142. I Melt With You by Modern English 1982

In the mid Eighties I DJed at a place called The Beehive in Punt Road in Richmond. Started by Ronnie and Michael as a kind of follow up to Barbarellas it lasted about 6 months there before moving to the Carron Tavern in West Melbourne. Despite great numbers the pub owner thought he could run it himself and keep  all the money. On the Indie circuit of clubs this was a common occurrence. 

Anyway the move didn't hurt much and although the crowds weren't as big it still did well. One of my favourite tracks from the Beehive days was this track by Modern English. I never bought their albums. This was the only track of theirs I ever heard. And I loved it. I played this single to death. Unfortunately my exuberance for the song meant one night somebody asked to borrow it for one week. And that was the last I saw of it. The borrower was a bouncer who managed to quit that week. I still miss that single! When I picked up the song on a MTV CD compilation a few years later it was not the same version. They had re-recorded it and that version is the one that always turns up. I still haven't found it so maybe today I'll start looking again.
The Beehive lasted a few years but Ronnie and Michael were always trying to move out of their on Saturdays. So they opened KAOS which didn't take off. They gave the Beehive away so with the end of KAOS I was without a DJ gig on Saturdays. Then I got an offer to start my own club at the Union Hotel in Chapel Street. The Lizard lounge.