Martin Briley
| Written by: Martin Briley Produced by: Allan Blazek & Martin Briley Album: Fear of the Unknown (Mercury, 1981) |
While in high school, my buddy Jim loaned me the Fear of The Unknown album. I took it home, gave it one listen and quickly (and mistakenly) dismissed it except for the third track, "I Feel Like a Milkshake." I don't know if it was the silly suggestive lyrics, the vocal harmonies, or the melody that caught my attention, but I quickly dubbed the one song to a mix tape and subjected friends to it. They didn't appreciate it as much as I did so forget them.
I hadn't thought of the song in many, many years but it had taken up residence in some part of my brain because as soon as I heard Daniel Day Lewis famously announce "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE" at the end of the movie There Will Be Blood in 2007, this song immediately came to mind. I still think it's a catchy thing, so now I'm subjecting you to it.
Curiously, former Monkee Peter Tork covered this song on his 1994 solo album, Stranger Things Have Happened.
