"shiver" - horny toad

"shiver - brrrrr - shiver - brrrrrr - shiver, shiver, shiver"


the only place i've ever heard this inconsequential ska-punk track is on some free compilation cd. i like it well enough, but it's not a great song in the scheme of things. yet it seem to crop up in my mind every time i shiver.

actually, it only happens when i'm shivering with cold not with any of the more significant forms of shiver - fear, illness, erotic tension, panic, caffeine tweaking, anxiety, resonance or random unknown reasons. i like all of these far better than coldness - not just because they come without this irritating little chorus filling my head, or even just because they are warmer, but because they are deeper. it's almost always good to feel.

"king of the kerb" - echobelly

'"sugar smile savvy"

nothing was quite as era-encapsulating of the whole britpop thing as the shine compilations. anyone with a full set has an amazing assortment of huge hits, indie gems and forgotten classics. whoever it was at polygram picking the tracks did a fine job. anyone planning an indie-disco could get by with just a few of them - as long as they were discrete and prepared not to do many requests.

i'm pretty certain this song was on shine 3 which is probably one of the best ones. i must have heard it dozens of times before i worked out what the lyrics were she was singing and i think i liked the song less once i knew what it was about, but you've gotta admit it's catchy