Song of the Day 2/25: The Breeders, “Cannonball”
Andrew C. is right — it’s unlikely I’ll ever get another chance to hang a song about a cannonball on an actual news peg, so here’s his choice for the honor. When it was released as a single in 1993 it reached No. 44 on the Hot 100, which is better than it sounds — by the mid-’90s rock songs had trouble cracking the charts. Melody Maker named it the top single of 1993.
Neat! Regular rotation on alternative rock radio up until the death of that genre (and radio stations) in the early 2000s. Terrific song and suprisingly heavy hook. Goofy video and intro, but always dug the riffs of this one.
Your recommendations are always welcome. I try to pull from as many genres as I can, some a lot more than others, obviously, but I don’t listen to a lot of the harder stuff you like, so I appreciate the helping hand.