Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Buck Norris sings "Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk3.
An intelligent alternative pop duo with folk and country leanings (though they often relied on synthesizers and drum machines, even while playing live dates), Timbuk 3's Pat and Barbara K. MacDonald wrote many better songs than their surprise 1986 hit "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades." The couple, who met in the late '70s while Barbara studied at the University of Wisconsin, were based in Austin, Texas by the mid-'80s, when they recorded their debut album Greetings from Timbuk 3 in 1986. After the LP was released on IRS Records, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" hit number 19 late that year. Though it was Timbuk 3's only hit, they continued recording and found a niche in the college/alternative community with albums such as Eden Alley, Edge of Allegiance and Big Shot in the Dark.

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• Buck
• Norris
• Classic
• Country
• Timbuk3

[monsterhoss]

Awesome mix of good ol' country twang with this classic rock song!!! :D

[bucknorrismusic]

@monsterhoss Thanks very much.

[Daniel7860]

RAD

[bucknorrismusic]

Thanks very much such a great song.

[shadowknight561]

I LOVE IT :-)

[bucknorrismusic]

Thanks so much.

[jameelmerritt]

Cool! I liked it buck!!

[ClydeRslick]

great cover

[MayerEO]

was the backbeat a loop of some sort? or did you record/play all of that yourself too? :O

[YoSoyZuri]

A  good American Western voice! Well done, good version!

[YoSoyZuri]

@trollslandan ... I don't agree, what ever the song is about, all a singer is suppose to do is sing a song and a musician to play a musical instrument; that is what it's all about!! Anything else is for show. Too many artists use choreography and gimmicks to hide the fact they can't sing!

[trollslandan]

I like. Yur doin´ alright dude. This is a humoristic song though, so - go a bit crazy please, for the entertainment please, otherwise...zzzzz

[troylockhart05]

Okay! JUST AMAZING ! I'm going to download and share with all my friends :D

[cencal100]

coool