Tim: Yep, they’re still going, and yes, they’ve done more than ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’.
Tom: And yes, he does look a bit like Carrot Top and Mick Hucknall combined.
I think most people will sum this up as ‘well, it’s no Dancing in the Moonlight’.
Tim: True. BECAUSE – Dancing in the Moonlight was unusual, it didn’t sound like any other band, the glockenspiely stuff gave it a very ‘I’m Toploader, and this is how you recognise me’ feel. This doesn’t have anything like that. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, but I reckon it’ll leave people disappointed.
Tom: It’s not bad, of course, and there are some really very striking parts in the verses and chorus – I think it’s really very listenable indeed. By the third time through the chorus, I felt I was actually getting a bit of an emotional lift from it. A proper unexpected middle eight too, but it’s no Dancing in the Moonlight.
Tim: You see? It’s good, but you’re disappointed.