Did no one mention to you that "Strange" was used in the trailer for Greenberg and to soundtrack a climactic scene? Not enough to move the needle as much as Spotify algorithm did but you can hardly say the songs stature hasn't changed in decades. It's where I first heard Galaxie, after all!
Or was it an algorithm-driven song title match? Maybe peeps were searching for REM's cover of the Wire song "Strange", and the autoplay default went to Galaxie 500 next?
I thought I had the cleverest thing to say in response to this post, but apparently not. I was going to say, "that's so weird because my SO was playing 28th Day last night and a song came on and I said, that's just like a Galaxie 500 song! And it was Strange." But, I double checked myself and it wasn't Strange, it was Crazy. So, I guess it's a moot point. (The 28th Day song was Pages Turn). Anyway, been enjoying your substack now I've stumbled upon it!
Did no one mention to you that "Strange" was used in the trailer for Greenberg and to soundtrack a climactic scene? Not enough to move the needle as much as Spotify algorithm did but you can hardly say the songs stature hasn't changed in decades. It's where I first heard Galaxie, after all!
Or was it an algorithm-driven song title match? Maybe peeps were searching for REM's cover of the Wire song "Strange", and the autoplay default went to Galaxie 500 next?
I thought I had the cleverest thing to say in response to this post, but apparently not. I was going to say, "that's so weird because my SO was playing 28th Day last night and a song came on and I said, that's just like a Galaxie 500 song! And it was Strange." But, I double checked myself and it wasn't Strange, it was Crazy. So, I guess it's a moot point. (The 28th Day song was Pages Turn). Anyway, been enjoying your substack now I've stumbled upon it!