"People will start judging them by what they do off the pitch instead of the way they play on it."
To be fair, people are judging them precisely by what they did on the pitch in this instance.
*Well, some of it. The Chart Show bods got bored after a couple of minutes and cut to something else. But the person who uploaded it to You Tube ingeniously stuck the rest of the song on at the Chart Show cut-off point.
(Audio only for Status Quo, Kilburn and the High Roads & Kandidate.)
1 Boney M - Brown Girl in the Ring
2 Exile - Kiss You All Over
3 Hi-Tension - British Hustle
4 Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You
5 Frankie Miller - Darlin'
6 The Dooleys - A Rose Has to Die
7 ABBA - The Name of the Game
8 Bilbo - She's Gonna Win
9 The Motors - Forget About You
10 Status Quo - Again and Again
Side Two
1 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
2 Clout - Substitute
3 The Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork
4 Flash and the Pan - And the Band Played On (Down Among the Dead Men)
5 Boney M. - Daddy Cool
6 Kilburn and the High Roads featuring Ian Dury - Billy Bentley
7 Kandidate - Don't Wanna Say Goodnight
8 Darts - It's Raining
9 Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear
10 City Boy - 5-7-0-5
1) The Girl I Left Behind Me
Gorgeous, heartfelt ballad from young Davy.
2) Listen To The Band
Being a huge teen sensation created, of course, by The Man, The Monkees had some of the best songwriters on the planet at their disposal - but they also had someone in their own ranks - Mike Nesmith - who could write a killer tune himself. Listen to the Band is one such number.
3) Gonna Buy Me A Dog
Essentially Mickey and Davy arsing about and ad-libbing over the prospect of purchasing a pooch, for two minutes. Pure, unmitigated fun.
4) Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
Davy's got a dilemma; he loves two women and can't choose between them. This alternate version is made even better by Peter's voiceover man-style narration during the instrumental bits.
5) Shades of Gray
Lovely, existential ballad. One verse apiece from Peter and Davy. The only way this song could've been improved upon would be if the other two had chipped in with verses too. But it's fantastic enough as it is.
6) Someday Man
A double-A side with Listen to the Band. Two great songs, number 47 in the UK charts. Go figure. Sort of like a sanguine alternative to Shades of Gray. Co-written by Paul Williams of Bugsy Malone soundtrack fame.
7) Your Auntie Grizelda
Peter takes the lead on this hugely enjoyable bunkum. Nice clip too. The TV series may not have aged especially well but the music certainly has - and these clips are just the ticket. Make you want to re-watch the series as well; but, if you're over 12, don't do it!
8) Tapioca Tundra
Mike Nesmith's greatest composition? Works for me!
They're only doing it to try and nobble BT Sport's big day (whose live coverage features the opening game of the Premier League season, Liverpool v Stoke at 12.45pm), but the important thing here is that, for the first time in twenty-odd years there's an actual live top-division English league game on national terrestrial television (even if it does feature Manchester bloody United).
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See you there!
If you like what you see and hear, there's more of the same at Caracol's YouTube channel. She's making an appearance in the UK at the end of this month too, playing at the Lodestar Festival in Cambridge, on August 30th.
