Song of the Day 3/4/10

The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Thursday’s song is #147:

The Room – Jackpot Jack

The somewhat epic title track from arguably the greatest ep ever made, from these psychedelic Liverpool new wavers, 1985. Over Becky Stringer’s ridiculously catchy, hypnotic bass groove, frontman Dave Jackson snarlingly recounts the last hours and ugly death of a hack corporate musician. It’s sweet revenge for purists and good songwriters everywhere.