SONG OF THE DAY
“The Bridge Song” by Dishwalla (And You Think You Know What Life’s About, A & M Records, 1998).
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– And You Think You Know What Life’s About is the second album by Dishwalla.
– Dishwalla was an American alternative rock band. The band’s name comes from a Hindi term for a person providing cable television to a neighborhood. In a Vox interview, Rodney claimed the band took the name out of a Wired magazine article.
– In 1994, the band recorded “Take Some Time” on the tribute album If I Were A Carpenter featuring cover versions of songs by The Carpenters.
– In 1996, the single “Counting Blue Cars” from the album Pet Your Friends climbed the charts and was frequently played on the airwaves, bringing the band a short round of mainstream-scale success. The track earned them a Billboard Award for “Best Rock Song” for 1996 as well as two ASCAP Awards for “Rock Track Of The Year” in both 1996 and 1997.
– Their 1998 follow-up album, And You Think You Know What Life’s About, failed to sustain the level of popularity achieved by “Counting Blue Cars”.
– Dishwalla have since made a handful of other ventures into the limelight. In 1995 the song “Counting Blue Cars” was featured in the movie Empire Records. “Pretty Babies” is on the Blast From The Past soundtrack. In 1998, the band landed the song “Truth Serum” in The Avengers; in 1999, the song “Stay Awake” was featured in the movie Stir of Echoes’ and the song “Find Your Way Back Home” was featured in the movie American Pie. In 2002 the song “Home” was in the movie The Banger Sisters and the The WB series Charmed spotlighted Dishwalla as musical guests in one episode. Other TV shows that have used their songs include Smallville, The OC, and NCIS.
– They have a song called “Charlie Brown’s Parents”. [’nuff said]