One of the best scenes ever from one of the best movies ever - when all the characters in Magnolia start singing along to Aimee Mann's Wise Up. That's some beautiful tragic meta shit right there. Good god I love me some PTA.
Save Me usually gets all the attention, and it's great, and was nominated for an Academy Awards and stuff... I only really know this because Blame Canada from South Park was also nominated and both lost to Phil Collins "cartoon monkey love song" (Mann's words) which was relentlessly referenced the next season on South Park... anyway... yeah it's a great song. So is her cover of Harry Nillson's One that also appears on the soundtrack. But I think Wise Up, which was originally written (and rejected) for Jerry Maguire, takes the cake.
You can catch Aimee Mann at Rams Head on 1/23/12, although I can't really vouch for her non-Magnolia related material.
Previously in BYT Fav Song of the Day:
- 4/24: BYT Fav Bingo Song of the Day: Basement Jaxx
- 3/30: Song Of The Day: The Funk Ark
- 3/19: BYT Fav Song of the Day: Doldrums
- 3/12: BYT Fav Song of the Day: The Byrds
- 3/6: BYT Fav Song of the Day: John Zorn
- 3/5: BYT Fav Song of the Day: Quincy Jones
- 3/1: BYT Fav Song of the Day: They Might Be Giants
- 2/27: BYT Fav Song of the Day: Trey Anastasio
- 2/13: BYT Fav Song of the Day: The Hood Internet
- 2/10: BYT Fav Song of the Day: Travis Morrison Hellfighters
God loves a cheerful giver.
You can't vouch for her non-Magnolia material? Way to be half-assed.
You're highlighting a show by somebody who released one song you like over 12 years ago...
This is the quality entertainment reporting I've come to expect from BYT.
If the Ram's Head paid for that plug I hope they ask for their money back.
181002 @yep: Ok, let me explain why your comment is stupid.
First, note the title of this column.
Nobody pays for anything on this column, it just highlights a song I like. I noticed she was playing at Ram's Head while browsing BYT All City, which inspired me to post it. That was not a "plug" for the show, it was a simple courtesy info link.
I haven't ever delved into her catalog any deeper than the Magnolia soundtrack (even though I've been aware of her existence ever since I started reading Savage Dragon comic books in the early 90s) and that's just fine. You should be ok with that. I have like a years worth of other music in my iTunes library. But it's especially not half assed because, again, this isn't a column "highlighting" a show. Or a column about a particular artist catalog. It's called favorite song of the day. That's all.
I don't need to be intimately familiar with her work to enjoy this song. Or the two others I mention. I didn't recommend the show, I merely linked to it, and honestly let the readers know that I wasn't familiar enough with her work to actually vouch for it being worth your time and money.
Such an odd thing for you to get all trolly and annoying about.
Sweet plug for BYT All City. HAHAHAHA.