The Connells Something to Say Music Video - The Connells Something to Say Music Video

What this video is

Released in 1989 as the lead single from Fun & Games on TVT Records, 'Something to Say' marked The Connells' first significant chart success, reaching #7 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart. Hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, the band occupied a distinct niche in the college-rock ecosystem — melodically ambitious and anthemic in a way that set them apart from peers, while retaining the jangly guitar…

Why it matters

A landmark early document of the North Carolina alternative rock scene and the broader college-rock movement of the late 1980s. As the band's first charting single, this video captures The Connells at their commercial breakthrough moment, bridging jangle-pop roots with a harder, more anthemic rock…