#315/950 LISTENING POST ADMIN RECOMMENDED
August 26 1985
Candy
Whatever Happened to Fun
Genre: Power Pop
4.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Whatever Happened to Fun
First Time
Kids in the City
The Last Radio Show
We are changing the rules for this one.
About a year ago I went on a Power Pop binge and somehow, I have zero recollection as to how this occurred, I ended up hearing the title track to Candy’s Whatever Happened to Fun. I think I was looking up other Power Pop stuff and…fuck it. Anyway.
I could send you to a collection of videos that comprise the actual album but, instead, I’m reviewing the compilation. It has most of the tracks from that album and a whole bunch more and it’s so delicious it makes me want to cry from the rooftops, “Whatever Happened to Candy!?!?”
Bands like Afterschool Special and The Exploding Hearts and so many others took their cue from this sound and they absolutely benefitted from it.
There isn’t a bad track on this album. Sorry. It’s a miracle that it exists. It belongs in the pantheon of Raspberries and The Knack and Rick Springfield and so many others.
This is a gem and you should listen to it over and over.
Future GnR guitarist Gilby Clarke was in this band. I’m happy he hit it big later. Sad that it wasn’t with these guys. A Gilby track is included on this comp, called Crocodile Tears.
As for second acts…the reason Candy never recorded another album is that lead singer Kyle Vincent left the band to go solo. His subsequent life and work has been, in short, kind of amazing. Link to his page at the bottom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Vincent
Bonus:
Here’s the opening track: https://youtu.be/igqXRzp0rq8
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