Rubber Soul was at the Carron Tavern in West Melbourne. Started by Ronny and Michael after the Venetian Room at the Hotel Francis in the city closed down. The idea was to create a full-on sixties night. Playing all those sixties hits from the Beatles to the Stones by way of soul, Motown, bubblegum, and A Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. Complete with Strobe. I was DJing there from the first night. 30 minutes on and 30 minutes off. A DJ system that allowed us to drink, dance, and have a really good time. It became popular enough for Rob Furst of Beat magazine to open a similar themed club in the middle of the city called Shout. Monday nights.
One night Ronny and I decided to go down and check it out. It was up a flight of stairs above the Australia Arcade off Collins St. Peirre Baroni was spinning the records. And they had dancing girls. Two of them. This place was brilliant. They didn't play the same music as us. They were a little bit more sophisticated than us. Our music went with drinking and getting sweaty to loud music. Shout played Music To Watch Girls By by Andy Williams and These Boots Are Made for Walking by Nancy Sinatra. The seats were plush. The DJ console was real. Ours was turntables on a piece of wood covering a billiard table.
Anyway, I never appreciated lounge music too much before hearing this song. But this time I got it. And I would start playing it in my sets now and again. It was a fun interlude before the next Doors song and in fact, it wasn't too far removed from Light My Fire. Well kinda. From then on, I would investigate what would later be called Loungcore and found gold!
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