#342: Crash Test Dummies: "Swimming In Your Ocean"
Comp: origami 64
Genre: pop

Yes, you probably know this band, but maybe not this song. This is the band with the singer with the ridiculously low-pitched voice, who became famous with "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", weird and quirky. This song is from the same album. Turns out it was actually a single, although it didn't chart; there is a video. Here it is. I'd never seen it before, it's amusing. I like the female backup singer's expression in this especially. Awesome. One thing I love about this is the guitar sound; it's just fantastic. Poppy and interesting. And the lyrics are very cool:

"When I'm sampling from your bosom
Sometimes I suffer from distractions like
Why does God cause things like tornadoes and train wrecks?"

And this one:

"When I kneel before your bounty
Sometimes I wonder if there could be really
UFO's that come from other planets"

"And when you let me taste your fingers
I take them like fruit and as I linger I
Wonder if my seed will find purchase in your soil"

That was the kind of things that CTD would do, just a little off and strange but also poppy and singable and fun. I also love this little sound that comes at the end of a line sometimes, that sounds kind of metallic, that just adds a lot of character to the song. I love little touches like that. Man, I love that guitar sound. Back in college we went to see this band live and it was a lot of fun, that show. The bouncers at the club made us stop dancing in the aisle. Oh well...
-bill