Ah, Harvey Danger how overlooked you are, ever since they released their first single "Flagpole Sitta" back in 1998, the poor band never really got the recognition they deserved. So here is "Woolly Muffler" a deep cut and fan favorite from their debut album "Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?" and it's damn good.
With it's hysterical lyrics about the fantasies and desires of a relationship with someone, finally getting it but then slowly realizing it's not all it really was set up to be, and it's final poetic justice twist; revealing that the narrator only enjoyed the relationship when it was a nice, controllable, consequence-free idea, the messy reality of being in a relationship is undesirable to him, so he's leaving. And not doing it gently.
This is what really makes this song kick all kinds of ass. A nice fuck you to people who want something serious in climates that don't call for it.
Oh and the music, yeah I ordered a ton of overdrive and downbeat chord progressions and choruses like "Friends will turn against you/People disappoint you everytime/So if you've got greatness in you/Would you do us all a favor/And Keep it to yourself"
It's too bad that no one wanted to hear Harvey Danger's greatness. Luckily, they didn't listen.
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