Joining Just Like Honey and Eighties Fan in that small (ish) group of ultrafine singles that rip off Phil Spectors finest 3 seconds; the boom ba boom tamboombourine intro of “Be My Baby”, the debut single by Johnny Boy; You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve was the most under rated track of 2004.
Unfortunately they seemed to have joined Michelle MacManus in unleashing a sterling debut effort only to be promptly dropped by their impatient record company hoping for world peace AND a top five placing in the first week. Look trust me…this is my favourite record with a horn section since “A Solid Bond in Your Heart” (yep, that good). My favourite record with a chorus of “yeah yeahs” since She Loves You and In my (quite tired) world this is side one, track one on Now 60. Buy it now. (except you can’t cos its already deleted..oh dear.)
Ok it was their 2nd single and praised to the hilt in the Guardian, Observer and a single of the week in NME but whatever.
you're supposed to say 'hat tip to george' - or at least that's what your blog chums do.
but, fsck me, it's good, innit
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Posted by: George | April 30, 2005 at 02:19 AM
Isn't it "via george".
Yep its bloomin fine and you gave me the nod.
Well done sir.
Posted by: Jem | April 30, 2005 at 08:30 PM
Hi! This is weird - I've just been googling to see if I could find any news on the band, since their website hasn't been updated since November, and here I find a link back to me 8-). Have they really been dropped? A crying shame, if so - I managed to track down 'Johnny Boy Theme', an earlier song, and while not as good, made me think that the album was going to be wonderful…
Posted by: Ian | May 07, 2005 at 03:43 PM
droped yes, but I belive they're getting indie deals worldwide, album to come........
Posted by: ILLH | June 13, 2005 at 11:38 AM
Generation is the medium to communicate between the family members.
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