So, keeping on a theme of '60s cover versions here is a BBC 6 Music radio session that The Damned did for the Marc Reilly and Gideon Coe show in Salford last month enroute to their 'covers' gig at the Albert Hall in Manchester. I have said it on these pages before that I love a radio session. They are a snapshot of where a band is at at a given moment and the songs, as live performances, are the perfect partners to their studio counterparts. Moreover, it is often the case, for both bands and fans alike, for session versions be be superior to their studio versions... being more spontaneous, edgy, quirky, whatever.
The interviews, whilst interesting, do not offer anything of note that any moderate fan of the band would not already know (apart perhaps for the influence of Mrs Mills over the band!). The four songs featured all appear on 'Not Like Everybody Else' and they sound good here. I always have a bit of an issue with 'Summer In The City' as I have yet to hear a version that comes anywhere close to the Lovin' Spoonful original. That said, The Damned's version is streets ahead of The Stranglers version, but then again even Tik and Tok's version betters that one (go on look them up).
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