Don’t you dare hit the snooze button on this earworm…
Good morning, good morning! It’s time to get up and at ’em to start another wonderful week of glorious labor! Yes, we at The Nest realize you may need a little help getting the blood pumping and the mind motivated at this ungodly hour of this ungodly day. That’s why we choose Mondays to crack open another rotten egg straight out of that breakfast buffet of toasted music we like to call the Dusty Vinyl Archive! DJ Scratchy’s got the perfect FM treat for your AM, while the Sponkies annoyingly try to imitate the crowing rooster outside. Careful, this earworm may give you morning wood…
In 1977, a punk group emerged from the land of Wales that went by the name of “The Toilets.” That alone should have made them one of the most epic bands of all time, except they made the mistake of later changing the name to something a bit more innocuous… The Alarm. The Alarm were darlings of the much less heralded British invasion that was known as 80’s alternative…. or the first true “college music,” if you will, that also forced us to have to tolerate REM. While The Alarm had a young, unemployed appreciative audience and plenty of modern rock chart success, they couldn’t hit the US Top 40 with the broad side of a plunger with any of their alt-rock.
Hey… didn’t there used to be cereal in here?
The group formerly known as The Commodes is probably best known for their songs “Sixty-Eight Guns” and “Rain in the Summertime”…. but their highest charting song on the only Billboard list anyone ever cares about is also the one I’m featuring in this week’s DVA, and is a big favorite of mine! Coming in at the way too low spot of #50 in 1989, here is The Alarm’s rock masterpiece “Sold Me Down the River”…
And just in case the video gets yanked from YouTube again…
Nice song, is it not? Definitely not bad for a group that used to be called the Pottys…
This needs to get sold down the river…… permanently.
Join me next Monday as I flush another fine earworm out of the DVA’s septic tank….
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
why bands and artists change their name… Prince is still Prince no matter what symbol he used… and I like the name The Toilets it is a statement too…and how sad to throw endless fame away with chainge the name. I loved this kind of music and I always do… but in the 80’s the ears of the most people were deaf from too much synthesizer sounds…
If they’d had kept the name, they’d have probably had #1 hits. How can anyone resist a band called The Toilets?
yes… and imagine the fans who wait in front of the stage while cheering for them… priceless…
YES I do like this one…..never heard it before but then some of the 80s was a blur of music and this may have fallen through the cracks (or down the toilet perhaps??). Got me ready to face Monday for sure…………
Pam
I missed this one the first time around as well, but I’m glad it didn’t get completely flushed!
I liked their song “Up Shit Creek Without a Paddle.”
That was off their country and western album…
I’d think they would’ve achieved greater success if they stuck with their original name- The Toilets. It’s much more catchy. 😝
Yeah, it’s a name you can’t ignore. And I’d have loved to have seen Dick Clark introduce The Toilets on American Bandstand…
I’d never heard it before (that I remember) but I like it!
I’m pretty sure it wasn’t played on the local radio like Winger was that year… but I’m glad I eventually came across it!
I honestly don’t recall this ear worm which is a shame since it had nice guitar riffs to go along with that nice beat. 🚽
This song has great everything, which made it too cool for the late 80’s when long hair and makeup was the ticket to stardom…
I think I remember it. Or maybe not. So many songs of that era sounded so similar…
I can’t believe they changed their name, though. “The Toilets” sounds like something they came up with in the pub and it sounded such a good idea at the time…
As far as I can tell, they did their first few shows under that name, so it seemed a bit late to have second thoughts. There are probably thousands of Toilets fans out there who wondered whatever happened to their favorite pub band…
I’m thrilled to actually recognize a song! It’s so rare. I realize that I recognize the sound of the music, but I have no idea who sang it or what the words are. Clearly, just not a true pop music follower. I am ashamed.
I am thrilled that you actually recognize it! That almost never happens, and just makes my chosen earworm even cooler…
Flushing? oh good, thought you dint get my email…. LOL
I got your email! I just haven’t had the chance to do anything with it yet. Or read the story yet (oops!)….
A great tune indeed! I’ve always liked this one…some good ol’ rock ‘n roll swagger goin’ on.