One of my favourite Australian singles from the early Seventies, it's memory is eclipsed by the Eagle Rock in most people's minds. But this is the one that does it for me. When I first heard it it made me wonder why it wasn't huge around the world. This and other great Australian songs that stayed local hits. We were some kind of musical third world country.
I used to go skating down at Ringwood iceland. Round and round to Australian pop hits. Or Lobby Lloyd and Coloured Balls playing live. Or Carson. Or Blackfeather. Daddy Cool was all over the charts. Eagle rock, Come Back again. Bom Bom, Lollipop..they just kept on coming that my small group of friends at school got sick of them. They became a novelty act. Daddy Cool? Daddy Who? their rock and roll pastiche was getting up our noses. we were a bunch of teenagers trying to define our sense of cool. Then they put out this record. Clean and rocking! Very seventies but with a nod to the fifties. Loved it! loved the riff! I've got their best of album now. A great band. Great bunch of songs.
I got my copy from Graeme Boyd a 3AK DJ who lived round the corner in Nunawading. His son Edwin would pilfer records from his cupboards which were rammed with singles. My copy as a ultra long version. brilliant!
I tried to get Little Murders to cover this at one point. Paul Thomas blasted out the opening riff perfectly.
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