Voice Of The Beehive - Just A City (Food/London)

This crew - two Californian girls and three British blokes - actually manage to capture the true adventurous spirit of the '60s and blend it with the spangling guitars and dense choruses of prime period Cocteau Twins. The song itself sways and swirls attractively enough BUT! flip over the 12 inch and they get stuck right into - corky o'rorky! - a biting pop version of rock dinosaurs Led Zeppelin's elderly reggae spoof "D'Yer Maker" (Jamaica - geddit?)!! The result, played (relatively) straight, turns into a completely bur-rrrilliant teenage "don't go" love song and would be a HUGE hit, so utterly utterly catchy is it. 'B'-side of the century (at least) and almost Single Of The Fortnight... (Ian Cranna, Smash Hits, May 8, 1987)