There couldn't be a less memorable song!
When I saw the thread title, I thought of these three, all of which got a decent amount of airplay on my local alt-rock station in the early 90s:
E - Hello Cruel World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYSl3PblyU
Lloyd Cole - She's a Girl and I'm a Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2hGy7cBRNM
Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQBuFNt65U
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 25 October 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
I think about "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" by Whale not infrequently.
― Chris L, Friday, 25 October 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
It's rare that I suddenly recall a long-lost alternasingle from this era and think 'how could I possibly have forgotten such a good song?'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VTBam8YzQghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJhulZ0zR58
― Go-Gurt Ops (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 October 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
Little Bastard, of course! Never heard that Rugburns song, but when I moved to San Diego I kept running into people who tried to sell me on Steve Poltz.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 25 October 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
Came here to post The Caulfields' "Devil's Diary," but someone did it sixteen years ago. Still will...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0eDZIyfbI
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Friday, 25 October 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
Never cared for much of the rest of their records (singing is generally useless) but this riff is all time -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PugwqtNSwco
― Maresn3st, Friday, 25 October 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link