“They’ll never clone ya“
One of the very best 45s of all time and another Top Ten hit for David Bowie was released this day in 1979, accompanied by an equally brilliant video.
The Bowie/Visconti produced Boys Keep Swinging was a breath of fresh air in a musical landscape dominated by folk taking themselves a little too seriously.
Both the humour and the role reversal of the recording (Guitarist Carlos Alomar played drums and drummer Dennis Davis played bass), transferred perfectly to the David Mallet video, with Bowie taking on the guise of his own female backing singers.
If you’ve not had the pleasure yet, go and enjoy Boys Keep Swinging now.