A few years ago, having nothing better to do on a Wednesday night, I bought a $30 to go see Modern English. they played an hour of dreamy, dour post-punk. Finally, the singer announced “ok here’s our pop song” and they launched into I Melt With You.
I ran into the drummer after the show and told him how great it was. He just looked at me thru his big black sunglasses (it was 11pm) took a drag of his cigarette and said, “I hope it was loud…”