Stop, Look and Listen

In response to my last entry, about early Primal Scream, correspondent Mr Patrick Hall has been in touch and is forwarding me even more obscure and unreleased early PS songs the prospect of which – only 23 years too late – is still pretty mouth-watering.

I’d like to add that I’m no fan of Primal Scream being called ‘The Primals’ or any other such shortening of band names. The other day, I heard Jo Whiley say she was going to have Ricky Wilson of ‘The Kaisers’ on her show. I’m afraid to say, it made her sound more like Smashie and Nicey than DLT ever did.

Anyway, in the absence of any more interview requests for me from South (or, indeed, north) America, here’s an MP3 of Stop, Look and Listen which was one of the best songs we ever recorded.

The title (and close variants on it) is one of the most used in pop history, I think. But never mind that. We first recorded it in our living room during Euro 96 and it eventually appeared on our Kaleida album, Knowing Who Your Friends Are.

No-one’s ever said much about it, not even the small band of Collision and Kaleida supporters on the web. But I really like it and think it’s pitched somewhere between a Rezillos-y New Wave sound and a 60s Girl Group feel.

Of course, most people who claim this kind of thing about their own songs are tuneless idiots. But, you know, trust me. Alongside Wherever You Go, I think it’s also one of the most coverable of our songs and I await the day that its potential is spotted and I get the call from… well, you tell me. Any girl band could cover this. And everyone would like it and love them.

What, I ask yet again, are the chances?

stop-look-and-listen-1.mp3