Another song that Little Murders covered. This was back in the early days. The first time we played this was 1981 at the Tote or as it was called then Le Tote. Before that The Tote was a pub that served food and a bunch of teachers would drink at on a Friday night once or twice. My one endearing memory of that time was a fabulous bowl of small potatoes covered in garlic.
The Tote as a live venue was quite different. same room as where the bistro used to be. But walking in there at first it looked like a huge pit. The first few times we played there we were the only band. later we had other mod bands like 5:15 support us. One night our friend Johnny was going to meet us at the Tote and didn't turn up. We had just been with him so we thought he'd piked it and went home. We stood out the front of the Tote calling him all these names. Turns out he'd been hit by car and was in hospital. Boy did we feel bad later on.
Any way I loved the Monkees and Little Murders have covered a few of their songs. Who cares if they didn't play on their records. Doesn't lessen their value one bit. I like what I hear. Great tunes. How do I know it was the first time we played it. Cos I always get nervous introducing new songs into the set and they kinda sear themselves into my memory. I've probably spent a week before learning the melody and lyrics.
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