It might be the best a tambourine has ever sounded on a song…it just sparkles. “Fade Into You,” Mazzy Star’s mid-90’s MTV classic is the rare one hit wonder that transcends time and place. The song is such a warm blanket of sound that it was featured on countless mix tapes in the 90’s, then placed prominently on every mix CD made by a sensitive guy in the early 2000’s, and still lives on an immeasurable number of streaming playlists. (T)his song exists kind of out of time. It could have come out a couple years ago, or it could have come out in the 70s or the 90s. In the latest episode of One Hit History, Sloane Spencer sits down with musician M. Lockwood Porter to discuss a song that arose from the tail end of the Los Angeles music scene known as the Paisley Underground. Mazzy Star is fronted by the tantalizing wallflower Hope Sandoval and though the song was everywhere in 1994, neither Spencer nor Porter became familiar with the hit until years later. Porter shares details about his forthcoming fifth LP, which includes contributions from John Moreland. One of the things that makes this band so tantalizing is that my understanding is that Hope Sandoval is very shy and has stage fright…it just adds some mystery and depth to what you hear in the music. Be sure to subscribe to One Hit History podcast in your favorite app and leave a 5 Star rating! Thanks to Charles Hale for this episode's show notes. You can find his radio show at Ajax Diner Book Club and in an upcoming One Hit History podcast! The Playlists One Hit History -- The Songs One Hit History -- The Guests One Hit History -- The M Lockwood Porter Podcast Episode Music Mentioned in this Podcast M Lockwood Porter Mazzy Star Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions John Moreland The Dream Syndicate Rain Parade R.E.M. Opal Green on Red Chuck Prophet X The Jesus & Mary Chain (Note flashing images and strobes on home screen of this website.) Interesting Links Support One Hit History podcast on Patreon and hear outtakes, bonus episodes, and extras M. Lockwood Porter official website www.mlockwoodporter.com Buy M. Lockwood Porter's music on Bandcamp www.mlockwoodporter.bandcamp.com "Fade Into You" original video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI "Fade Into You" international video www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MkdplFbFdU&ab_channel=Telegenics A brief history of Mazzy Star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazzy_Star Hope Sandoval www.hopesandoval.com If you liked this episode, you may enjoy our partner podcast, Bubble Bottles, asking music people, "What's your favorite carbonated beverage?" AI Transcript Sloane Spencer 0:05 Well, hey y'all, this is Sloane Spencer, you found us at our new podcast one hit history. It's where we talk with music people about their favorite one hit wonders. Well, we're using the term hit really loosely, and we're using the term favorite pretty loosely. And we've come across some incredible songs got a wonderful guest with us today, Mr. Lockwood Porter, a number of fantastic records that you can check out at his website am Lockwood porter.com, or, of course, our favorite band camp at a fifth album on the way in 2022. Want to hear more about that? Hello. M Lockwood Porter 0:35 Hi, how are you doing? Sloane Spencer 0:36 I'm great. How are you doing? Great. What's up with this next record? M Lockwood Porter 0:40 You know, it's becoming a little bit of a cliche at this point. But it's one of those lockdown records. Like so many other musicians, I found myself with a lot of time on my hands over the last year and a half, two years or so. And yeah, so for this one, you know, I just did a lot of recording at home, which I hadn't really done very much before on my previous records. You know, it was usually three live in the studio with a band but this one, I rushed up on my engineering skills and I bought some microphones and working on songs throu...
