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Certain Songs #761: The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Never Understand”

January 16, 2017 by Jim Connelly

Album: Psychocandy
Year: 1985

The things you remember, right? Here’s one: at some point in the early 1980s, probably after listening to one of the first two Psychedelic Furs albums, I remember thinking that it would cool if somebody could somehow get the drone of a blow dryer in a song. Not as some kind of art noise like Einstürzende Neubauten were doing, but in tune, as a quintessential part of a pop song.

Well, apparently William & Jim Reid had the same kind of idea, and they used it to create a debut album that ranks in my top 5 all-time favorite albums by anyone, Psychocandy.

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Never Understand, Psychocandy, The Jesus and Mary Chain

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