“Don’t Speak” — No Doubt

MTV had “Don’t Speak” by No Doubt on heavy rotation during the late 1990s. To say my oldest daughter was obsessed with this song would be a considerable understatement.

She was living with me in the late 90s…her mum and I had split up many years beforehand…and thankfully I liked the song too. Which was just as well — when “Don’t Speak” wasn’t on MTV, it seemed to be on the CD player in her bedroom.

The music video was eye-catching too. It started with No Doubt’s bass player, Tony Kanal picking an orange from a tree…ran through a garage-based performance of the…