Thank God for the power of Google. Periodically it has occurred to me to put up this song, but usually when I’m away from my computer. I always liked it, but I could never remember either the title of the song or the name of the band, though the lyrics (“the world is, a bad place,… a terrible place to live….Oh, but I don’t wanna die”) have stuck with me. A great song by a group called Marmalade, who I suspected faded into oblivion right after this song dropped off the charts. Actually, according to the entry on Wikipedia they had some other hits, mostly in Great Britain, including a cover of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and there’s a video of the group from a few years ago, apparently bereft of any of the original members, lip-syncing this very song. This video is of the genuine article, so far as I can ascertain.
Now if I could only find a video of Dr West’s Medicine Show and Junk Band singing The Eggplant that ate Chicago.
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