single // Do That Thing
I actually felt quite embarassed listening to this second single from Anita Lane's appallingly-titled Sex O'Clock. Not because it's a terrible track, far from it, but because the lyrics are so overtly sexual (example lyrics 'Call me up on the erogenous zone / All night kundalini telephone') - it is a bit like how uncomfortable you felt as a teenager when the passion levels rose a bit too high in a film you were watching with your parents. No two ways about it, Lane here is feeling horny, many of the lyrics delivered as if midway through a hazy passionate clinch. Repeated choruses with Mick Harvey of 'Do that thing / That thing that you do' urge the sexual momentum forward. Musically, Harvey has constructed a song of considerable beauty, a classic soul groove with a host of Motown strings and percussion-driven beat; think Marvin Gaye duetting with Serge Gainsborough. Classy, subversive, blatant - perfect.
The solitary B-side 'Look At The Sun', co-written and produced by Johnny Klimek is a countrified ballad, a thing of remarkable beauty. Lane's vocal is perfect for the track, which really draws out the emotional quality of the song. In fact, the song could have been delivered just as successfully by ex beau Nick Cave.