1 | * AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[VindicatedByHistory For it's time, at least.]] The band had the misfortune of existing during the {{Grunge}} era, meaning they were making whimsical, intricately produced music at a time when the Rock music scene was largely taking a more serious, [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth back-to-basics]] approach. This greatly hindered their chances of success and all but guaranteed [[ShortRunners a short lifespan]] for the band. |
2 | ** Roger Manning's [[SpiritualSuccessor follow-up band]] Imperial Drag failed to take off for similar reasons, in addition to [[TheBandMinusTheFace the lack of Andy Sturmer]]. |
3 | * EvenBetterSequel: While ''Bellybutton'' is already considered a really good album, the band's follow-up ''Spilt Milk'' is considered one of the greatest PowerPop albums ever made due to its lush production and whimsical melodies. |
4 | * GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band had a pretty sizable following in Japan, even before Andy Sturmer's work with Music/PuffyAmiYumi. |
5 | ** In a 1993 interview, Andy mentioned that they were also fairly popular in England and in Sweden, attributing it in part due to singles being a more popular music format in those countries than the United States.. |
6 | * HamAndCheese: Andy Sturmer is certainly having fun singing as [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] in "Ignorance Is Bliss". |
7 | * HilariousInHindsight: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros "Ignorance Is Bliss"]] wouldn't seem too out of place on a Music/{{Starbomb}} album. |
8 | * HoYay: "Joining A Fan Club" from ''Spilt Milk'' has the line "He looks so dreamy, I'm in love from afar" - the first verse of the song describes a teen girl with a crush on a rock star in the third person, but from there the lyrics seem to shift to her POV. For obvious reasons, the Music/PuffyAmiYumi cover doesn't invoke this trope. |
9 | * SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: During a concert the band was performing in Frankfurt, the band kept getting hassled by a particularly obnoxious [[{{Eagleland}} American]] member of the audience who kept shouting things at the band between songs until near the end of the show (timestamped [[https://youtu.be/BxxtXjxUk-M?t=3960 here]]), when Andy Sturmer puts the guy in his place. |
10 | --> '''Andy:''' Look, dude. I know you're an American and everything, but shut the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] up. |
11 | * NarmCharm: [[https://youtu.be/WHyXhu3dRKA The music video]] for Beatnik Beatch. |
12 | * PeripheryDemographic: The band is very well liked by even non-PowerPop fans due to their lush production and the sheer ambition present in their songwriting. |
13 | * RefrainFromAssuming: "Joining A Fan Club" isn't called "Picking Up A Fallen Star". |
14 | * SignatureSong: "New Mistake" |
15 | ** ''Bellybutton'': "The King Is Half-Undressed" and "Baby's Coming Back" |
16 | ** ''Spilt Milk'': "Joining a Fan Club" and "The Ghost at Number One" |
17 | %%** SpecialEffectsFailure: During the [[RogerRabbitEffect live action portion]] of the "Baby's Coming Back" music video, the ChromaKey used for the background seems to make the entire lower half of Andy Sturmer's body invisible. |
18 | * SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: The entirety of ''Spilt Milk'' is full of so much lush production, dream-like and whimsical melodies, and beautiful harmonies to make even the most cynical and jaded listeners have a smile on their face. |
19 | * TooGoodToLast: The band, as a whole. They only released two, [[AcclaimedFlop commercially ignored, but highly acclaimed]] and influential PowerPop albums and then broke up. Under better circumstances, they'd probably have had more success. |
20 | * TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Other than being the only song made for the project, the song [[https://youtu.be/cEVeto3LQxg "Ignorance Is Bliss'']] from [[SoBadItsGood/VideoGames ''White Knuckle Scorin[='=]'']] stands out because of the amount of work the band put into making it sound as good as possible. |
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