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For Squirrels - Mighty K.C.

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30 Day Song Challenge - Day 11: A Song You Used to Love But Now Can't Stand

OK, I don’t hate this song, but this is one of those songs that I like less after I found out what it was about.

See, I’m not a big Nirvana \ Kurt Cobain fan. I didn’t know the song “Mighty K.C.” was about his death.

It’s a great song, but on top of being about something depressing, it’s by a band who never got a chance to get big because of a wreck on tour that killed some of their members. So depressing on top of depressing.

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...and by the grace of God go I

Into the Great Unknown

Things are gonna change

in our favor...

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While listening to an older mix the other day, "Mighty K.C." by For Squirrels came on. I'm not sure how well known this song or band is, but it's an album I've played a lot over the years and have often recommended as an under appreciated album from the mid-90s. While listening to this song, I wondered to myself if For Squirrels would have been more successful had Example not been released P.I. (pre-internet). Ok, ok...the internet existed in '95, but it was not as ubiquitous as it is today. The term "blog" wasn't even coined until 1999, so there were no music blogs to build buzz around a band like this. This line of thinking ultimately led me to ask the following question: What bands that existed P.I. / music blog could have been much bigger had the internet existed when they recorded music? (Ultimately, in regards to For Squirrels, tragedy would make this a moot point. See below for an explanation as to why.)

Radio, music publications, and MTV helped many bands find success, but it seems that the internet has allowed more bands than ever to find a relative degree of success...however short lived it may be. Music blogs are constantly hyping band after band that you absolutely must listen to. The next big thing before next week's next big thing. This may not help a band land a spot on the Billboard charts or sell hundreds of thousands of albums, but it does help to build a following of sorts. Whereas previously, "indie" bands had to rely on word of mouth or zines with low circulation numbers, the internet has turned word of mouth from something that was confined to a small group of friends into something that is a global network of like minded individuals. My girlfriend's father has on more than one occasion argued that no band of the past 20 years is as big as the biggest bands from the 60s, 70s, or 80s. It's hard to argue that point, but I've contended that the biggest bands of the present may sell less albums, but that more mid-level bands are finding success than ever before. 

Whatever success the band may have been able to build from "Mighty K.C," which was a minor radio hit at the time, was dashed before the album was even released. Tragically, one month prior to the release of Example, two of the band's founding members lost their lives in an auto accident while returning from the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC. In addition to "Mighty K.C.," other standout tracks include "8:02 PM," "Orangeworker," "Under Smithville," "The Immortal Dog and Pony Show," and "Disenchanted." Like I said, as a whole, it's a very under appreciated album.

Are there any bands and or musicians that you think could have found more success had the internet existed when they were recording?

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For Squirrels- "Mighty K.C."

REALLY busy so far today.  So enjoy some For Squirrels, and their song about Kurt Cobain.  Tragically enough, just as the song was released and the band was building popularity, a tour van crash claimed the lives of the original lead singer and bassist.

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For Squirrels | Mighty K.C.

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For Squirrels | Mighty K.C.