Forgotten Songs of the '90s: House of Love

Forgotten Songs of the ‘90s: House of Love

While there are some bands that suffer from a lack of material and time, there are some that suffer from an overabundance of both and that can cause a lot of confusion among consumers and also can result in a lot of great songs being lost in the cracks. One of the best examples of this is the House of Love’s 1990 gem “Beatles and the Stones.”

The House of Love were a British alt-rock band in a time when Britain was obsessed with dance bands like New Order and Happy Mondays. As a result of basically not enough attention, the band released more than enough singles to keep their fans satisfied. By the time of “Beatles and the Stones’” release in 1990, the band had already released about eight singles and one full-length. The fact that the second album was self-titled as well as the first one caused some fans and critics confusion so in the U.S., the album is referred to as Fontana.

In the U.S., their label kept trying to push them through into the mainstream, the band just didn’t have the power to do so despite the strength of overall material. “Beatles and the Stones” is one of those songs that sounds so pristine and beautiful and yet delivers a wallop when it comes to messages. While of course being nostalgic about a simpler time in music with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the song’s chorus helps bring it all home by saying that the music of the Beatles and the Stones “made it good to be alone.” Just repeating that again and again makes the song all the more powerful.

Despite the song’s massive strength, it failed to cross over to the American landscape and couldn’t set the world alight. The band kept on releasing records, at least three more by 1994, but by the end, it was clear that the band was releasing too much material for their own good. The band disbanded and faded into relative obscurity but lately as a result of having reunited, their legacy has grown exponentially and looks to get bigger the more people hear songs like “Beatles and the Stones.”

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