A MYSTERY SOLVED
Have you ever experienced one of those moments when something that has been irking you for years finally gets resolved in your mind? Maybe it's a line from a film that you can't quite place or a song whose lyrics you can't quite figure out. Well I had just such an experience today, and however small or insignificant it may seem, it brought a smile to my face.
Here's the backstory. In about 1988 or 1989, Marna and I were driving from Boston to New York and listening to the local Boston alternative radio station. A loopy little song (apparently) called "Headbutts" came on, and I remember us laughing out loud at the sheer insanity of it. But the DJ never ID'd the artist, so the name of the performer has been a mystery to me all these years. I remember searching for the song a while back and coming up empty.
Today, while poking around the WFMU website, I stumbled across the tune, and it's apparently by John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett, from an old Stiff recording (the legendary 1970s-1980s British label that was home to Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Wreckless Eric, among others).
Here is a link for your listening pleasure. Click on the John Otway/Wild Willy Barrett clip near the bottom. I love the part about the three hippies saving the whale in a force ten gale:
"Headbutts"
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