This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
I remember you
The best friend of the girl I dated
I'm the guy that you forgot you hated
Let's see what's going on
She moved to Montreal
And found religion with some creepy pastor
If you see her could you maybe ask her
About my Vuarnet shirt?
We had lots of fun while you grimaced from the sides
We got good at love and you got good at rolling your eyes
Could it be Christine
They removed more than your spleen
I think of her a lot
I wonder if she thinks about me
Is there a chance that we could remake history?
Well you say probably not
Well that's not too surprising
You thought I knocked her up
But it ain't just me that's bad at swimming
You got a lot of stuff to lose by winning
So you don't even try
We had lots of fun while you grimaced from the sides
We got good at love and you got good at rolling your eyes
Could it be Christine
They removed more than your spleen
We had lots of fun while you grimaced from the sides
We got good at love and you got good at rolling your eyes
Could it be Christine
They removed more than your spleen
Well, I remember you
The best friend of the girl I dated
I'm the guy that you forgot you hated
Let's see what's going on
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I think it's about a girl he's dating and her best friend doesn't approve of the relationship "grimaced from the sides" "rolling your eyes" etc.