The Breeders - Fortunately Gone: A Short Case of Sublime Perfection
By tunequest August 15, 2006
One minute and 44 seconds worth to be precise.
And the subject of this perfection is The Breeders’ Fortunately Gone from their 1990 debut record, Pod. The song is a paragon of simplicity, with a gentle, upbeat, bobbing rhythm and seductively playful singing that doesn’t hesitate to draw you in.
My only complaint is its length. It is so perfect, yet so tantalizingly short, that I can’t help but want to hear more. So, for the one time since the tunequest began this year, I made an exception and listened to a song twice. In fact, I think I blew out a car speaker on the drive home doing just that.
It won’t help though; this song will be stuck in my head for days.
It would be impolite of me to not share such a wonderful song, so here it is in all its glory:
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