Some fantastic plastic from 1985.A superb single, backed with two memorable b-sides. Including a cover. And a brilliant sleeve as well. What more could you ask for on a Monday?
mp3 : Everything But The Girl - When All's Well
mp3 : Everything But The Girl - Heaven Help Me
mp3 : Everything But The Girl - Kid
It reached the giddy heights of #77. I'm still amazed that all The Smiths fans out there never rushed out and bought this single as it wasn't a million miles removed from the sort of tunes Johnny Marr was writing and recording at the time.
It would be another three years before Everything But The Girl ever cracked the pop charts. And it would take until 1994 and a change of direction before they really became famous. But that's two other stories for two other times...
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The similarly named (but oh so different) Vinyl District just gave a shout-out to the same song as well recently...
http://vinyldistrict.blogspot.com/2009/07/tvd-uncovered_07.html
AHH...and I am greatly satisfied that we concur! EBTG's Kid ranks among my favorite covers of any song. Tracey and Ben put their sonic stamp on it without losing the depth in the lyrics...that ambiguity is still there! And your Morrissey/Marr connection is a valid one, espeically as Johnny has the odd Harmonica contribution to some early EBTG songs and the band played Smith's songs in concert on at least 3 tours that I can remember. There's also a Young Marble Giants connection to be found in the liner notes of early tracks.
stupidly it was only quite recently i realised all that chiming guitar was cathederal bells. cloth ears.
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