I saw this on Telly in 1990 when there was a Lennon tribute concert - I'd been getting into the Beatles, and John Lennon in particular in an especially pseudy teenage kind of way. There was nothing in the charts that I liked at the time (SAW ruled the airwaves) Indie was a few years away and somehow, the Smiths had completely passed me by in the 80s. (Something I later made up for).
So I decided almost by default that I liked the Beatles. I got hold of some stuff, and bugger me if I wasn't right. It's and understatement to say that there are some wonderful songs there, in a back catalogue that three (four at a push) blokes had no right to be generating between them in the same place, and at the same time.
Anyway, I hadn't come across this particular track yet, but instantly thought it was one of the best, most energetic and uplifting songs I had ever heard. And now, whilst the original (which I rapidly sought out) is now ingrained in my mind as being close to perfection, this version has a certain nostalgia for me personally. It also has a great concert vibe to it. Not bad, considering it's a Mackem singing.
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