Friday, March 14, 2025
Time: 4:35 PM
Song: All I Want
Artist: Toad the Wet Sprocket
Mode of Consumption: Listening to “Liked” Songs playlist on Spotify
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/2GHYJ0dhVds3PODKnTdiGE?si=b1bb07eea6c14b4a
There was a craze in the early to mid-1990s of weird band
names. Funny enough, we saw Toad the Wet Sprocket last fall as opener to
Barenaked Ladies, and both bands mentioned their goofy names. Mostly, how they
thought the names funny when they started, and then spent most of the rest of
their careers regretting it.
I doubt it’s entirely gone away. In fact, I am sure someone
in the comments could rattle off a bunch of weird names from current bands.
They are just less universally known now in the age of streaming.
I was even influenced by it, I must confess.
I have a vague memory of talking with a few friends in home
room, I think in eighth grade, about what we would name our band, that is, if
we formed a band. And if we could play any instruments. I couldn’t that’s for
sure. Maybe one of those friends had a guitar and maybe was taking lessons. I
don’t know.
I remember coming up with the name “Needles Lost in
Lampshades.” I don’t know what’s worse, the name, or that for some reason, I
remember it.
Well, clearly our musical inabilities were only matched by
our band naming inabilities.
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