Fuzz guitars lead into breezy pop chorus on this early 1970 single
Label: Penny Farthing
Year of Release: 1970
Sometimes when you're record shopping, you turn up a ton of material by a certain producer or songwriter without really even looking for it. A mere one entry ago on here, I talked about Ben Findon and Peter Shelley and the latter's pre-Alvin Stardust career, and lo and behold, here they both are again with another ditty from that era.
"Famous Last Words" is yet another of those singles that fell off the production line on the cusp of the sixties and seventies, and has elements of both in its sounds. The fuzz guitars and creeping sense of menace in the intro make you wonder if we're going to get some mod pop action, but the chorus is all delightful seventies pop treacle and sounds as if it could just have easily been given to Edison Lighthouse. The vocals, however, have a rather Hollies-ish feel about their harmonies, and in all, the resulting brew is a pleasant listen, though not one strong enough that it leaves you wondering why it didn't sell in greater quantities.
