Once again driven by it's bassline, 'Dance Little Girl' is a strangely unsettling amalgam of stabbing strings, sleazy horns and a fairly peculiar, multi-layered, at times deliberately off-kilter vocal from Mr Essex himself. Loved it then, love it still.
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Flip It! #2 - David Essex
The first three CBS released David Essex singles in
1973 and 1974, 'Rock On', 'Lamplight' and
the often overlooked 'America', were exotic
little pop oddities that retain their quirky
appeal today. Flip these singles over and
you'll find 'On and On' (a theatrical power
ballad), 'We All Insane' (a bass-driven
curio with nonsense lyrics, a drum solo and
an unexpectedly sudden conclusion) and, best
of all, 'Dance Little Girl'.
Once again driven by it's bassline, 'Dance Little Girl' is a strangely unsettling amalgam of stabbing strings, sleazy horns and a fairly peculiar, multi-layered, at times deliberately off-kilter vocal from Mr Essex himself. Loved it then, love it still.
Once again driven by it's bassline, 'Dance Little Girl' is a strangely unsettling amalgam of stabbing strings, sleazy horns and a fairly peculiar, multi-layered, at times deliberately off-kilter vocal from Mr Essex himself. Loved it then, love it still.
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2 comments:
America, Ameri ca ca ca aha ha!
Always had a soft spot for DE especially these first few singles...this is excellent...rock on!
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