There aren’t that many out-and-out feelgood songs in this list, so it says something, you know, a lot, about "Magic" that’s in the top ten. I mean, really, there can’t be many songs more uplifting than this one, what with the “ho ho ho” and the handclaps and everything. Cut from the same cloth (a Beatle jacket, obviously) as The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Do You Believe In Magic?”, it’s basically pretty much what we thought about pop music: at its best, it’s more than the sum of its parts and, yes, it’s magic. Not that fake kinda ‘magic’ where you can see the ropes and the pulleys and it’s all smoke and mirrors, but real magic, something that’s handed down from the gods and skips around with no gravity, something that’s impossible to plan for and impossible to bottle when it happens. Pilot had a couple of other great hits, sure, but this one captured the lightning.
There’s a review somewhere which describes “The Great White Wonder” as our ‘valentine to rock’n’roll’, and it is, of course… but then all our records were. Thing is, not sure any of them hit that sweet spot quite as well as “Magic”. This one was in our hearts and in our heads from opening night to close.
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"Think Bubble" is an album (LP only) of 1995 demos for an unreleased Pooh Sticks album.
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