This power pop band out of Charlotte, North Carolina sounded as close to Merseybeat music as you could get especially in the 80s. They formed in 1978 and are still together to this day! No need to state who their inspiration was…
They are yet another example that critical success doesn’t always translate to commercial success. This seems to be the fate of many power pop bands which I don’t understand. It makes me respect Tom Petty and the Cars much more than I already did.
The Spongetones have now released 9 LPs / CDs as well as been on a great number of compilations CDs. Plus there are solo CDs. If you’re in the Charlotte area, you’ll find that they are revered as local Rock Heroes
The A.V. Club (an entertainment website) says that “She Goes Out With Everybody” is the best Merseybeat song ever written and recorded by an American band.
She Goes Out With Everybody
She was a middle child of three
Squeezed and pushed from her family
She needed more than they could give
It takes much more than bread to live
She needed more than I could give
She goes out
(To get her fill)
She goes out
(Against her will)
She goes out
(To score a thrill)
She goes out with everybody
She goes out
(The walls have ears)
She goes out
(The walls have eyes)
She goes out
(The walls can tell)
She goes out with everybody
Became a woman at sixteen
To her that is what love means
She just got burned her first time
Bit his hook and she took his line
Think that she will end the next time
She goes out
(To get her fill)
She goes out
(Against her will)
She goes out
(To score a thrill)
She goes out with everybody
She goes out
(The walls have ears)
She goes out
(The walls have eyes)
She goes out
(The walls can tell)
She goes out with everybody
When she calls me
What do I say?
When she calls me
What do I say?
She’s a mother now with two of her own
Even with them she’s still alone
They need her more than she can give
It takes much more than bread to live
She will want more than they can give
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wow, never heard of them
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Merseybeat songs are usually associated with 1964 through 1966.
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Yes they are but this band replicated them pretty well. It was their biggest influence…that style.
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Wow, no kidding: Rickenbacker 12-string, Hofner bass, Beatles bow at the end, the whole nine. Catchy stuff!
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You know a lot of these bands that I have found have the same thing in common…critically loved but commercially not. Power pop must be a timing thing… thanks for commenting Mitch.
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This is a really good song!
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Catchy. Love the 80s flashback video.
I’d heard of them for years but, never heard any of their music.
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I like how they did the picture video…The girl is our age now…no probably older.
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Hard to tell. The video starts with high school (what grade?), then jumps to her with kids. This was made in 1983, so…she is our “group”, pretty much.
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She is a nice looking lady…probably a local girl and a friend of the band…or a girlfriend.
Like I said I do like the picture look.
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