Yes, it is on purpose

The car is in hostipal until next week (can has lottery win?), and my nexk is spazzing quite happily today, but the cake I made for our monthly cake meeting seemed to go down well.

It was iced orange cake (without much orange) due to only orange juice being available. Due also to a leaving dinner, I'm now incubating a food baby.

Songs You Never Knew Were Cover Versions

#1 - Step On - Happy Mondays

This was the song that announced the Happy Mondays to the world in a bigger way than pretty much anything else they did. Released in 1990, it hit #5 in the UK, and also became a minor hit in the USA, quite surprising for a band of this ilk.

If nothing else, it's remembered for the somewhat obscure (for us non-Mancunians, and maybe for them too) lyrics about twisting melons. I have always assumed that it means "you're talking shite", although this has never been confirmed, and the melons I assume to be probably testicular references.

As for the original, it hit #4 in 1970 when recorded (and written) by the South African chappie John Kongos, whose chart career was pretty short-lived. It's got quite a groove to it, a bit of a tribal feel to the percussion, and is a little faster than the Mondays' version. On balance, as with most things, the original is better, although definitely shows its age. It almost sounds like a live recording, there's a lot going on instrumentally, and the backing vocals/harmonies follow pretty tightly to the lead, almost suggesting multi-tracking.