For that old girlfriend who complained that I was wasting money on buying singles because I never listened to the B-sides here's a record I bought just for the b-side. Aztec Camera doing a kind of mellow version of Van Halen's Jump. Not that the original is bad but Roddy Frame changes the whole meaning of the song and produces a real gem of a song.
I liked Aztec Camera but was never a fan of the band. I was more into Orange Juice. My friends with the nicer cars liked Aztec Camera. I heard this on the radio while driving to the Fawkner Club Hotel in South Yarra to have dinner one night. The Fawkner Club was a popular hangout in 84. We wore white shirts and 501s. We lived local. we listened to RRR and Scottish pop bands. We were in transition. We'd have dinner and maybe later on move down to the Red Eagle. We drank Elephant beer and lost our car keys. It was a great time.
I think this was the first time I'd heard a rock song by an mega American band taken over by a small Indie band and played acoustically. To me it was a relevation. I love learning rock and pop songs which ae normally fast and slowing them down with my acoustic guitar. Even better if I lay my hands on a 12 string.
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