trew"Dear Robin,
I'd try to explain, but you'd never see in a million years..."
from "There, There, My Dear'' on the album, "Searching for the Young Soul Rebels" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_the_Young_Soul_Rebels
If enjoyed 'Come On, Eileen' in the 80s, but you haven't heard 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels', you should give it a listen.
I got 'Too-Rye-Ay' when it came out, based -- of course -- on the teenage radio erotica of 'Come On, Eileen' and I listened to 'Too-Rye-Ay' a lot.
When I went looking for more of the same, I found 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels'.
Which I did not like.
(As an aside, I also did not enjoy 'Don't Stand Me Down', but that's a story in itself.)
For several years, I had a tape that was 'Too-Rye-Ay' on one side, and 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels' on the other side, and sometimes I would listen to 'Searching...', but usually I would fast forward through it.
I think -- as someone who grew up surrounded by country music and bluegrass -- I had a better understanding of the banjo and fiddle music of 'Too-Rye-Ay' and the more rural feel of the album, and that the horns and the urban, pseudointellectual vibe in 'Searching...' didn't appeal to me as much.
Until, one day, I realized that I was listening to 'Searching..' a lot more than I was listening to 'Too-Rye-Ay.' (And -- also -- that I really dig rock bands with horn sections.)
So -- as it turns out -- 'Searching for the Young Soul Rebels' is one of my favorite albums.
(Granted, Kevin Rowland is not nearly as smart and insightful as he thinks he is, but I think the teenage angst in 'Searching...' is sincere -- even if he was 23.)
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