I listen to a lot of old music, and one of the things I’ve noticed is how little has changed over the years. This song dates back to 1990, when Letterman still had hair and nobody had heard of Kurt Cobain, yet the party scene it describes could have been last week. Always an odd live act, they seem a little self-conscious here, until John rocks the accordion while John pogos with Will Lee in the background. And Sid McGinniss seems to get a kick out of John’s string-rasping guitar solo.
These days TMBG is best known for kids’ records and David Letterman sports a hermit-in-a-cave beard, so some things have changed. Just the wrong things.