Outstanding British pop. Yes, it has its antecedents....so did the Beatles. Very few people can be so inventive that they can make something entirely new out of their influences...
rachmarmar: I believe it's a reference to the Mecca Ballroom chain that used to have a dancehall in virtually every major town in Britain in the 70's...lots of drunken young men used to get their rocks off there...
An outstanding recording. I was played a Phil Tanner disc when I was a student in the 1970's and singing unaccompanied folk in a 3-piece in pubs. He was brilliant.In Wales where I grew up there was always an old chap in the corner of every pub who could trot out a few tunes on a Saturday night. S...
I used to go the distance...but I took the path of least resistance one too many times.