MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

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Released on this day in 1993…

this song has a bassline you recognize

before the song even arrives.

The Breeders with “Cannonball.”

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But that weird little wobble

in the bassline?

It was a mistake.

Josephine Wiggs played the riff flat in rehearsal…

and the band liked it so much – they kept it.

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And that distorted sound?

Kim Deal sang through a harmonica mic

But live,

they recreated it

by putting a Styrofoam cup over the microphone.

So one of the coolest songs of 1993

was held together by mistakes,

feedback, and office break-room supplies.

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LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I know you’re a cannonball
I’ll be your whatever-you-want.” – The Breeders

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