When this song came out it blew a hole in my idea of what punk was. I thought their first single Stranded was great but didn't care much for the album. Then they came out with One Perfect Day and this song. The horns, the ad-libs and the sheer power of the song blasting out of my speakers. It also pointed me back towards my soul past and the Northern soul discos I frequented a few years before. I was a punk who loved sixties music. This pointed me in a good direction.
In 1978 I was living just up the road from the Tote in Collingwood in a share house with bars on the window . I had a back room with windows with bars on the window but at least it was upstairs. The Tote was just a pub then.
Summer was brilliant there. We'd sit on the balcony drinking beer and listening to 3RRR playing all the new wave songs. Wellington Street was close to a few pubs so there were always people walking up and down the street which gave it a kind of vibe. Playing loud New wave/punk music was just showing off really.
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