Nows and Forevers

One of my favorite songs of the ‘90s came early in the decade. In fact, it was released in late ‘89 although it didn’t get to the charts until January 1990.

So that counts!

Not going to say that I enjoyed the music scene in the ‘90s. I didn’t. It was the beginning of the end of paying attention to popular music, or as much as I did at the time. And after the ‘80s, where my musical tastes flowered, the ‘90s were kind of a letdown.

But Michael Penn’s “No Myth” was an exception. It’s a great song, his only top 40 hit, and a smart and catchy pop song. I loved it the moment I heard “No Myth,” and I love it still.

Who hasn’t wondered what could have been? “What if I were Romeo in black jeans, what if so were Heathcliffe, it’s no myth …”

I’m not either, nor have I ever been.

It went all the way to No. 13 on the Billboard Top 100.

Some great lines, too: “We said goodbye before hello/My secrets she will never know” is only one of them.