In a not so rare sign of my age, I find it extremely hard to believe that this song is over 30 years old. Almost 34 years old to be precise. Sting wrote this song for a prostitute he saw outside of the band's hotel room in Paris. He named her for the character in Cyrano de Bergerac. It was released as a single in 1978 and then rereleased in 1979. The b-side was a cool song called Peanuts. Roxanne appeared on Outlandos D'Amour.
The next song in our shuffle is over 40 years old, and man does it hold up well. It's the opening track on one of the best albums in the history of rock. Down on the Street from Fun House by The Stooges. The song throbs and squawks and burns. It is a stunning achievement in sonic power and predicts and paves the way for decades worth of punk and post-punk rock bands.
And finally, have an instrumental track from one of the best bands of the 80s. The Plimsouls were part of a power-pop movement, and they recorded one of the best rock songs of the decade, A Million Miles Away. Hobo references the surf instrumentals of the 60s with a bit of the jangle that highlighted the Plimsouls' sound. It is a Bonus Track on the CD release of Everywhere at Once, and you can catch a live version on the recently released Beach Town Confidential: Live at the Golden Bear 1983
Like, here's A Million Miles Away from the movie, like, Valley Girl-I'm sure...
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