I bought my first 45 in 1983. Actually, I bought two, Eurythmics Here Comes the Rain Again, and Billy Joel's Tell Her About It, but it had a scratch, so it was returned. I hate the whole An Innocent Man Album to this day. My point here, is that when you see an older song like this one, I probably came upon it in my adulthood. And yes, I didn't start listening to this song until after 2000.
This is an odd rock song. It has a driving beat, it has synthesizers, and the transitions and structure of the song is truly unique. It's very listenable to me, which is why it gets 5 star status in my library, which means it can be played 1-2 times a month. Four star songs get played 4-5 times a year, and three star songs 1-2 times a year.
The story in the song? It's fake. Being from Nottingham, England, the fellas from Paper Lace had never been to Chicago. If they had, they wouldn't have claimed the story was from the "Old East Side", since the East side of Chicago is basically Lake Michigan. There is an East Side neighborhood, but it is 13 miles south of downtown, and far from where Capone did business on the North Side. Also, police stood aside and let the gangs fight it out, so the fact that "100 cops were dead" never happened, either. But Al Capone was real, so for many, this is real, and I'm okay with that.
Selection B6 is Can You Get It When You Want It... I'm listening to it for the first time. It's not bad. My kids are dancing, so it can't be bad. But it probably won't get many plays. Here, check it out for yourself:
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