Wednesday, 24 September 2014

(Top 50 Countdown!!!) 10. Linda Lewis - "Rock A Doodle Doo"






























If I could change things in rock’s rich tapestry, one of the things I’d change is I’d move "Rock A Doodle Doo" from her “Lark” album to her “Not A Little Girl Anymore” album. (Look, that’s what I’d do, right? I mean, what… stop Janis dying? Pull Brian out of the pool? Save Jimi? Tell Jim he didn’t need a bath? Convince the three men Don McLean admires the most that the gig’s off and they can stay another night in the hotel? Maybe later. This Linda Lewis thing first.) “Lark” has a horrible cover. “Not A Little Girl Anymore” has a great cover – she looks fabulous – and it’s already got “Remember The Days Of The Old Schoolyard” on it. This one didn’t really kick in until quite late in the day in Pooh Sticks terms, but the single was propped up on the mixing desk all through “Optimistic Fool” and if any of this “Think Bubble” stuff had actually got as far as Todd then, apparently, it was going to be suggested that he make much of it sound like this. Yeah, I know, I’d like to have heard that conversation too.

"Think Bubble" is an album (LP only) of 1995 demos for an unreleased Pooh Sticks album.
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