{"id":4178,"date":"2021-02-21T14:08:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2021-02-21T14:08:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:08:26","slug":"sounds-on-sunday-50-years-ago-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/21\/sounds-on-sunday-50-years-ago-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago\/6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>50 YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling \u201csingles\u201d of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles have not: with only some exceptions the number one hits of 1971 are either not memorable \u2013 or memorable for the wrong reasons. Join us as we look back and ask ourselves: \u201cwhat were we thinking???\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week 50 years ago George Harrison was enjoying his last of six weeks at number one with <em>My Sweet Lord<\/em>: see our \u201centertainment\u201d section for a link to a video of him singing it. We therefore turn our attention to an enigmatic little number that occupied the number two slot for most of February 1971: \u201cThe Pushbike Song\u201d by the Mixtures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s hard to pin down \u201cPushbike\u201d. In some ways it harks back to the innocence of the 60s: boy sees girl and forms an assessment that she is \u201cpretty\u201d. In others, it has that predatory edge of the 70s: he pedals after her. It has the simplicity of the 60s: boy sees girl on bike and now they ride a tandem together. It has a dash of the feminist optimism of the 70s: girl realises boy is looking at her and, as she is controlling her own mode of transport, she is able to choose to get away. It also has the disappointment of much 1970s feminism too: having started pedalling fast along a route of her own choosing, she is somehow (we don\u2019t know how) snared and perched on the back end of a tandem, steered by her man, and sat where he can keep an eye on her in the rear-view mirror.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Mixtures were an Australian band which enjoyed modest success and a rather less than modest number of line up changes. They released a cover of Mungo Jerry\u2019s \u201cIn the Summertime\u201d \u2013 now that won\u2019t surprise you once you listen to \u201cPushbike\u201d. One is reminded of 10cc releasing \u201cJohnny Don\u2019t Do It\u201d as a follow up single to \u201cDonna\u201d \u2013 but type-casting worked better for The Mixtures (though \u201cJohnny Don\u2019t Do It\u201d is arguably better than \u201cDonna\u201d \u2013 but we\u2019ll keep that debate for another day).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps it\u2019s not worth overthinking it. Perhaps it\u2019s just another \u201cboy has eye on girl\u201d song \u2013 though it\u2019s one of the catchiest. Happy humming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u25cfListen to more Sounds on Sunday:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?s=sounds+on+sunday\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sounds on Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfWatch East London\u2019s weekly news magazine programme,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">live at 10pm every Tuesday and on demand all week:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VodTalk\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Tuesday Show<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling \u201csingles\u201d of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? 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