Frank Mills, by the Lemonheads.
Evan Dando and the Lemonheads came up just a few days ago with a truncated version of the Do Right Woman story, and today I’ve been listening to a Bandsplain podcast about the band (it’s great for bands that you only know like that one or two albums) so it felt proper to pay proper homage with this song, a cute little throwaway thing that clocks in at 1:43 on It’s A Shame About Ray.
And of course, because I just went to the trouble to look it up, and because the podcast very specifically pointed out that Lemonheads covers are so good sometimes you don’t know they’re covers, I have just been informed that, yes, yes, indeed [puts finger to earpiece] this is in fact a #cover-of-a-cover and is originally a song from the musical Hair which I have never seen, although I could easily identify two songs from it.
So there’s that.
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I am an absolute mark for songs that mention “The Waverly” which might mean the diner on 6th Ave. in New York City, which I frequented on a short visit to check out NYU, but can’t remember setting foot in again after that? Maybe once freshman year? It could also be referencing a theater of the same name which seems like it was probably next door?