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Come On
Sylvia Patterson / NME
08.10.1994
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
COME ON (WEA)


Glum-voiced meandering with three chords Number 276 from the Grandpas Reid, but at least they're consistent. "Gotta get to heaven but we don't have ties," Jim just might be singing which could be a lament to the fact that they're not New Mods and really with it, but probably not. There's two CD versions for no reason whatsoever other than cash for old blokes in (deeply scary American voice on steroids) "TIME WARNER PRODUCTIONS", one of which has a version of Prince's 'Alphabet Street' on it which sounds like they threw the song up a lift-shaft and sent Bruce Willis in to go berserk with a bazooka. But it was an IDEA! And for that we must be thankful..

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