My Crucial Track for 30 July 2025 - “It Will Stand (2002 Remaster)” by The Showmen
Songs about songs #1
“It Will Stand (2002 Remaster)” by The Showmen
Going off-piste today. ‘It will stand’ has been in my head for the last couple of days, and it’s from one of my favourite micro-genres - songs about music and musicians.
I was reminded of the song because I saw a reference to David ‘Kid’ Jensen’s interview with the Cramps in 1984 on Facebook.
I recorded the interview off the radio at the time, and listened to it fairly often.
In a discussion of the word ‘psychobilly’, Lux
says “don’t nickname it, you might as well claim it” - he’d rather the Cramps' music just be called “rock and roll”
A few years later I bought ‘It will stand’ on vinyl…and I was really chuffed to hear The Showmen sing those same words