Was this the B-side or the A-side of the Eastern dark single. I don't know and can't see the point of trying to find out because both songs are just so good. And why Johnny and Dee Dee? What about Joey. Which I was asking myself the other day when I bought these Pop Rocks figurines of the Ramones which only featured Johnny and Dee Dee too. It must be a guitar thing. Then again they're bring out Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious figurines too.
Anyway this song takes me back to the Venetian Room when during the course of the night we'd play both sides of this fantastic single. I DJed there a few times but it wasn't a regular gig for me because Little Murders were still playing. Usually far out of the city or headlining at 1pm in the morning in some inner city club. We did actually play the Venetian Room a few times and it was the place we first called it a day. That was a huge night with fans spilling onto the stage. Of course we came back six months later and played some bigger venues on a kind of farewell tour. And then we kept coming back.
The Venetian Room was a very cool hangout. Not very big but some great bands played there including The Church and The Go-Betweens. Run by Ronny and Michael who went on to do Rubber Soul, Barbarellas and The Beehive. It was a favourite hangout for the inner city music scene. And a lot of the Mods would turn up despite a ban they imposed on Ronny and Michael's venues after The Batcave and The Happening, two previous clubs they ran. They were accused of profiting from the Mod movement. It was all a bit weird and strange and hard to understand. But similar events were also happening with the Sydney Mods too.
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