As I mentioned a while ago, Tam and I made CDs for each other of the music we listened to in high school. We’ve swapped CDs now and it was such a smashing success, we’ve already planned our next swap. While I was making my CD, I was dying to use some of the songs for posts here, but I didn’t want Tam to know what songs I was using. So here’s one that I was especially anxious to post.
OMC’s “How Bizarre” was incredibly popular while I was in high school; it even got through to people who thought they were too cool for it. It’s catchy and sing-songy and summery and actually sounds a little different from most pop (something unheard of now, one of my greatest pet peeves). It’s actually much less corny than most Poptastic entries. I bought the CD single at a flea market somewhere but it was packed in a box in the attic until I dragged it out a few weeks ago, so I hadn’t heard it in years. It’s still as fun as I remembered it. You can try really hard to resist it, but it’s futile. (And is it me or is the theme (that things bizarrely work out well sometimes) kind of like Modest Mouse’s “Float On”? That’s just something weird that I noticed.)
I don’t know what became of OMC, but a short version of their story can be found on the wikipedia, which I actually found kind of interesting. Wherever they are now, we can still enjoy this 90s Poptastic classic.
OMC – How Bizarre
Filed under: Music, Poptastic Day Tagged: | OMC, Pop
