Listen to “Crazy For You” here.
Rachael Pollard’s “Crazy For You” (from her soon-to-be-released album A Good Thing) brings back the 1960s New York girl pop sound and blends it with Pollard’s unmistakeable stripped-down folk sensibility. It’s an appropriate combination for the subject matter, for while the 1960s girl group love songs were often ecstatically positive, they weren’t necessarily believable. Pollard challenges the crazy-for-you standard by introducing the standard to doubt and anxiety, thus giving us a song that is much more real. Even the shoop shoop’s in this song are words you can trust. “Crazy For You” is the definition of a crush grounded in reality.
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I liked it Aaron. I can’t put my finger on what it reminds me of, but I liked it.
Rachael Pollard is fantastic–her album cannot come out soon enough!
And the more I think about it, I know what you’re saying. For me, it brings back undertones of 1960s girl pop music. But that’s not quite what makes it “reminiscent”….
Nice website!!