It's back to the stack-heeled glory of the early 1970's for this one. Heralded by the kind of guitar figure which lets you know immediately that you're in for a good time, this fabulous slice of fifties influenced seventies rock is a delight. What the overbearing cultural commentators on the pre-punk era usually forget is just how much fun pop music was in the golden age of `Top Of The Pops' and this record epitomises it.
There are chugging saxes and big reverby drums reinforcing the speeded up Phil Spector feel of this paean to partying,"come out and have a good time !" it screams from the rooftops.
The girly backing vocals by the mighty Thunderthighs are splendidly exuberant ("sha la la la push push !") and after all, you can't have a good party without an almost equal amount of both sexes. The chorus is one of their best, and I love the middle eight as `anything goes' mad 70's pop at it's finest:
Ian Hunter: "There's a rockabilly party on Saturday night, are you gonna be there ?"
Backing girl: " I got my invite"
Ian Hunter: "Gonna bring your records ?"
Backing girl: "Ooh will do !"
This little exchange is finished off with a small vignette on the VCS3 synthesiser which covers the spare 4 bars leading back into the chorus. I can just see the mystery player (presumably pianist Morgan Fisher ?) `dropping in' and recording his take, grappling with the rate controls as his synthesiser struggles to stay in line, but making it soar up to infinity just in time. "Made it !"
declares Ian Hunter before crashing back into the glorious chorus to fade (or does he say "Lady" ? It'll always be "made it" to me)
Here they are doing it on Top Of The Pops, a joy to behold.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lOSt6kHU4BM&feature=related
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