The
Associates –
Kitchen
Person/An
Even Whiter Car
Vinyl 12”
Situation Two
Chaos
rules on this record. Its hysterical, nervous, and its heading
towards a world that may self-destruct at any moment. Which, made it
very exciting for a 12” single. At the time of its release I was
totally in awe of The Associates, which at that time it was Billy
Mackenzie and Alan Rankine. Like Fourth
Drawer Down I
bought this recording at Arron’s on Melrose. That and maybe Vinyl
Fetish would not only carry their recordings but also someone on the
staff would know of them as well. They made such brilliant noise,
that its hard for me to understand why someone wouldn't like them.
In the U.S. Market they are thought of as a band that's New
Wave or maybe even New Romantic, but the truth is they were more
experimental. Especially at this time in their non-career.
At the time I think I was working
at Licorice Pizza in Reseda, but living on Martel in Hollywood. I
have a strong memory of playing this record really loud, and looking
outside my window which basically faced a huge tree. The whole
single apartment was in a sense a tree house. At least that is what
everyone called it when they visited me and my girlfriend at the
time. I was also intrigued by the images of Billy Mackenzie. I
knew he was campy in a sense, but he also had a 'I don't give a shit'
attitude, which to me at the time was totally cool and totally my
world. In fact I really needed to listen to someone like Billy
Mackenzie with that attitude and even more important that voice that
made poetry out of noise.
The b-side is basically the
melody of “White Car in Germany” but done slow and sort of in a
dub fashion. But it is very Germanic and dramatic.
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