Hello, I just found out that "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" band Timbuk 3 wasn't some "Saved by the Bell" joke as I believed in 1986 but an actual pretty good act (husband & wife and a drum machine). I mean I guess I knew "Shades" was at heart at ironic song about Reaganism but I didn't give it much thought and it came off like a novelty, one-hit effort (which it sorta was) and that's where it stayed with me for 38 years... until this week.
I streamed their first 2 rekkids several times this week and like Hot Chocolate they count as a pleasant discovery. Folky, sometimes bluesy, stripped down rock, quirky lyrics, harmonies, fake drums... reminds me in a way of the Crash Test Dummies.
They lasted 10 years and 6 albums. The couple is split up now
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Johnny Lunchbucket
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