Serious Drugs [BMX BANDITS]

[Jean Pierre]

I knew neither the singer nor the song, so I looked for the original version.
and so, I searched on YT for the original version 

and the commentary for those who like me did not know

BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day. They have shared members with other Bellshill bands Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons. BMX Bandits were formed by songwriter and lead vocalist Duglas T. Stewart out of the ashes of The Pretty Flowers, a group that featured Stewart alongside Frances McKee (later of The Vaselines), Sean Dickson and Norman Blake. The group have had many line up changes throughout the years. Their songs mix melodic qualities and humour with, at times, raw and heartbreaking pathos. Stewart has written many of the group's works solo including "Your Class", "The Sailor's Song" and "Doorways" but also has collaborated with many of the other members. Stewart's most regular songwriting partners have been Francis MacDonald, Norman Blake and, more recently, David Scott.

BMX Bandits admirers include Kurt Cobain who was photographed wearing a BMX Bandits T shirt. Cobain claimed on a New York radio show that if he could be in any other band it would be BMX Bandits. (source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMX_Band...))

and that said the Super8 version is absolutely great I really like the orchestration, different from the original but very successful 

[Super 8]

Hi! Thanks for the interest. Yeah, I don't really use SoundCloud so much (although I do still have an account ... with about 20 'followers'!): https://soundcloud.com/user-896660726

I tend to just put my stuff up on Bandcamp these days: https://trip8.bandcamp.com/

... although the latest album I did (co-written with Californian singer Lisa Mychols) came out on the Canadian record label 'The Beautiful Music': http://thebeautifulmusic.com/lisa-mychols-super-8/ 

Oh and, yes, everything you hear was all recorded with the BR1600!