Blog: SoundsXP

One of the more direct and guileless of Absentee's songs, 'Boy, Did She Teach You Nothing' has a breezy charm and a magnificent, scything guitar riff, redolent of the cheeky pop sound of the Undertones. Its immediate appeal makes it perfect for music radio. The 'B' of B-side stands for "bizarre" in the case of this Queen cover; the acoustic guitar and lugubrious (the only word that fits) voice makes Dan the anti-Fred, replacing Mercury's histrionics with a low-key lo-fi romantic stumble through 'I Want to Break Free'. Once you get over the shock, it works rather [...]