Thursday, March 5, 2020

Misguided first impressions

As a kid, I saw a 45 by Fat Larry's Band, called "We Just Can't Get It Together."  Mistakenly, I thought it would be a raucous free-for-all in which everyone was deliberately playing out of tune and out of time.

That's not the case.  Instead, the song is a pleasant, slow R&B jam about a relationship that isn't working.  I was glad I actually listened to the song and didn't let my first impression stand.  Years later, I learned the same lessons with 10,000 Maniacs and Cowboy Junkies.

Sometimes, you really can't judge a song by its song title or band name.