Hot (no pun intended, you'll see what I mean in a minute) on the heels of the first edition of the Resurrection Club (well, we've no time to waste!) - and on an appropriate day if you're into all that - comes a second instalment...
The premise is: Songs which expressed things, perhaps forty, fifty or more years ago, that are still as relevant now and which, as a counterpoint to cancellation, should be resurrected.
Firstly, thanks so much for all the great suggestions, many of which will feature in future posts - the list is growing! But before I get to those I had this already lined up because, like the last one, it's so spot on lyrically but has a deceptively light melody which is really at odds with its message. And after so much time listening to angsty words delivered against similarly doomy, angry music, I find it refreshing and surprising when it's turned on its head. This is one to sing along to; in fact it's so catchy that you may well find yourself with a new climate change and pollution anxiety earworm.
Hudson Ford were John Ford and Richard Hudson who had previously been in both Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera and The Strawbs. They later went on to be in the Monks, when all lyrical credibillity goes out the window in one fell swoop, for it was indeed them who came up with, ahem, 'Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face'. Moving swiftly on... here's what they were up to in 1974. 'Burn Baby Burn' reached no. 15 in the UK charts.
The world is changing only in reverse
And you can't live your life for what it's worth
'Cos it's a hell on earth
The world today of which we all endear
Has taken us about a thousand years
To go spoil all the things we had right here
'Cos it's a hell on earth
Burn baby burn, when you gonna learn
It's time to put out the fire, so
Burn baby burn, when you gonna learn
The earth is getting drier
The flames are growing higher
My clothes are dirty and the sky is red
And I've not anything to wash my head
'Cos all the detergent's on the river bed
And it's a hell on earth
Taking all your money so I'll tell you the facts
You join everybody trying to fiddle the tax
If you don't get them they'll try to con you back
'Cos it's a hell on earth
I realise this is never going to be a very uplifting series, sorry!
I have Nice Legs, Shame About The Face on the CCC list, inevitably.
ReplyDeleteHow could it not? I'll definitely have something to say about that one...look forward to it.
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