Well, there’s a coincidence. I started writing this and then came across the news that a pair of edits have just been released; one by Peak High and the other form Sean Johnson/Hardway Bros. And it’s free. Needless to say both are essential chug and absolutely ace. However, the original is what we’re here for and, even though it was never a record I even remotely thought of buying at the time, (far too commercial); it’s one of those hardy perennial earworms which, when heard over the supermarket Tannoy, requires enormous self-control to restrain shape throwing in public. The video’s great as well. Those jumpers? All the rage in Wallasey in the early eighties. Stock in trade at M & S at the time. Tucking them into baggy, pleated flannels merely adding to their mystique. It all starts to unravel with the violin posturing, but the haircuts and the mainly random lyrics ensure that there are more distractions to keep you wandering “why?” A heavy layer of nostalgia if nothing else.
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