Like Yellobelly, this 7” is splattered in pink, though there’s a choice of blue and brown vinyl respectively.
Helpful sleeve notes (presumably written by the company lawyer) make mention of the characters (Eddie, and, er, Jesus?) being ficticious – “if you’re mad enough to WANT to be the persons… I feel very sorry for you”. Indeed. Eddie’s going to hell and John Cooper-Clarke’s reading the eulogy – “somewhere a tombola has spat out your name”
Musically and lyrically it’s less interesting than its labelmate, sporting Paul Simon-y jit guitar and more ordinary song structures and rather whiny vocals. However, the B-side is a hoot, with what must surely be Dick Dale on quite a lot of bad speed, the guitar-freakery all done and dusted in around a minute.
