"Plain Jane" by Donnie Vie

Donnie Vie was the lead singer for one of the most underrated power pop and rock bands of the 80s and 90s: Enuff Z'Nuff. While he has scored a couple minor hits with the band back in the day, he has yet to crack the charts with his solo material, much of which is just as underrated.

"Plain Jane" comes from Vie's latest effort, 2019's "Beautiful Things." Simply pure pop bliss.

"These Days" by Enuff Z'Nuff

How in the world Enuff Z'Nuff failed to inherit the power pop and rock banner from Cheap Trick is one of music's biggest mysteries. I am not the only one to sing this band's praises...plenty of music critics and even Howard Stern have championed these guys since day one, but they've only made two brief chart appearances back in 1989. "New Thing" went to #67 and "Fly High Michelle" flew to #47. To this day, I don't understand why they both weren't top 10 hits.

This prolific Chicago band has been cranking out some of catchiest crunch ever since. More so than with other bands, it is extremely difficult to choose one song that I like the best. Nevertheless, I'm going with "These Days", a tribute to youth that is tucked away on their fantastic third record, "Animals With Human Intelligence".