In retrospect a key song for me when it comes to writing. Little Murders also covered this song. Only a few times mind you. I've got a song list here from when we supported the Church at the Chevron and this song is on it. I'd wanted to cover it for ages and finally, in 1983 I managed to get the band to do it. It sounded like a Little Murders song. two chords E and A. Muted guitar strings. Big chorus. perfect. Hard one to remember though because he only does two chords but uses them differently. Not mathematically. All over the place. And it's a great song to sing too.
I first heard it on a Bunch of Stiffs album. A compilation of Stiff artists which included Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. he was like the younger brother. A bit snotty and basic. But this song fits well with that side of the punk movement. I even got to see him live at the Crystal Ballroom. And yes the music was snotty and basic.
Unfortunately Mental as Anything did a cover of the song and scored a minor hit. Wrong band to do it but it did kind of connect to their first hit "The Nips Are Getter Bigger" Actually I heard some of his new stuff a while ago singing with a folk singer in a duet. Pretty good stuff too.
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