Sunday, 14 December 2008

Well Away On Christmas Day

The Piranhas - I Don't Want My Body/(I'm Gonna Get) Well Away, Sire Records (SIR 4046) 1980


It's that time of the year again, albeit with a rather surreal twist for us this year - Christmas in the sun being a rather odd experience. Traditional roast or barbie? Will Santa come down the air con? That sort of thing.

The A1 sideof this 7", I Don't Want My Body, has The Piranhas taking on a touch of Two-Tone - which is no bad thing.

But it is the A2 side which excels. If you want a picture of what Christmas Day was like for me as a kid, then listen to the Brighton odd-balls with one of the finest Christmas-related tunes ever written. (I'm Gonna Get) Well Away evokes the feel of a late 1970's family brilliantly - as good as any Mike Leigh film.

Download it here and play it till people are begging you to stop.

And have a happy Christmas!

2 comments:

wastedpapiers said...

Nice to hear this one again. thanks for sharing.

John Spithead said...

Glad you enjoyed it, mate - you are obviously a person of exceptional taste! Happy New Year!