Camper Van Beethoven might be the world's best alternative rock band, back when alternative rock actually meant something. This is a US first pressing, released in 1989. I've never had a piece of key lime pie. The two tracks that your might know from this record are When I Win the Lottery (I wish) and Pictures of Matchstick Men, which is a cover version of the old Status Quo song. That cool opening guitar riff is made really interesting on the violin. While, the violin might an unusual instrument for a rock band, there are lots of precedents. Let's not forget John Cale's viola.
Some people don't seem to understand cover songs. Check out this comment on the Youtube video:
"FUCK THIS GROUP STATUS QUO IS THE NUMBER 1 ROCKER I LOVE THE QUO ONE BETTER THIS ONE IS SHIT AND PLUS THIS GROUP ARE FUCKING STEELING THE SONG }:("
You just can't beat outrage combined with grammatical failures.
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