Ironically, most people probably know the punk cover of this by the Rezillos (thanks to its use in “Jackass: The Movie”) more than they know the original by Fleetwood Mac (the pre-Lindsay Buckingham/Stevie Nicks version). However, the original is wonderful psychobilly by a band that’s not known for such things. Somewhere you can hear the Cramps taking notes.
Those early British blues bands had an odd leaning towards cabaret in their stage shows. Chicken Shack (Christine McVie’s first group) had a leader who did impressions, Jethro Tull had Ian Anderson & Fleetwood Mac, Jeremy Spencer, a limited guitarist with a taste for 1950s parodies of rock and roll. This track was his party piece. Spencer was side-lined as the Mac expanded & during a US tour joined the “Children Of God” cult.
I knew a musician who, in the 70s when the Mac were floundering, was sent to tour the US as a fake Fleetwood Mac by the band’s ex-manager. The band had to sue to reclaim the name of a band named after themselves !
I love Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, I only heard some lovely live tracks just last year. That other group, the multi-million selling, everybody slept with everybody & we are going to tell the world about it one…forget about it.
I do like the SoCal version of Fleetwood Mac, but am really enjoying discovering the version that people were drawn to because they thought the Stones were too pop.