In the 90’s the Lizard Lounge exploded with packed houses every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. It got so popular I had to give up my day job and just run the night club. The Lizard lounge was the backroom of the Union Hotel in Chapel Street Windsor. When we first opened it I tried to copy a few of the ideas I had read about from overseas magazines. I hung up sheets and projected slides and colours on to them. I had videos going on little screens. We gave away wrapped lollies at the door. Kind of sixties dance vibe. And we played records to dance to.
“Groove is in the heart” was one of our anthems. You would save this until around 11:45pm and bang it on to send the dancers crazy. We played this song off and on from the beginning. The song came out in late in 1990 just as the Lizard started to take off. People just loved it.
When I got to England, the year after I was surprised to see Lady Miss Keir’s outfit in a museum. It seems she had become a bit of an icon in Britain whereas in Australia they were nothing but a one hit wonder.
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