I got on some random Flesh for Lulu kick today. I'll be honest, I hardly know anything about the band outside of the two songs that made me crazy when I was a wee lass (see below). So I ended up at this fan site and started looking through the gigography, which is fairly impressive as it dates back to the early-1980s and, really, I had no clue that Flesh for Lulu played with so many bands I love. Then I scrolled down to 2000 and noticed that the only date listed was in London and I'm positive that I saw Flesh for Lulu play that year, as I was the DJ at the gig. I would have written to the webmaster to provide some useful information, but I can't remember the date, although I think it was sometime during the summer. I do know, however, that it was at Rodney's English Disco while the club was held at Fais Do Do and I'm pretty sure that I was single and Paul the ex-GGBW was my faux-date that night, which would place the show squarely in 2000.
Rodney's English Disco was a sorely underrated club. I really loved working there, especially since it meant that I got to play alongside Rodney Bingenheimer, who is pretty much a legend here in Los Angeles and someone who had an enormous impact on my music tastes (short list of bands I heard first on his show: James, Suede, Supergrass, Teenage Fanclub, Bis, Kinky Machine who became Rialto, Shampoo, etc.). The fact that the club was hosted by a major figure in the L.A. music scene meant that a lot of really interesting people would hang out there. I don't necessarily mean celebrities, but, it was the sort of place where you could be talking to some guy and midway through the conversation you realize that he's played on loads of huge records. As an added bonus, Rodney's was pretty much the only place where you could see the largely unknown foreign bands like Boo! and Vyvyan.
I think Flesh for Lulu actually played the same night Vyvyan (wish I could find out whatever happened to those girls as their cover of "Push It" was out of control). It might have also been the night I was renamed DJ Anne (don't ask), but club nights all sort of fade together after time passes. Anyhow, Flesh for Lulu played and it was such a fun set. We started talking about "I Go Crazy" and I started to think that there was another song I actually liked better than the Some Kind of Wonderful hit. One of my friends (Paul, Tim, I don't know) suggested that it might have been "Postcards from Paradise" and then the song just came over me in a great wave of life on music and the band played the song shortly therafter. I removed myself from the post behind the CD players, ran down the stairs and just started dancing.

Flesh for Lulu "I Go Crazy"

Flesh for Lulu "Postcards from Paradise"

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