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Saturday 23 March 2013

My Lucky Number's Three


I haven't got a lucky number. Lene Lovich's 1978 hit Lucky Number straddles a fine line between quirky pop genius and irritation, falling just the right side. So many hooks in one song- the new wave intro and verses, the 'ah-oh-ah-oh' vocal bridge, the African hi-life guitar part just after that. It always sounds a bit what would happen if Talking Heads attempted writing a genuine pop song.

Lucky Number

5 comments:

dickvandyke said...

'Hey wasn't Eddie driving that car ?
Yeah, I don't go for him do you ?'

That was her too - apparently.

davyh said...

Splendid record. Wrote this about it once - can't really add owt now.

Swiss Adam said...

That's an excellent post Davy.

Echorich said...

Lovich and Chappell, along with one Thomas Dolby are responsible for so much...

Cynical Farmer said...

Mmm, I feel the irritation. But then, there's a lot worse out there.