms.
Posted by: K. | January 15, 2010 at 08:26 PM
Well, Pop Jew was Andy Breckman's air name in 1996 and he has perfect musical taste. It's been proven scientifically.
Posted by: Lizardner Dave | January 16, 2010 at 04:03 PM
What's an insipid scenester poster?
Posted by: hank | January 16, 2010 at 05:13 PM
Incidentally, while that video is not great, the song is, regardless of whether it references "Cindy Tells Me" or not. What a bunch of curmudgeons.
Posted by: hank | January 16, 2010 at 05:14 PM
That track name sounds awfully like the song name Bob Pollard came up with in Watch Me Jumpstart, the GBV documentary. (He named it "Living and Dying in the LA Lounge" while they were passing a place called "The LA Lounge")
Posted by: Samuel Westerfeld | January 17, 2010 at 03:02 AM
Oh, I didn't think the song was bad at all. Just ironic that in all of PopJews flailing about he didn't actually mention Eno. All the tracks sound heavily influenced by 70's era Eno, specifically "Here Come the Warm Jets". Band might do well $$$ to make that connection explicit.
Posted by: K. | January 18, 2010 at 04:57 PM