“Summer Babe (Winter Version),” the opening track from Pavement’s unfathomably influential 1992 debut album Slanted And Enchanted, is one of the greatest and most iconic indie rock songs of all time. Call it hyperbole if you wish, but if you needed me to define “What is indie rock?” I might point you in that song’s direction. And as someone for whom getting Pavement-pilled junior year of high school was a crucial step in forming my adult identity, it means a lot to me personally too.
“Summer Babe (Winter Version),” the opening track from Pavement’s unfathomably influential 1992 debut album Slanted And Enchanted, is one of the greatest and most iconic indie rock songs of all time. Call it hyperbole if you wish, but if you needed me to define “What is indie rock?” I might point you in that song’s direction. And as someone for whom getting Pavement-pilled junior year of high school was a crucial step in forming my adult identity, it means a lot to me personally too.
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