This is definitely another "wheelhouse" song. 1979 was an important year for the formulation of my musical taste, and this particular song is pretty much pop music perfection.
There are lots of fun lyrics:
"Shuffle with the shoe shine."
"Mix me a molotov."
"You're living in a disco, forget about the rat race."
"Wanna be a gunslinger? Don't be a rock singer."
I especially like the way he works "Fe fi fo fum," "Eeny-meeny-miney-mo," and "Knick-knack-paddywhack" into the lyrics. Fine work!
There are also some good "Shoobee-doobee's" and "la-la-la's" to go around.
All these years I never really knew who "M" was. In researching for this post, and looking at the videos, I see that "M" was really just some guy from England named Robin Scott. And, when I watched the videos, I was absolutely amazed at how normal looking he was. I was expecting some really weird looking dude. Instead, he's blandly handsome. In fact, he reminds me of that one guy from the last few seasons of Law & Order.
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| Robin "M" Scott |
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| Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter |
This song gets bumped up a bit more on the list because my son has taken a liking to it, as well.
"Get up. Get down."
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