I always forget she exists. That sounds soo terrible but its true. The good news is, once I remember I have a smile on my face cuz shes such a talented songwriter.
In the 80s one of my favorite songs was Voices Carry from Til Tuesday. Aimee was the lead singer. The song was awesome. The video was even better. You see her with her punked out platinum blonde hair with this preppy yuppy boyfriend that takes advantage of her sexual and Im assuming beats the crap out of her. This guy is a douche, (hes also a bad actor) and then in the end he takes her to the opera, sees her punk rat tail coming out of her elegantly coiffed hair and then she snaps and starts singing the end riff of her song while the opera fans at the Met are all aghast and her boyfriend is humiliated and she stands up and just shows her true colors. Historical! Legendary! Iconic! Cheesey as Hell! Totally 80s!!!
Well Til Tuesday faded into obscurity but then Aimee Mann came out with solo work. It wasnt wanna be New Wave like her old band. It was singer songwriter at its best. Folkish, popish, alternative, it was beautiful.
The moment the world realized how mesmerizing her words were was when the movie Magnolia came out. That whole soundtrack is Aimee Mann at her best. Wise Up, Save Me, her cover of One from Three Dog Night were all amazing. Her albums in general have had some really great songs as well. That’s Just What You Are, Red Vines, Pavlov’s Bell, just to name a few of her amazing songs. She helped her husband, Michael Penn (yes Sean’s other bro) with the soundtrack to I Am Sam. They did a cover of Two of Us that I love singing along to.
Here is the video to Pavlov’s Bell. Its weird but I love this song!
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