Tuesday, August 25, 2009

At First Sight, Violets Are Blue

Before the Someloves, Dom Mariani was in the the Stems with future Chevelle Richard Lane. This song, "At First Sight", sounded familiar when I heard it on Dom's (highly recommended) Popsided Guitar anthology, but I couldn't remember where I'd heard it before. Turns out the song was featured in Young Einstein, a very silly film with a kick Aus soundtrack featuring Icehouse, Paul Kelly, the Lime Spiders, the Saints, and the Stems.



There's been a Stems revival in the 2000s, with multiple reissues, a couple of their songs on Children of Nuggets, and a 2007 reunion album (Heads Up) that included a U.S. tour that I sadly missed. They're playing their final tour in Australia in October, at least until they reform in the 2010s.

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