When I look at a lot of the handbills from all the Little Murders gigs back in the early Eighties I see The Moodists did quite a few supports for us. The Ballroom. (they played the Easter Mod Invasion) the Jump Club..I guess it was because they were a fellow Au Go Go band or the sixties psychadelic feel of this song. Or maybe because I was raving about this song so much to the promoters.
There was a pub called the Prince Edward in South Yarra. One night we shared the bill with a band from Adelaide called the Sputniks who had just come over. The room was tiny and there weren't many there but the band had presence mainly due to their lead singer Dave Graney. (and not forgetting their drummer Clare Moore who was the first female drummer I had seen ever) Also their very loud manager Ronny Williams who was already starting to look very sixties before the whole Mod thing took off.
Anyway the story I was told The Sputniks won a competition which gave them recording time, they recorded this fantastic song, changed their name to the Moodists, got rid of Ronny..then released it as their debut.
When Bruce Milne played it for me it just knocked me out. It was a complete song but way under 2 minutes ..and I love songs that are compact. There aren't that many) It as this great melody. It reminds me at times of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd. but it's poppy then it reminds of the Church. (reminds me not sounds like!) More than anything though it's bigger than any influences. And what is it about? I don't know. I can't even begin to decipher the words. A classic indie single from 1981.
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