Marcy Playground @ Mercury Lounge 12.18.10

By: Tina Bock

In 1997, Marcy Playground's “Sex and Candy” topped the billboard charts and became the band's breakthrough song. After falsely being named a “One Hit Wonder”, thirteen years later these guys are still kickin' and rocked the Mercury Lounge on Saturday night. Brooklyn Based pop group Mammal of Paradise opened and played tracks off their newly released debut album Mammal of Paradise. Marcy Playground opened with the soft rock tune “All The Lights Went Out” followed by “Poppies” from their self-titled debut album Marcy Playground.The band included hits off their first album like “St. Joe On The School Bus”, “Sherry Frasier”, and“Opium”. Off of their sophomore album Shapeshifter, the band included “Saturday”, “Wave Motion Gun” and even the devious “Secret Squirrel”. John Wozniak gave us “Punk Rock Superstar” off MP3 and also included “Star Baby” and “Devil Woman” off their recently released album Leaving Wonderland... in a fit of rage. Marcy Playground definitely didn't forget to invite all the ladies on stage to dance to “Sex and Candy”, and surprised the audience by not ending with “Vampires of New York”, but covering Leonard Cohen “Hallelujah”. 

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Comments

[beebs]

looks like someones been laying off the sex and focusing on the candy.

[Mark]

bought the album "Sex and Candy" was on used, couldn't get into any other song and "Sex and Candy" kept skipping. worst $3 investment ever.