SONG OF THE DAY [#299]

'every beat of the heat' | the railway children

it feels like it's been awhile since i cracked open the vaults. i think the last blast from the past was the mighty lemon drops, but i could be wrong. i suppose i could check my own blog, but that sounds really boring right now.

at any rate, my sister megan and her boyfriend dustin were at the house yesterday and he was telling me how he heard this song the other day and how it had been a long time since he heard it and how much he dug it. i totally dig it too. it's going on twenty years since this song was released, but it still sounds pretty darn good. the railway children were a really great band; but the sad thing is that they never really *made* it. 'every beat of the heart' hit #24 on the charts and #1 on the 'modern rock charts,' but that was about it. for whatever reason they never really gained any traction.

'every beat' was another one of the staples of KOHS in orem circa 1990. it was one of those songs i'd listen for and hit the record button just as soon as i heard it when, you know, i wasn't trying to figure out depeche mode synth lines on the olde casio tone bank. i eventually got it on cassette tape and it was joyous occasion for all [i.e. me]. that's a good memory.

if you're not familiar with the railway children, i think it's pretty safe to say you could throw them in with the trash can sinatras, the sundays, the lemon drops, the la's and other bands from that 1989-1992 era. what a great, underappreciated era of music! so enjoy yourself some railway children.

→ the railway children: every beat of the heart | video
→ the railway children: music stop | video