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In The Meantime
Spacehog
1995

Alright, here’s one that you may have never heard of, or maybe you’ve forgotten this one. Or maybe you’re scratching your head and saying to yourself, “ok yeah, Spacehog, but #52?  Really?”

Give it a listen. Right now. This band may have done nothing else (other than the frontman being married to Liv Tyler for a time) but this song is on the Mt. Rushmore for air guitar and air drum awesomeness. Plenty of car rides my senior year of high school rocking out to this one. I’m also proud to have brought the air guitar work to freshman year in college and introduced it to a whole new legion of fans who had not heard of Spacehog.  Is there anyone reading this who has not at one point in their lives just full-throated the opening, "Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh," and followed that with the best air guitar performance of their lives?  If you haven't, repent and do it today.  The bass line in this song, too.  I mean, ranking this at #52 might be a bit too low, actually.

Regarding the new generation of fans, I was a bit conflicted when the song was featured in the most recent Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Conflicted because what the world needs less of are Marvel movies (hot take alert!) but the world most definitely needs more exposure to "In the Meantime." 

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No, but my right-hand man in this operation, Erik, tells me there are some hidden gems on this album so I’ve added that to my to-do list and you should do the same!