This came out the same time as Cruel to Be Kind and though they are solo singles by Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe they kind of fall into the realm of being Rockpile songs. And what songs they are. Just love listening to them both. They never get dated. Acoustic guitars. great melodies.
Of course Girls Talk was written by Elvis Costello but this is the version that does it for me. Actually Elvis' efforts to reclaim the song later on didn't amount to much. Reminded me of David Bowie who kept doing versions of All The Young Dudes on live recordings and B-sides but never getting anywhere near the definitive version by Mott The Hoople.
This song takes me back to sunny days in Collingwood. My girlfriend lived near the pub that was used in the TV series the Sullivans. We never went there. We went down the local milk bar because the owner kept pulling sixties toys still in their boxes and putting them out for sale. I bought 20 Monkeemobiles for $5 each and Bruce Milne and I sold them through Missing Link. The they played a song which didn't work until a used a transformer from a train set to inject a bit of electricity into them.
But I digress. Rockpile came and played at The Venue. I was playing a gig that night down in Welshpool and missed them. I heard it was terrible. The band apologized at the next gig they did. Great musicians but it just went wrong. Still I wish I'd seen it for myself.
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