Mar 012011
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I just had to share this. You may have heard that Nick Lowe’s Labour of Lust album is going to be re-issued, after having been out of print for a long time. There’s a promotional interview with Lowe at Yep Roc’s site that has the following exchange:
Q: I’ve read some interviews that you did with Creem and Trouser Press during the Labour of Lust days. You were very complementary of Cheap Trick. Were there other contemporary bands, outside of your circle, you were listening to when making Labour of Lust?
A: Cheap Trick were fabulous, and still are. We really liked this Australian group called Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, too. They had this song called “So Young” that we were very keen on. Joe Camilleri their singer was sort of bluesy guy, but they had this great pop thing going. That’s the one that really comes to mind. I’m sure there are others. We liked Bob Seger quite a lot, some of his early records. But that’s all I can remember.
The whole interview is at http://yeproc.com/news.php?articleId=7212.
I’ll have to check that out. Costello covered “So Young” during the sessions for Get Happy. I frequently skip that track on the 31-song GH reissue CD I own.
Townsman mikedread’s What Swerves blog has a post dedicated to us. Check it out!
http://whatswerves.blogspot.com/2011/03/heavy-trash-unload-in-france.html
Thanks, mate!
Yeah I wasn’t sure it was the same song. I just figured hvb would appreciate the early Seg props.
This reminded me of HVB’s recent Saturday Night Shut In shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpKYnRdf0A
Plus it made me drool.