Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels)–Jim Croce
Hey Western Union Man–Jerry Butler
Sylvia’s Mother–Dr. Hookand the Medicine Show
Take a Letter, Maria–R.B. Greaves
Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair–Sheena Easton
Western Union–The Five Americans
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Songs You May Have Missed #850
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Talk: “Run Away to Mars” (2021)
Canadian Nicholas Durocher, professionally known as Talk, specializes in soaring, emotionally-charged choruses and songs about isolation and disconnectedness.
During a COVID-era stint as an out of work musician living in his parents’ basement, a lonely, depressed Durocher wrote “Run Away to Mars” after watching the movie Interstellar.
The song went viral on TikTok a year after its release. It appears on Talk’s 2023 debut album, Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, which was nominated for multiple Juno Awards.
Durocher, ironically, has connected with a large audience by singing about feeling disconnected, and become a star by continuing to sing like that young man in his parents’ basement.
Songs You May Have Missed #849
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The Flashing Lights: “Summertime Climb” (1999)
Led by singer/guitarist Matt Murphy, this Canadian foursome’s roots as a 60’s cover band showed on their independently released 1999 debut.
The sound of power pop is definitely the sound of summer.
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