{"id":2935,"date":"2026-06-18T17:05:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:05:44","slug":"the-newspaper-article-that-led-to-its-a-shame-about-ray-by-the-lemonheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-newspaper-article-that-led-to-its-a-shame-about-ray-by-the-lemonheads\/","title":{"rendered":"The Newspaper Article That Led to \u201cIt\u2019s A Shame About Ray\u201d by The Lemonheads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like many indie bands, The Lemonheads emerged from obscurity thanks to college radio airplay. The Boston trio formed in 1986 but wouldn\u2019t find mainstream success until they released their 1992 album, <em>It\u2019s A Shame About Ray<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Evan Dando, The Lemonheads\u2019 slacker grunge features bubblegum hooks and jangly guitars. The title track to their breakthrough album was co-written by Dando and Australian musician Tom Morgan. It catapulted The Lemonheads, and Dando in particular, into stardom. And it all began with a troubled Australian kid who was infamous for his bad behavior\u2014not unlike Dando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lemonheads - It&#039;s A Shame About Ray (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NdU0fQzt0h8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who\u2019s Ray?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While living in Sydney, Dando came across a newspaper article about a high school dropout named Ray. In the article, Dando read a sentence that became the title of The Lemonheads\u2019 fifth studio album: \u201cIt\u2019s a shame about Ray.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ray\u2019s brief fame from the newspaper article struck Dando. In the song, he describes a kid who vanishes beneath a neglected gravestone. But in Dando\u2019s reading, perhaps Ray was already disappearing even while he was alive. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s a shame about Ray,<br>In the stone, under the dust, his name is still engraved.<br>Some things need to go away,<br>It\u2019s a shame about Ray<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cMrs. Robinson\u201d and an Unlikely Hit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lemonheads are best known for their cover of Simon &amp; Garfunkel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/simon-garfunkel\/mrs-robinson\">\u201cMrs. Robinson\u201d<\/a>. It didn\u2019t initially appear on <em>It\u2019s A Shame About Ray<\/em>. But after becoming a surprise hit, the album was reissued with the song added to the track list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s A Shame About Ray\u201d also became a modern rock hit. It documents an abandoned teen, and Dando may have seen a part of himself in the titular character. The singer openly struggled with addiction and often found himself in the headlines. Though unlike Ray, Dando survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If I make it through today,<br>I\u2019ll know tomorrow not to leave my feelings out on display.<br>I\u2019ll put the cobwebs back in place,<br>I\u2019ve never been too good with names, but I remember faces<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evan Dando was once written off for his pinup-boy looks and epic partying. But his songs have aged well, and if you\u2019ve written him or his band off, well, that\u2019s a shame, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic, Inc<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many indie bands, The Lemonheads emerged from obscurity thanks to college radio airplay. The Boston trio formed in 1986 but wouldn\u2019t find mainstream success until they released their 1992 album, It\u2019s A Shame About Ray. Led by Evan Dando, The Lemonheads\u2019 slacker grunge features bubblegum hooks and jangly guitars. 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