Mode Parade

The Cake – ‘You Can Have Him’ (1967)

   Decades before Sugababes achieved a mild flavour of notoriety for performing their debut single on Top of The Pops with an unsmiling archness, the world birthed this:

   My sentiments regarding The Cake’s showmanship could only appear trite; this Manson-James Brown-Ronettes hybridising should only happen in the theatre. What’s so delicious about this performance is that it did not
   For unconventional band mascot/ensemble dark horse-status, the impassive baby doll that was Jeanette Jacobs is right up there with ABC’s homosexual, Kid Swifty Lazar-esque midget, David Yarritu
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