Paper Lace, oh man. "The Night Chicago Died" and "Billy Don't Be a Hero" (although I don't think it was their version I remember. That honour went to The Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods in North America) were ear worms of the highest order when I was a little kid. There was something decidedly infectious about the songs and while as I got older I developed a certain disdain for the songs that moved me in my youth there was always a spot in my heart for this stuff. It's why I still like to listen to "Seasons in the Sun" and "Last Kiss" and am not ashamed to admit this was my jam. Of course Paper Lace was never a band who seemed to rise above their early success and have been more or less relegated to the pile of other AM gold singles that bombarded the airwaves in the '70s. This particular Polydor release appears to be a repackaging of ...And Other Bits Of Material the band put out in 1974. As to whether it was available here I don...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget