The one I really wanted to hear and/or find was the Richard Thompson version from one of his tours promoting 1000 Years of Popular Music, introducing it as the only good song of the 1980s, no less. In terms of covers there have been many that are eminently forgettable, especially in the lazy dance format, as well as extraordinary pompfests like this. This was something the duo even themselves would later acknowledge in this song, a single in 2006. Forgive me if this sounds harsh, as those two songs, and especially this one, have such charm and strength as to be sufficient legacy for most artists, even if the unmistakable echo of late period John Lennon lurks in the hinterland, particularly in the heavily treated vocals. The occasional subsequent resurrection took place, arguably best defined by re-recording and re-releasing their two greatest hits in an unplugged format. “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime” made number 5 in the UK charts and 18 in the USA, but there wasn’t really enough other good material to keep the Korgis fully afloat and, conflicted by personnel issues in what was always little more than a backing band for the core duo, following several lackluster releases they folded. Buoyed by the success of their first single “If I Had You” from their first record in 1979, they were allowed to make a second, from which this slice of prime and vintage cheese comes. Their instrumentation could include anything from flutes and fiddles to dustbin lids, and bear tribute to the days when record companies had money to invest in the sometimes vainglorious pursuit of a hit, allowing a band to mature over several albums, rather than today’s one strike and you’re out.Īnyway, the band had ground to one of their periodic halts, leaving Andy Davis and James Warren without an output for their undoubted melodicism. Stackridge were resolutely unfashionable and nominally prog, although their music could be an odd amalgam of twiddly instrumentals, folk, psychedelia and music hall. With a name derived from the name of ubiquitous ’80s synthesizer makers Korg, they evolved out of the eccentric and often unclassifiable ’70s UK band Stackridge, at a time when fashion demanded shorter and hookier songs, shorter hair, skinny ties, and shiny suits, i.e. The Korgis really were an extraordinary group.
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