The drums . The horns. For me one of the definitive Mod epics. It just makes you want to get up and dance. Clouds disco, Edinburgh 1980 and I was on the dancefloor pounding my feet to this one. I can't say I'm a natural dancer. But Jesus when a record is this good, Secret Affair had their version out (which I kinda liked too) but the original was the greatest.
Hundreds of Mods dancing to the old beat but somehow making it new. 1980 in the UK everywhere you looked there were pop art styles on young girls and sharp suited men on Vespas. The English loved their Motown and the stores were full of Motown and Stax records which sent me into a buying frenzy.
Really the only way I was going to hear this kind of stuff was if I played it myself. So when i came back to Melbourne first of all I pushed for a disco at our gigs. and when my friends Chris and Michael opened Kommotion I was always pushing for guest spots on the turntables, Same with the Venetian Room. It took the end of Little Murders in 1985 for me to take a regular DJ job at Rubber Soul. And from then until 2001 I DJed nearly every Friday and Saturday. Gigs and romantic dinners aside.
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