Don Dixon - Girls L.T.D. - 1984from 1985 Demon Records LP "Most of the Girls Like to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Like to"
After Arrogance broke up, bassist Don Dixon turned his focus to producing and racked up quite a resume with the likes of R.E.M., Hootie & the Blowfish and Matthew Sweet as well as NC acts like the X-Teens, Graphic, Fetchin' Bones and Connells. As that snapshot might indicate, it was hard to be far from an album with Dixon's fingerprints for a good stretch of the '80s, but in between he squeezed in some of his own recordings, such as "Girls L.T.D." which he recorded in the control room of Mitch Easter's studio while producing Let's Active (His liner notes says it was because he was getting up much earlier in the morning than the band and was bored & inspired by a photo from a Bar Mitzvah party).
As with The Connells and others, Dixon first got his debut album, Most of the Girls Like to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Like to, released in the UK and generally had more commercial success in Europe than the grand ole USA. A good chunk of the album was reissued a couple years back as the 'lost' Arrogance album 5'11'', including Most of the Girls' standout radio hit, "Praying Mantis."
Dixon's still at it and just released another solo album.
Posted by: Zach Coleman
posted by Michael Slawter | 7:39 AM
4 Comments:
Is that really the way the song sounds? It sounds like it was ripped from an LP at the wrong speed!
Sounds correct to me.
Not that anyone cares, but I finally figured out that the little doodad that I was using to listen to the MP3 file (the del.icio.us play tagger) was for some unknown reason playing the file at the wrong speed. Once I actually downloaded it, it was fine. Strangely, it does the same for the Holsapple song in the post above, but not the Sex Police in the post below.
God, this song. Contrary to the site's owner, DD to me was less Country and more beach music. Not that he ever cut an "I love Beach Music" track. It was more of that 50s swing (or better yet stroll) feel that made his tracks so wonderful.
Girls L.T.D. is one of the best. If I ever want a smile on my face, I just cue up this tune. The syncopated dual guitars get me turned around, and by the time I am wailing out the words "You gotta get in line if you wanna dance with him!" I am beaming.
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