Tag: “Sucker” (Dan Sadin song)

On “Sucker” Dan Sadin sounds like he’s channeling one of those 80s power pop songs that sounds so earnest and tuneful but hides a depth of perspective that strikes you suddenly as you’re listening. This song is a combination of brashness and introspection. It’s about a deep yearning for something authentic to the point of maybe being vulnerable and maybe a little too open to it. But when you know something is real maybe you shouldn’t resist it and Sadin’s song captures that desire for real connection to something sincere and honest. Our culture has gotten a little too oriented toward performative behaviors and personae with how our lives are sculpted and presented, social media, online dating profiles etc., but everyone knows there’s a level of pretense that doesn’t work in the end because we all have to live in the real world and if everything’s basically bullshit how can we get through this life? Sadin goes a step further and declares how he’s needing something real so bad that he’s willing to be a fool, a sucker, for it. The song is a little bit Eddie Money, a little bit Springsteen, a little bit Plimsouls and gloriously not aiming for a distancing cool. Listen to “Sucker” on Soundcloud.