A classic Graham Parker song. From his first album where he was kind of the UKs future of rock. That is until Elvis Costello came along and stole his thunder. Oh and the punk thing too. So Graham Parker gets lumped in with the pub rock bands. Not that there's anything wrong with that at all. Just at the time we were all a bit excited with the Pistols and the Clash.
Still he seemed to do alright after that first flush of punk becoming part of the New Wave...kind of. I saw him down at Kingston Rock in Richmond and was very excited despite me leaning against the wall watching the Sports and trying to look cool. His records were great. And the Sports introduced them to me when they played the first album before they went on one night at Martinis. Long before anyone had heard of him. Big speakers . Cool sound.
Maybe this song didn't hit me that night but when I got the record "Howlin Wind", Between Me and You became a particular favourite. I suppose when you're young you go through a lot of break ups. You fall in love every other week. Sometimes they last a bit longer. And eventually it falls apart. And then there's just the bits and peices of shared memory. And it's all quite dramatic.
But it's not just that which gets me about this song. There's a moment at about 1:18 where his voice seems to stumble. Quite emotional. Gets me every time.
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