Tag Archives: Chumbawamba
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REWIND: Five songs that spent as much time at No. 1 as Nirvana
Nirvana in 1989. When driving to work Thursday I heard a Ned’s Atomic Dustbin song on the radio. Odds are, unless you’re David Gill or Tony Hicks, you’ve either never heard of or can’t remember ever hearing of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, and even those two aren’t a sure thing.…
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REWIND: Five songs about having the plague
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs during Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Feb. 1, 2019. Courtesy Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest. In my column last week I said I had to pre-write it because I would be spending the weekend in…
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REWIND: Does Thanksgiving get you down? I have a solution
Chumbawamba circa 2000. Photo: Jill Douglas/Redferns. Thanksgiving is behind us for another year. For some that’s a sad thing, since Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness, family bonding, boundless gluttony and football. To those people, I’m glad you enjoyed your day. Of course, there’s another group, too. Those people…
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REWIND: Five more one-hit wonders to get stuck in your head
Chumbawamba circa 2000. Photo: Jill Douglas/Redferns. Back in September I discovered a satellite radio channel that was all one-hit wonders, and it inspired a column of some of my favorites. People seemed to like it, except to this day I still get new comments smugly informing me that I…