When you work around this much music you tend to get bogged down in the names. You always hear about the Smashing Pumpkins, the Becks, the Pearl Jams, and all the other heavy hitters, shakers, and movers. So it was always a pleasure to find some obscure gem on a disc that was instantly catchy and memorable. Look Who's Perfect Now easily fit into this category.
Transister was Gary Clark and Eric Pressly, both known in various musical circles as singers, songwriters, and producers, who brought in singer-songwriter Keeley Hawkes for a collaboration that would create 1997's self-titled album. This song was the lead-off track and the only song I have heard by the short-lived group, making them a somewhat one-hit wonder for the station. I don't think I ever knew much about the group until putting this meager article together but it turns out the album was well-liked by reviewers, noting similarities to Garbage. Also, another song off the album, Dizzy Moon, seems to be as popular as this one. How come our station never heard it...?
Anyway, today all three are at work on various solo projects.
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Link: Transister Unofficial Site
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Look Who's Perfect Now
(Transister)
Transister
From the album Transister
1997
You mister wearing a crown
Push me around
Draggin' me down
You mister head of the class
Never come last
Pain in the ass
Chorus:
Look who's perfect now
Got my head in the clouds
Look who's perfect now
Got my feet on the ground
Look who's perfect now
Got my head in the clouds
Got my feet on the ground
Look who's perfect now
You mister never to fall
Standing so tall
Knowing it all
You mister living a lie
Flying so high
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
(Chorus to end)
