The first release on Mute Records came from its president, Daniel Millar as ‘The Normal’. It was a double A side with ‘Warm Leatherette’, in infinitely better track and one that went on to be covered by all and sundry, with Grace Jones’ version featuring on ‘Nightclubbing’ being the most famous. This is of no matter though. I had a sudden urge to post this because the isolated memory crossed my mind earlier today of seeing this performed live when The Normal and Essential Logic supported Belfast’s finest, Stiff Little Fingers, at Eric’s in Liverpool in February 1979. I would have been a mere 16 years old and not very gig hardened at that point. It was one of the best as I recall. And this track was undoubtably played, although I can’t remember that precise moment. It’s got the lot as far as nascent industrial synth pop is concerned. Deadpan, repetitive lyrics, and a few layers of synthetic madness that ratchets the momentum up and down, but remains intense throughout.
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