Wednesday Wadio: Hoodoo Guru's 'I Want You Back'.

Last month I quickly mentioned the Hoodoo Gurus in one of my posts, and a few days later I got an email from a woman who told me she was doing public relations for the band. I assume, that's a testament to the power of Technorati. She told me that they have re-released their entire catalogue on remastered CDs, and have also put out an amazingly comprehensive DVD which includes 20 years worth of videos, documentaries and live performances. Then, bless her heart, she sent it all to me. I have thoroughly enjoyed revisiting all of this great material, and featuring them this week on Wadio was a no-brainer.



I Want You Back is one of their earliest and best known songs, and the video is priceless. The Gurus dodge stop-frame animation rubber dinosaurs as they stiffly rock it out under breathtakingly bad hair. But it was 1983 and they were still finding their stride. They would go on to become the best Australian band no one in the US had ever really heard of, and if you dig this tune check out Miss Freelove 69 which got quite a bit of MTV airplay in 1989 and features one of my all time favorite guitar riffs.