Radio Birdman - Living Eyes

I decided impulsively to rearrange my records which seemed like a terrific idea at first. I’m a genre kinda gal and I am running out of room. So I popped this on whilst piles of records were around the living room.

I've posted on here before about when I was younger and getting into Australian 70's and 80's punk. I have a real soft spot for Australian 80’s garage rock. Although recorded in 1978 it has that 80’s sound to it. It's not something I come back to often these days. So it was good to give this one a spin again.

I first bought this from Port Hole when I was either 17 or 18 and is one of the handful of early records I first bought. This is an original and the cover is falling apart but it plays well.

2005 - 2006 was a great time for live shows in our little town. I saw so many touring acts then. Radio Birdman reformed and toured in 2006 at Fowlers Live. It was a great set despite being a come back show which I'm always a little sceptical about. I remember thinking wow this will be their last tour ever. They’ve since been touring pretty regularly including last year. I remember my friend and I dressed up for the night, me with a 60’s leopard print cocktail dress I bought second-hand and my hair big channelling Poison Ivy from the Cramps.

On re listen there is a line in one of the tracks I 94 that’s always bothered me, despite being a rocking tune - “Eskimo Pies comin' to you aha yeah”. The terminology has not aged well. When I was discussing how I don’t understand the use of that line with my husband, their encyclopaedia knowledge informed me it’s the name of an American Ice cream. I’m still a bit perplexed to be honest.

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