I was brought up on a diet of electro pop music in the mid-80s. A reality I recently reflected on while listening to Claire Hickson's Saturday morning show on @meridianfm when I admitted that Nik Kershaw's Wouldn't It Be Good was the first record I fell in love with. In my defence I thought that was a pretty good song for a 5 year old to be listening to. On reflection, I think there isn't much distance between a good pop song and a cracking indie track.
A case in point is Paul Smith and the Intimations' album Contradictions. It's filled with so many pop nuggets that if it had been released in 1984, it would probably have been the soundtrack to the airwaves of radio 1 and Paul would have been a regular on Top of the Pops.
It's an album that may have passed under your radar. Now is the time to right that wrong. If you have the time today then try listening to I should never know and Coney Island (4th of July)
If you don't have the time then stick with my pick of the day. As it's Saturday, my gift to you on my fifth post in this advent of indie music is Paul Smith and the Intimations - People on Sunday. As it's the weekend, as a special treat you can also watch Paul singing it in German live in Hamburg. Glücklich Hören!
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