As My Wife Says

The Only Ones were one of the best bands of the Punk Rock/New Wave era. They were a little old for punk maybe (the drummer had been in Spooky Tooth...) but they weren't totally prefab like say, The Vibrators. Peter Perrett had a way of writing about being a junkie that always had a bit of good-natured humor about it. Even "Another Girl, Another Planet", their most famous song, to me is obviously a love song to junk, with lyrics such as "You get under my skin, I don't find it irritating, You always play to win, But I don't need rehabilitating, I think I'm on another world with you, I'm on another planet with you".There's a Peter Perrett site here. Some very cool early photos here. And info on a Perrett Bio here. "As My Wife Says" is a rare b-side and "Lovers Of Today" is from a BBC Session.
The Only Ones-As My Wife Says.mp3
The Only Ones-Lovers Of Today.mp3

Comments

[Jon]

Nice to see the Only Ones get some props--You don't hear bout them too often. My introduction to them came via the Replacements cover of Another Girl. I'm sure many others have the same story.

[MrBaliHai]

Hmm, Only Ones, Cheap Trick, Pretty Things...you seem to be tapped directly into my musical zeitgeist.

[Tyler]

another nice only ones cover is yo la tengo's the whole of the law. great band--i think the bbc sessions are their best.

[Dave Monroe]

"Another Girl, Another Planet" is one of the ten great pop tracks of all time! And I first heard it when the film clip (along with "Time for Action" by Secret Affair and another obviously mod revival one which I couldn't remember well enough to identify later) wa shown betwixt showings of Dance Craze and The Kids Are United (Sham 69 of course, The Jam, Penetration, Ultravox, The Pirates) ...