MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released back in April of 1991…

by June 17th,

modern rock radio had found

one of the catchiest songs of the summer.

Violent Femmes with:

“American Music.”

(Music Cut #2)

But “American Music”

wasn’t exactly new.

Lead singer, Gordon Gano, had written it years earlier,

around the same time the band was making

their legendary self-titled debut.

(Music Cut #3 – “Kiss Off” Hook)

Nearly a decade later,

Gano pulled the old song back out

for the band’s fifth studio album:

Why Do Birds Sing?

The band gave it new life…

and “American Music”

became one of their biggest Modern Rock hits.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Do you like American music?
I like American music
Don’t you like American music, baby?” – Violent Femmes

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