[Audio] – A Certain Ratio – “Do the Du” (1980)
A Certain Ratio – “Do the Du” (1980)
The “other” early Factory band to most people, and generally teased and mocked as the lightweights compared to Joy Division. But I’ll take A Certain Ratio’s herky-jerky British attempts at funk (and later tropicalia) over the glum seriousness of Division any day; and it rarely got better than this little slice, with it’s perfect beat, scratch guitar, and judiciously applied reverb.
probably my fave of theirs, what a phantastic varied rhythm. the singer somehow reminds me of someone else, edwyn collins of orange juice, i guess. concerning joy div tastes differ of course but please drop the “the”. it reminds me of the original meaning of the word.
“My heart was just an open sore which you picked at ’til it was raw.”
Oh yeah, let’s dance.
This song is pretty much the reason why DFA Records exists. Nice choice.
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