You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties - Jona Lewis

Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs - Sea Side Shuffle [1972]A novelty accordion led zydeco-y tune cashing in on Mungo Jerry's In The Summertime vibe written and performed by Jona Lewis.You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties - Jona Lewis [1980]Here is Jona Lewis eight years later performing under his own name with his synth-pop pub rock classic. I haven't heard this since the 80s but I guess somewhere in the back of my mind I thought this was a UK Squeeze tune. Did Squeeze have a song about a kitchen? Anyway my 8 year old brain wasn't that far off the mark as this is kinda like a cross between Ian Dury and Human League. The downbeat brown talk singing and dark synthwaves are evocative of drear times times in Britain but there are also bright shiny synths, lovely female backing vocals and an upbeat change up in the song's story that counteract that vibe making this peculiar paradoxical tune fantastic. Look out for jaunty synth break in the song after he scores a bird in the kitchen…