What's good enough for the Barton is naturally good enough for me.
Officially Song of the Day.
The outstanding track from an outstanding album
The best thing she's ever done.
There's a touching 40-something / mid-life crisis piece by Miranda Sawyer in today's Observer.
Apologies for spoiler of quoting her concluding paragraph, but it's too lovely to ignore:
Midlife or not, in the end, or in the middle, these are the days of my life. These are the days of your life. And the thing to do – is live them.
Miranda was my favourite music journalist in the 90's. Her quality remains high.
30 years is a long time. This song is now synonymous with cheesy wedding reception discos, 'guilty pleasures' events and the arm-linking, pissed up selections in nightclubs.
Ignore all those images and events that spring to mind when hearing this song. Basically, just disassociate it from 'It's Raining Men'.
It may also help to put aside all grievances with Kevin Rowland's fashion sense.
When you do, embrace 'Come On Eileen'. Pop music is rarely as good as this, not least when introduced on TOTP by a man in a party hat. (I'm still not over John Peel).
Listen to Dexys Midnight Runners three studio albums, especially the first two.
There will be a new album bearing the Dexys name (sans Midnight Runners), due for next year. This is the first minute of it:
