New Old Video Update

Heres a new old video for the 2005 single Two Fat Lovers - I say new because we didn't really promote it at the time as the single was already out the pluggers advised we'd ran out of time. The label saved some money and we didn't have anywhere near the hit single that would have sustained us a little while longer. Andy Rourke left the band not long after this and things were never quite the same again. I know it sounds cliched but read any Smiths biog; Andy and Mike have a musical chemistry that just works. After that we had three or four bass players come and go before finally throwing the towel in. The Two Fat Lovers EP is the only stuff we did with Andy and Mike playing as a unit - it's now available via iTunes and the likes and also from the site.

I've happy memories of shooting with our great friend Alsion Surtees in her house before it was gutted, the bedroom, the broom cupboard, the living room all feature. Ben makes good use of the ironing board and of course Mike steals all show with his chop sticks as drum sticks routine. Ben's dog Dingo [and what a dog he was] is also part of the show. Auntie Stella the Villa fan throws a strop half way through. The video has a double soundtrack glitch going on which you might well have spotted where we left the live feed in the mix in error but quite got used to it in the end, so you can hear Mikes high-hat and a few vocal double ups - it all adds to the live feel somehow I think.

I met with Alison on Friday last and we looked at the footage from the new video which looks great [and I know I've said this before but] is being edited as we speak. More on that to follow.