late 80s / early 90s US alternative weirdness

[realrealgone]

I am trying to find out the identity of a track that John Peel played on his Radio 1 show in the late 1980s / early 1990s

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[piranhabites]

Possibly Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman?

[seishin]

Except this song is from the early 70's? And doesnt sound like late 80's-early 90's at all? LOL

[piranhabites]

Um, since when does the radio stop playing songs once the decade they were created in is over? I still hear songs from the 1970s on the radio all the time.

[seishin]

Um, since when does the radio stop playing songs once the decade they were created in is over?

They don't. But they'll be played on stations with a format that plays that sort of music.

Considering the format of BBC radio 1 is Top 40, the odds that a station would play a song from Deep Purple amidst all the songs that were popular back then (aka hair metal & power ballads and pop, and back then 'never the 2 shall meet' was the motto on station playlists) is slim to nil.

I'm not trying to start a fight. It's a good guess (and I can see why you'd think it would be the track the OP is looking for). But looking at the other variables, I don't see it happening.

[shy_nerthuserce]

Could it be something by The Cramps?

[realrealgone]

it kinda almost could be. It did sound a bit like a Cramps 45 played at 33. Seriously though, it was decidedly un-raucous for The Cramps - so I suspect not... but as I don't really know a whole lot of their stuff, it's not beyond the realms of possibility. It could also be The Butthole Surfers possibly. God, where to start??

[tange]

Is it "Possum Kingdom" by The Toadies?

[realrealgone]

thanks - but no... that's way too uptempo for what I was trying to remember. but you're right, a very similar 'vibe' lyrically !