This song I don't remember from when it came out - I bought all the early Saints singles like This Perfect Day - the 1-2-3 ep - Erotic Neurotic and then I lost interest. I think I heard the new material was rubbish so I didn't bother. Anyway it was my loss as this is a cracking piece of punk rock and I first heard it on a compilation by the Hives.
If you want to see the Saints miming to This Perfect Day on Top of the Pops here's your chance. TPD is a brilliant song - The Fall did a cover of this - when I read about it I thought it would be the perfect vehicle for the Fall and I could easily imagine them doing it, but when I heard it it was crazy - sang in a bizarre falsetto with crap backing. So full marks for unpredictability although I would have preferred to hear the version that was in my head!
Official site
Lyrics to TPD here
Wiki on The Saints
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
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