I am shocked I have not featured this song yet. I have loved 10,000 Maniacs from my teens on.
(I fell further in love once I heard the early and incredibly sweet slice of life “My Sister Rose“–another horns song! It has to be a wedding present to her actual sister, although I’ve never confirmed this. Plus, it’s cowritten by the drummer, who has one of the best names ever: Jerome Augustyniak.)
This song’s cynicism toward what we receive from the media is as relevant now as it was in the ’90s.
We have to include a live performance. Natalie Merchant always seem to be having as much fun as early Maddy Prior with Steeleye Span.