THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

874-Eels-Susan’s House.

1997-Number 9 single.

Best Bit-At 2.47.Just think if Bon Jovi hadn’t have got there first, they could have called their Album’ Slippery When Wet.’

Before forming Eels, Mark Everett had released music under the name ‘E,’ so when forming Eels with drummer Jonathan ‘Butch’ Norton, and bassist Tommy Walter, he chose the bands name so that their records would be close to ‘E’ solo recordings, in alphabetical ordering.Mark Everett was born in Virginia, United States, in 1963, and formed Eels in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, U.S.,in 1995, they are still active, with Everett being the one constant. Everett’s father was the famous physicist, Hugh Everett, and his maternal grandfather was Harold ‘Kid’ Gore, a legendary football, and basketball coach.’Susan’s House’ is taken from the bands 1996 critically acclaimed debut Album,’Beautiful Freak,’ the piano part is sampled from the 1974 song,’Love Finds It’s Own Way,’ a song written by Jim Weatherly,for Gladys Knight & the Pips, Weatherly does receive co-writers credit, along with Everett.

The song tells the tale of Everett walking from his house, to Susan’s house, and the horrors he encounters along the way, but he is comforted in the knowledge that when he arrives, he will be safe.

‘And I’m thinking,that must be her sister,that must be her sister,right?’