Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Song Of the Day: July 27, 2005


Red Roses In the Sand - Love Song

Crazy Mannequin Records 45, 1988


This showed up one day in the 45 bin at Kief's and it had Nikki Sudden's name on it, so naturally I was interested. On the forum at nikkisudden.com, he tells the story: He was working in a studio in Italy, and these guys wanted to record "Play With Fire" but couldn't sing it right, so he did a guide vocal for them, which they kept and released. "Love Song," while it doesn't actually seem to have any direct involvement, owes such an obvious stylistic debt to the Jacobites that I'd say they should pay Sudden and Kusworth royalties, but I'm sure there weren't any. Anyway, we love this record; Mr. Cat digs the punkly sneer, whining harp, and bashed tambourine, and the rest of us just marvel at the fact that we know exactly what the singer means although we can't understand a word.


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A really intriguing, if somewhat "familiar" sound. You're right about their stylistic infringement -- plus, I think they swiped the cover image from the film "Barry Lyndon"!

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