1981 was a very exciting time in Melbourne especially if you were a Mod. Or so we thought anyway. We had our own world pretty much in place. Little Murders gigs were full of Mods. we had our own clubs. And if anything reminds me of Kommotion, the first Mod Club, it's this song by the Bureau. We were mad about Dexy's Midnight Runners. The first album was played to death. Then this song came out by a bunch of ex-Dexys and Mods and it went off. We'd dance like mad. Two UK soul bands. Then Countdown got a hold of it and suddenly it was a hit. The only country in the world where it was a big hit reaching number 6 here. And you'd see the film clip all the time. Which kind of tainted it a bit and made them seem just like a poppy Dexy's. Sadly I don't think anybody bought their next single which was the equally great, or maybe even better, "Let Him Have It". And we played that to death too. More so than Dexy's. Maybe a lot of the new Mod bands weren't giving us great singles, although there were a few, the best being Maybe Tomorrow by The Chords and Time For Action by Secret Affair. We had these songs, the ska stuff and The Jam. Sixties soul and pop. It was brilliant.
Then Dexy released "Come On Eileen" and the party was over.
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