Cake - Never There
April 23, 2008 by acostill
Filed under Song of the Week
“Never There” was the first single off of Cake’s third album Prolonging the Magic in 1998. It spent 3 weeks at the top spot on the Modern Rock Tracks, making it a pretty big single.
What I like about “Never There”, and I guess most Cake songs, is that the music is just a tad upbeat, while the lyrics are pretty much depressing, but always manage to speak the truth. Their a clever band.
Check out the video, if you forgot the song.
Oh yeah, the video is pretty entertaining as well.
When this song first came out I didn’t like it that much. Although I LOVE Cake. Now I sort of do like it. I guess I was surprised it was such a successful single, when they have better songs IMO. I’d never seen the video though - what the heck - cowboy truckers! That would not have helped me like the song back then.
For some reason, that always happens when you’re a fan. I don’t know, maybe when you’re a fan sometimes you expect more.
I think the cowboy trucker look makes this video, maybe that’s why it was so big.
Oh yeah, FNM’s version of “Easy” is awesome.