Song Of the Day: May 12-13, 2005
The Distractions-Boys Cry
The Distractions-Valerie
From the LP Nobody's Perfect, Island Records, 1980
The Distractions made great, commercial pop singles, but they were a bunch of nerdy boys and their inability to fit comfortably into the proper niches of the time hurt them (meaning they had bad haircuts as opposed to stupid haircuts). They did make a handful of great records: 45s for Factory and Island (including "Boys Cry"), a 12" EP, "You're Not Going Out Dressed Like That," and a terrific LP called Nobody's Perfect, which the late Steve Greenwood insisted that I buy in the dollar bin at Love Garden long before I started working there. We still miss you, Steve.
posted by Jon Harrison at 8:49 AM
4 Comments:
One of my greatest memories is of sitting in Steve's apartment across from Yellow Sub and listening to Michel Pagliaro's "Lovin You Ain't Easy" 45 over and over again on his headphones....
"Some Sing, Some Dance"...but Steve will always do both.
"Boys Cry" is a good song. It reminds me of the Phil Spector girl groups from the '60's. (I understand it's a cover of someone else's song, but I've never heard the original). I love the album "Nobody's Perfect". It's one of rock's lost treasures, as I say on my website:
http://home.att.net/~rarebird9/distractions.html
Nice choices. Keep an eye on The Distractions new website, www.thedistractions.co.uk
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