Oh. My. God. Have I really been doing this blog for close to two years now and not yet posted any Bluebells? What an embarrassing oversight.
The Bluebells put out about a million singles in the early '80s, which were (mostly) all delightful in a Commotions, Aztec Camera sort of way. I'd actually say they were a better pop band than either of those two - the tunes were a little simpler and catchier and they lacked Lloyd and Roddy's literary lyrical pretensions. Ironically their biggest hit, "Young at Heart", is one of the few songs of theirs I really can't stand so don't be looking for it here :)
This was the b-side to their second single "Cath" and while it doesn't have that song's immediacy, over the decades I've come to think of it as one of their finest moments.
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