Sunday, April 13, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM
Song: Raspberry Beret
Artist: Hindu Love Gods
Mode of Consumption: Listening to radio on the way to church.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/0g9Rr9ny4Ps8bhSVvggm45?si=4735d4b322844f8a
This song comes on and after a moment, Jodi laughs. We know this song, but it’s not the Prince version that we know best. There’s something a little goofy about it.
Jodi hits the button on the radio that identifies songs: Hindu Love Gods.
“The vocals sound like Warren Zevon,” I say.
Jodi’s driving so I pull my phone from my pocket. Sure thing, the Hindu Love Gods was a side project of members of R.E.M. and sometimes Warren Zevon.
I am sure there will be someone out there that will be incredulous that I didn’t know about this mashup. Well, it was released in 1990, and I would have been eight, so that’s probably part of the reason.
Much like John Prine, Warren Zevon is someone that I have discovered in my thirties and forties. He’s an artist that blends witty writing, humor, and usually interesting instrumentation. While Zevon is best known for “Werewovles of London,” there are plenty of other gems in his catalog.
And, apparently, he did one clever side project with the darlings of 1980s college radio: R.E.M.
Check it out if you get a minute.
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