I Missed the Guster Boat

This is a little convoluted, but it’s the journey not the destination. Apologies.

A couple months back, I came across Dewey (via Waxy, Feb 2, 2009). It offers a new, web-two-ohee method of navigating the music available at Archive.org. I wanted something to listen to at work and so started looking for some familiar names. I eventually stumbled on some Guster shows.

All my knowledge of Guster consists of two songs: Amsterdam and I’ve Got To Be Clean. Amsterdam got decent airplay however long ago that was, but the only reason I noticed that was because of I’ve Got To Be Clean. This was, by far, my favorite song on the first For the Kids CD that came out in 2002. I listened to it a lot. My daughter and I have listened to it a lot. When you listen to that CD, it’s just impossible not to gravitate to that song as the funnest, catchiest tune on there. And so I always had “Guster” stuck in my head as a band I needed to check out. Amsterdam hit my radar later, but it didn’t catch my interest and so Guster slipped away.

Back at my Dewey browsing, I somewhat randomly decided to download a 2007 Boston show. And It Is Awesome. I have listened to it on my crappy laptop speakers at work many, many times. It’s just been addictive.

So of course now I have to get some of their albums. I think once a month (gotta budget!) I’m going to download one. Last week I downloaded Ganging Up On The Sun from Amazon. And It Is Awesome.

Next month will be Keep It Together, mainly because it has both Diane and Come Downstairs And Say Hello, two of my favorites from the show I downloaded. (Here’s a Seeqpod link to Diane, give it a listen. It Is Awesome.).

All that to say, I really can’t believe it’s only now that I’m enjoying their music.