Man, I’ve forgotten how many mix tapes I made for people that had this song as their title cut.
The Teardrop Explodes are mostly remembered for being Julian Cope’s baby, but most of the songs on Everybody Wants to Shag…The Teardrop Explodes were as much the work of one David Balfe, who co-founded Zoo Records with Bill “The KLF” Drummond. The material on Everybody Wants To Shag was originally recorded back in the early ’80s, but it didn’t see release until 1990. “Count to Ten and Run for Cover” is one of those songs that charges out of the gate and doesn’t stop until…well, until it’s over. A lot of the tracks on this disc have been described as “New Wave synth rock,” and that’s as good a description as any. It’s a right fist pounder.
