Saturday, September 11, 2010

Prefab Sprout - Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)

I've always loved a lot of Prefab Sprout's second album, Steve McQueen from 1985, but I have to confess that the charms of this song escaped me for a long time. Not that I disliked it or anything but it didn't have the instant allure of, say, "Appetite". But not too long ago I was listening to the album again and I couldn't believe how much this jumped out at me. I actually had to stop and listen to it again a second time in a row, and then I thought... how on earth did I manage to overlook such a gorgeous tune all these years? Shame on me.

It was called "Johnny Johnny" on its single release and re-named as "Goodbye Lucille #1" for the album, by the way. No idea why.

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