The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades – Timbuk 3 (1986)

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Additional information about this, Timbuk 3 vinyl art.

Timbuk 3 – The Artist

Timbuk 3, stylised TIMBUK3, was an American rock band that released six albums between 1986 and 1995. They are best known for their Top 20 single “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades”. Timbuk 3 was formed in 1984 in Madison, Wisconsin, by the husband-and-wife team of PatMacDonald (acoustic, electric, bass and MIDI guitars, harmonica, vocals, drum programming) and Barbara Kooyman (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin, rhythm programming, vocals). After moving to Austin, they signed to I.R.S. Records. In 1991, Wally Ingram (drums) and Courtney Audain (bass) joined the duo.

The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades – The Song

The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades is a song by Timbuk 3. It is the opening track from their debut album, Greetings from Timbuk3. Released as the album’s first single in 1986, it was the band’s only significant mainstream hit. The inspiration for the song, and the title specifically, came when Barbara MacDonald said to her husband singer/songwriter Pat MacDonald, “The future is looking so bright, we’ll have to wear sunglasses!” But, while Barbara had made the comment in earnest – it was the early ’80s, the two had met and married and were starting a family, their first EP was coming, their book was filling up with gigs – Pat heard the comment as an ironic quip and wrote down instead, “The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades.” From there, the lyrics to the song were born, but not the song as it ended up in the minds of popular culture. While Pat wrote a song of a young nuclear scientist and his rich future,[3] listening audiences heard a graduation theme song.

Emoticon – The Shape

This record has been modelled into an emoticon with a pair of sunglasses.  Sunglasses or sun glasses (informally called shades or sunnies are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes. They can sometimes also function as a visual aid, as variously termed spectacles or glasses exist, featuring lenses that are coloured, polarised or darkened.

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