Song of the Week: Strait Old Line
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Split Enz
Strait Old Line
The mood being ripe for mix tapes, I reached into the old shoe box full of the blighters that is hidden under the stereo and randomly plucked one out to accompany the washing up. The lucky tape started with a lengthy version of Julian Lloyd Webber’s ‘Variations’ so Mr C. made me put it straight back where it came from.
The second tape was a compilation I remember taking to a party when I was about 16. It contains some fabulous stuff – Martha and the Muffins, Mental as Anything, the Swingers, The Beat, the J. Geils Band… Sadly once again, I screwed up with the music as this was 1991 not 1981 and everyone but me and my friend Scott thought that it was crap. I was made to play Bryan Adams instead.
Anyway, that’s all rambling. The point is that this mix tape contained the mighty Split Enz and that’s what you’re getting today. All requests for that bloody Robin Hood song will be ignored.
‘Strait Old Line’, Split Enz, from Conflicting Emotions, 1983
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