Another song from one of the most exciting times in rock music. Punk rock going all types of new places and there were lots of incredible new bands popping up all the time. A particular favourite of mine were the Rezillos from Scotland. I picked up the album second had and when I got home and put it on the turntable I was totally knocked out by the sound that came out of the speakers. Fast, tuneful, fun and totally rocking I played it until I almost wore out the vinyl. As soon as a song would stop another one would come on almost immediately. Bang bang bang. By this time I was living in a share house with a bunch of hippies that had no interest in my records whatsoever. They were heavily into Tim Buckley who at the time I just didn't get at all. That would come later. Half the time I would listen to this on headphones in my bedroom.
It all seemed so shiny and new and made a lot of other stuff sound dated and slow.
Like a lot of these bands their moment of glory was short and so by the time I got to the UK in late 79 they were all gone. Top of The Pops was a show on English TV that I wished they'd show on Australian TV.
We got the lamentable Countdown which we'd watch religiously waiting for a good band to come on. Rezillos never did!.
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