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With their chimey guitars and hooky songwriting, Liverpool’s The La’s became one of the most influential one-hit-wonder bands of the 1990’s. Although their early efforts stalled on the charts, the re-release of There She Goes in 1990 predicted the Britpop renaissance that was still years away. The fact that the band disappeared soon after, never issuing a sophomore effort, only enhances their reputation as unlikely pop heroes. Bassist John Power went on to form Cast in 1993…
The La’s were for all intents and purposes Lee Mavers and John Power. Lee wrote the songs, had the vision, and provided the general masterplan for what The La’s were about; proper songs, strong melodies. John provided the bass, harmonies and endless amounts of enthusiasm.
Most people know The La’s because of one song - ‘There She Goes’, an example of standard pop songwriting that still resonates with the target audience as strongly as it did when originally released in 1988. The La’s wrote many, many more songs and those tunes evoke the memory of Merseybeat, the psychedelic vision of Syd Barrett and capture the time and place in which they were written.
The Liverpool Lee Mavers wrote about was a very different place from the one The Beatles knew. Times had changed, times were hard. But Mavers didn’t let that stop him celebrating the strength and courage of its people, and from celebrating the beauty in life, no matter what the circumstances despite the decrepit and decaying nature of the city in which he lived.
The La’s released only one album, a self-titled LP that is hailed by many as a modern classic and a blueprint for the so-called ‘britpop’ sound that would later dominate the music scene of the mid 90s.
Mavers himself hated the LP, dismissing it as a crude caricature of what The La’s were about. Many fans agree. There are dozens of different versions of the LP, some of which have now been given official releases. But no matter which version you hear, the beauty of the songs will shine through.
“Songs are just about passing on a feeling” said Mavers. For him, and the many fans of his band, nothing else matters.
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