Posted On: Saturday - June 15th 2019 9:34PM MST
In Topics:   Music
We promised some more music from the geek rock genre in the Elvis Costello post this past Monday. Whether it's just his appearance (the Buddy Holly style glasses) or not, Marshall Crenshaw, from about the same time period as Elvis, is whom I had in mind.
This guy was a Buddy Holly fan, and I just learned a minute ago that he played Buddy Holly in the movie La Bamba - I'd watched it way back, but I had no idea about that - pretty cool. Additionally, before he had a hit or two (the biggest being Someday, Someway, from the same 1982 eponymous* album that She Can't Dance is from) Marshall Crenshaw played, and sang as, John Lennon in the live musical "Beatlemania" shows. I would have guessed John over Paul, too.
This is pretty obscure stuff, mind you, but it's a nice, cheery song with a bright guitar sound and voice. "She can't dance, she can't sing, but she's got to be a part of that pop music thing ..."
* means named after the artist.
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