The sun has got his hat on
Summer officially arrived last week which is a good excuse to dig this old chestnut out. One of my favourite records from the famous "punk" summer of 1977 wasn't "White Riot" or "God Save The Queen" but, I'm afraid to say (I'm not really), the sugary sweet "Oh Lori" by Alessi. It always reminds me of a camping trip our school took us on that summer which was memorable because we got to see our sexy young English teacher Miss Cowan in a bikini. Though we also discovered on the trip that she was having it off with our Maths teacher Mr. "Ziggy" Zbigniew which made him go right up in our estimation.
This was on the radio a lot that summer along with "Telephone Line" by ELO and "Peaches" by The Stranglers but with it's breezy, sunny vibe this one sounds most like the soundtrack to a carefree teenage summer — though I spent a large part of that camping trip avoiding school bully Ian Smith who wanted to beat me up for some reason, so it wasn't all that carefree. Wonder what that chubby twat is up to now. More importantly, I wonder what Miss Cowan is up to now.
Download: Oh Lori - Alessi (mp3)
5 Comments:
oh i can feel a twinge where my appendix used to be hearing this marvel.
i like all the mess of different tunes people like and am deeply suspicious of anyone who claims they only liked punk. disco held just as much power over me as the buzzcocks.
the photo is my idea of holiday heaven - always good to keep your jumper on.
x
Why is this song so popular with transvestites, then, davy??
Well, I like it, anyway.
Er, davy means transistor radio. It's a play on words see.
By the way, in the pic, the boy in the jacket and tie with the football looks so frustrated in every respect. I know just how he felt.
Yes, anonymous, I know what he means, I was being playful...a bit difficult to work out in print, I know.
My wife has a picture of herself at the age of 4 in a sweater at the beach. When I asked her why she looked so pissed off, she said her mum made her wear it on a hot day in Torquay. Sucks.
Lee, we really are twins it`s spooky.
Alessi , dreadfully uncool, but you could forgive them with a track like this.
Daz
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