…you have to thank Jazz musicians for keeping those special smokes so popular for so many decades if not longer. (...also a tip of the cap to Robert Mitchum , for no special reason)
I was alive in Corvaliis, Oregon when this song came out. Back then it was played a lot on MTV. I went to the music store and bought Starfish just because of one song that I really liked "under the milky way." 30 years later I still can't get enough of it.
Seems like a nice man, and kind too. Love a bloke who runs away from the washing up, rapidly. Quite a character. I love cassettes. Go Steve - next Australian anthem, absolutely
It is unbelievable indeed....I found this song as a promo cd-single on a garage sale in the USA like 18 years ago. I played it at home and ...wow...I really liked this. Actually I did not notice HOW MUCH I liked it, until my wife one day sais: This must be your favorite song.Hmm.Yes it may be, after all these years.
Apaixomei me por esta música, ao assostir" The dry. Qdo termina e entra brilhantenebte os créditos... nossa arrepieime. Fui pesquizar e encontrei esta jóia rara: The Churcr. E estou amando a beleza de suas músicas com sons mágicos . Parabéns grande Steve. Há dois dias q ouço vc e seus companheiros. Daqui do 🇧🇷👍👏👏👏💚greetings.💚😍
SUPERLATIVE BAND ☆☆☆ The SOUND lifts you UP In the ERA of Super BANDs of MUSIC - The Greats and Perfect ARMONY & The PERFECT SOUND ♡♡ I LOVE This BAND from Argentina & ROSARIO CENTRAL ( Central Railways Athletic Club ) ♡♡♡ Thank You for givin us The SUPREME ☆☆☆
Great insight on a great song. Also glad the track is getting so much recognition even if it is so long after it was originally recorded/released. Not sure how this track did in the charts in Oz or USA but I don't think it did anything in the UK - Not even sure if they released it as a single - and this was in an era where record companies were throwing money at bands.
We folks who were more into the underground scene in the States knew who The Church is - and I'm including you as well. So many bands were overlooked by the pinheads who ran the record companies and the idiot station managers who didn't want to rock the boat. If one was fortunate enough to live in a city that had a station that was new wave specific, one was able to hear those bands, including The Church. There were only about 5 cities with such a station, including my hometown of Salt Lake.
The Church was in the mainstream for this album, and it got picked up on pop radio. Them not being able to sustain it had more to do with the singer's habits. They should have and could have been poised to be huge in the early 90s (alongside REM, who did break through to another level).
agreed. spread The Word and be like me. woops, that's Lennon. "I'm searchin' for fame and I'm playin' the game I'm runnin' from blame and it's all the same Please come here and convert me!" - Kilbey
