(From Nobody's Fool single; 1982)
The old saying goes that you should Save Your Best For Last™ and that's exactly what Haircut 100 did with their O.G line-up's final single. An ode to lost love with a bassline str8 outta the Bernard Edwards songbook, Nobody's Fool is a key choon in the canon of 1980s British prawn cocktail-pop, the sub-genre which blessed us with such classics as The Bitterest Pill by The Jam, Save It For Later by The Beat, Tunnel Of Love by Fun Boy Three, Careless Whisper by George Michael and too many Style Council singles to hyperlink. Keep your eyes peeled for a soon-to-be famous blonde bird as the video's love interest.
Dry-eared randos dismiss Haircut 100 as some naff cracka shit because they're blind to the factz, baby: Haircut 100's drummer was a black bloke who hailed from Memphis and whose brother was a member of The Bar-Kays, and their debut single Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets World) is the first British pop single to feature a rapped bridge. More importantly, Haircut 100 scored themselves a Larry Levan fave at N.Y.C's Paradise Garage with Ski Club Of Great Britain. The best 1972 Kool & The Gang song not recorded by 1972 Kool & The Gang or wot?
(From B-side of Fantastic Day single; 1982)
Best Haircut 100 album track? I'm a Lemon Firebrigade man, meself.
Damn, rip 100grandonmywrist blog, that was a good one, where'd he go.
ReplyDeleteJacka died and he stopped listening to NorCal rap and then deleted his blog 🙁
ReplyDeleteafter years of finding george michael kind of silly i got put onto this great netflix documentary about WHAM! in january and have not had "carless whisper" out of my head since then...
ReplyDeletethat motherfucker had that one in the chamber since their first demo tape 😤
https://youtu.be/9EVQAfhknDY?si=xplTinl7cXVBQbQ-
also that their first hit was a rap will never not be hilarious
Mans brought the Sergio Tacchini tennis shorts to British pop.
ReplyDeleteGeorge's first solo album is a G.O.A.T 80s album.
*samuel l jackson voice*
ReplyDeleteFAITH MOTHERFUCKER, I SAID DO YOU HAVE IT?
Remember that time George Michael crashed his Range Rover into a shop and someone scrawled "Wham" on the wall?
ReplyDeleteThat album is also the very unlikely sample source for the best Bonus Beats rap instrumental ever:
ReplyDeleteJ Beez Comin' Thru (Bonus Beats)
Spart, I didn't know that 😄 Better than Banksy's entire career.
ReplyDeleteI only know Fantastic Day.
ReplyDeleteNobody's Fool is a perfect song to me 🎷
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