tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post4836648447045072374..comments2024-03-28T14:09:53.330-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-57950003036455054322009-08-22T22:07:31.043-07:002009-08-22T22:07:31.043-07:00Oh, thanks so much, Will, for filling in this gap ...Oh, thanks so much, Will, for filling in this gap in the song's history. Now I'll have to go search for the Kursaal Flyers' version (and I'll bet it's fantastic -- love that band!). <br /><br />Mmm, I'd love to hear Nick's original demo someday too...Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-79637622077863403962009-08-22T13:00:39.633-07:002009-08-22T13:00:39.633-07:00Nick wrote this song in 1975 for my group the Kurs...Nick wrote this song in 1975 for my group the Kursaal Flyers. He handed it to me on a quarter inch 7.5ips reel to reel tape (that I still have!) recorded on his Revox, purchased with a modest advance from 'Rock Music Co' publisher Peter Barnes. Nick was in the wilderness at the time, following the break-up of Brinsley Schwarz and looking to establish himself as a Tin Pan Alley Modern song hustler type of guy, an act he perfected writing for Dr Feelgood and Dave Edmunds. When the Kursaals attempted their rendition of Television, it was conceived as a sort of Ry Cooder laid back LA type item (hey Ry! Do It Now), whereas Edmunds rocked it up as it deserved to be rocked up, but listening to Nick's original demo, it has that lazy feel - written in an era when UK TV closed down at 11pm (!) - 'until that spot disappears'. No one would believe it now. Great song, thanks Nick! W.Will Birchhttp://www.willbirch.comnoreply@blogger.com