Saturday Video

This is the one and only story I have of significance regarding a close brush with music fame. Verbena were Birmingham, Alabama's, closest thing to rock fame. The album from which this song is found, Souls for Sale, was released in 1997. As an aside, I was in high school hell at the time and used my albums as a kind of salve. In a very small, extremely incestuous music scene, Verbena rose to the top. Souls for Sale was at least released on Merge. This gave it indie cred, which built enough of a buzz for the group to be noticed.

The story might have ended here, but an unexpected face entered the picture. Dave Grohl, who had by now started up the Foo Fighters, took an interest in Verbena. He even produced their second album, Into the Pink. With the former Nirvana drummer pushing this unknown act, Verbena promptly signed up to Grohl's label Capitol. Despite having a big name pushing it, their sophomore effort was still mostly a dud. It resembled, as many noted at the time, a kind of poor man's Nirvana.

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Hey, yeah, come on get in the car
This song goes out to no one but me
But I'll try just to sing a little harder

Hey, come on get in the car
Don't you wish that we could go for a ride, well
Hey, come on get in the car
Do you wanna bet?

It's the same your words
You get addicted I'm free

Another guess that you're gonna get smarter
This song goes out to no one but me
But I'll try just to sing a little harder

Hey, come on get in the car
Don't you wish that we could go for a ride, well

Hey, come on get in the car
Do you wanna bet?
Hey, yeah, come on get in the car
Hey, yeah, come on get in the car