One of the best things about having a 70 mile round trip to work every day, in fact possibly the only good thing, is the chance to dig out an old album and have it pounding out whilst I'm driving. Last night I was accompanied to my place of employment by the debut album by The Donnas. The all girl quartet hail from Palo Alto, California and got together in 1995. Featuring Brett Anderson (vocals), Allison Robertson (guitar), Maya Ford (bass) and Torry Castellano (drums) (Amy Cesari took over as drummer in 2010), they went on to find major label success and to release an impressive body of work but today I'm featuring a song from that debut album.
Released in 1997 and self titled, it's full of short but great Ramones influenced punk rock tunes. After this the Donnas would gradually move away from simplistic punk rock bangers and their audience would grow as they matured, for me though, this was them at their best. Basic song structures with repetitive and brief lyrics should be easy to write and they are, the difficult part is making them great and that's one thing the band manage with ease. Not many can make something seemingly so basic sound so good. A great example is the song I've chosen to post, this is Teenage Runaway.....
[Chorus]
Teenage runaway. (Oo-oo-oo)
Teenage runaway. (Oo-oo-oo)
Teenage runaway. (Oo-oo-oo)
Teenage runaway. (Oo-oo-oo)
Teenage runaway.
Teenage runaway.
Teenage runaway.
He left his chance behind
Dropped Coke for lemon-lime
Now what's he gonna do?
Gonna get some Mexican food.
[Chorus]
Won't have to go to school
Just hang out playing pool
Stay out late every night
He's gonna be alright
[Chorus]
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