Uploaded by pernicketty on Oct 25, 2008
I just synched this up with the audio from the single.
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forgot what a great song this was! thanks for the memory!
2 years ago 5
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GREAT time to be young and buying records, these guys,..the Shoes, Graham Parker, Elvis Costello, Iggy, The Beat (Paul Collins) etc......
2 years ago 4
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@DaveJulianUTube Thanks Dave, you're obviously a man who appreciates good powerpop! And yea, I miss the record sleeve artwork too. Even picture sleeve singles look way better than CD cases.
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Great job posting this video with the original (and best) recorded version.
And yeah, great to see all the others who appreciate this underdog band.
Funny how many pre-internet band's names swamp them in searches done today.
Back to the music: Shoes, 20/20, the Pop, Raspberries, Nervous Eaters... and of course Big Star!
I So miss the smell of a freshly-opened vinyl record and all that artwork.
Thanks again persnickety! I re-posted on my FB site and learned how many friends also LOVE thus tune.
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This was a fabulous record. I still have the original 45...can't remember the name of the flip side, but it was great, too! Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!
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Wicks was the only one in the band that COULDN'T sing!
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@pernicketty They had a few. Stars In Her Eyes, Her Name Is Emily, Teenarama... Still at it too. Next time you're in LA...
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@pernicketty Actually, it could be a good name. Beatles press confrence: It's just a name like shoe. "See, would could be called the shoes for all you know".
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@pernicketty Actually, it could be a good name. Beatles press confrence: It's just a name like shoe. "See, would could be called the shoes for all you know".
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@Spiv62 Really think so? Poor John. He was really the only one in the band that could sing so on the road things were tough for him. I guess Huw Gower did the harmony live but thats a name you NEVER want to bring up to Johnny. NEVER!
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@pernicketty yeah everything else Elvis Costello did LOL
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Still effing great.
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Good music, but the worst name for a band.
Spiv62 2 years ago
Oh... and the Shoes!
pernicketty 2 years ago
and The Jags!
Spiv62 2 years ago
'Back of Hand' of great! Did they have any other songs?
pernicketty 2 years ago
I don't know any other Jag songs.On the thread of badly-chosen names stakes, how about the Plimsouls? gotta beat shoes.
Spiv62 2 years ago
Yea, I thought of them but for me Shoes is about as mundane and forgettable as a name can get. Apparently they chose it because of a comment Paul McCartney once made about how the Beatles might just as easily have called themselves The Shoes. That might have seemed like a cute idea to them but the rest of the world didn't get the joke. Other seventies powerpop bands with badly-chosen names - Pezband (anyone seen my pez?) and 20/20.
pernicketty 2 years ago