Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Taken from "Tall Stories & New Regions", out on March 15, 2024.
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"I always admired songs that had only one chord and this appreciation is what must have made Chinese Cadillac arrive in 1988. For some reason, The Weather Prophets were particularly good at putting out what turned out to be our best songs on B-sides or as bonus tracks. This song appeared as one of three tracks on the other side of the Hollow Heart 12” single and told the story of the perennial showbiz hopeful, who, as Howard Devoto memorably said on the first Buzzcocks’ single, Boredom, ‘came from nowhere’ and went straight back there. Along with pretty much every scene in Spinal Tap, this wise nugget was something that always stayed with me and, no doubt, many other musicians." - Pete Astor
Taken from "Tall Stories & New Regions", out on March 15, 2024.
Order/stream:
orcd.co/peteastor
"I always admired songs that had only one chord and this appreciation is what must have made Chinese Cadillac arrive in 1988. For some reason, The Weather Prophets were particularly good at putting out what turned out to be our best songs on B-sides or as bonus tracks. This song appeared as one of three tracks on the other side of the Hollow Heart 12” single and told the story of the perennial showbiz hopeful, who, as Howard Devoto memorably said on the first Buzzcocks’ single, Boredom, ‘came from nowhere’ and went straight back there. Along with pretty much every scene in Spinal Tap, this wise nugget was something that always stayed with me and, no doubt, many other musicians." - Pete Astor
