Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Ben Lee "Pop Queen"

This week, I'm looking at artists that we came to play later in their career, asking the question "should we go back and play the band's earlier tracks?"

I can remember when "Pop Queen" came out, and I thought it was a little pop gem, that sounded great on alternative radio.

But compare it to the more modern day Ben Lee (see "Love Me Like The World Is Ending" below), it hardly seems polished, and in fact seems kinda primitive.

Through the long lens, while "Pop Queen" is an important song in Ben Lee's career, and it has its own shambolic charm, it probably wouldn't be up to snuff, to take this old song and put it in rotation at mvy . . .


See the video on Youtube.


See the video on Youtube.

1 comment:

  1. yeah! still love Pop Queen, i think what it has going for it is EXACTLY that unpolished, demo track, recorded in the basement feel :)

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