In January, 1973, Dave Hill from Slade bought a new house next door to Solihull Girls High School. When he moved in, he was interviewed by ATV reporters, who appear to have staged it so that a bunch of schoolgirls greeted Dave's arrival and later stood outside chanting until he came to sign autographs. It's a wonderful piece of TV, especially considering all the awful stuff we now know went on in the 70s. Dave appears wholesome and innocent, still quite young himself, and genuinely pleased to read his fan mail.
The Gymkhana are a band made up of Jason Applin (formerly of 90s Top Ten Towers favourites Bennet), Patch Hannan from The Sundays and theaudience, and Matt Dyson... who may or may not have a past, but it's hard to decipher. The band also from time to time rope in a Who's Who of Second Division indie stalwarts to help out - including members of Art Brut, BMX Bandits, Embrace, Gong, Lotus Eaters, Mediaeval Baebes, Midlake, Miranda Sex Garden, Slowdive and Teenage Fanclub... I'm not sure which of those make an appearance on today's tune. Maybe none of them. Anyway, it's a tribute to that classic Dave Hill interview, and it reminds me a lot of the kind of thing Luke Haines used to get up to.
I love the song, but I hate the AI-made video that accompanies it, so I'm going to link to bandcamp today rather than youtube.
That's a fantastic clip, though I'm not sure he drove that Jensen in those platforms... Great song too.
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