February 25, 2009 Earworm

So many of my records have fallen by the wayside; borrowed, lost, "borrowed", and tossed out or sold in times of desperation. I mourn them all eventually. Playing a round of complete the lyric with a facebook friend, my heart quickened when I saw "Finders not keepers - and all that's left is just reminders, love in pieces, the debris and the dust of memories that linger so long..." starting a new round. Again, a headband comes to mind and I see the picture sleeve of Lulu's 1981 US comeback single, "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" - and a long lost friend comes calling.

I don't know how we got separated but I do know that I drove a high school friend crazy with my infatuation with, and endless playing of, this single. Writer Neil Harrison - best known as faux John Lennon in yet another Beatles tribute - may not have written anything new about lost loves but in Lulu's delivery of lines like "But if I searched the whole world over - from pillar to post - you're the one that I need the most", her cadence suggesting constant distraction, it's all post-disco disco-light despair on the dance floor of a b-list club at last call.

"I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" peaked at #16, suggesting that a lot of people in certain areas know this song, making it like a secret handshake of fellow travelers. And once the shake is complete, it can't be shaken, as I've discovered.

Also discovered was a ghastly video with a visibly uncomfortable vocalist who should, as noted by Bill, be leery of pyramid schemes.

February 24, 2009 Earworm

From the depths of my mind comes a vision, newly minted in perfectly arranged post coital sweat, wearing a headband: screaching like a cougar in heat, trailing her prey, ready to pounce. Thankfully, she doesn't want to get Physical.

No, it's better than that. It's the third single from that cultural event - it's "Landslide", the single no one heard. Even if Livy never possessed the pipes required for strenuous pop, she made a believer out of me as she wailed like a banshee fanning her busy section. Unleashing her beast high atop the peak of her career, she had nowhere to go but down.

She can now be found as the diamond in a goat's ass that is "Sordid Lives" on Logo, playing Bitsy, the lesbian ex-con bar singer. She's fantastic, too.

February 23, 2009 Earworm

It may not have been an underdog but I'm still a little surprised that "Slumdog Millionaire" won best picture, thinking something more political in these "challenging" times may have caused an upset. But every dog has his day and I should have heard it coming since I'd been playing "Every Dog Has His Day" by Let's Active all day.

I wasn't too impressed by this album at the time of release - when the stylus hit the groove I suspected a mis-pressed Ratt LP had been purchased - but I've become more fond of it over the years even though John Leckie's production gives the whole thing a sheen that, on a Let's Active album, sparkles like a Bollywood extravaganza.