There was a point in the early part of the 80's when if you were in Boston and pulled up a random rock you might find the Del Fuegos playing under it. I didn't actually ever go out specifically to see them, but ended up seeing them quite frequently anyway playing with other bands I intended to see, They were doing well for a while too. Got signed to a major label, had a minor hit and managed to make it all the way to appearing in a beer commercial which I'm still not sure they've ever quite lived down.
This primitive slice is their debut single. You can almost smell the bathroom at the Rat in it.
Side one of this features a song called "Judy" the song is about a stalker level obsession with Judy Grunwald who at the time was in a band called the Maps (whose single "I'm Talking to You" is referenced in the intro and which I'll get around to posting probably a couple years from now.) She was also formed the band Salem 66 after leaving the Maps (who continued on as Art Yard who recorded but didn't get to release what would have been a monumental single on Propeller Records) "Judy" however was a minor local hit for the Dark in Boston and I listened to it a shit ton in high school without ever actually seeing the band play live.
The line "I'm really glad you dumped your boyfriend/He looks like an East German Border Guard" is alone enough to make it a classic for anybody except conceivably Judy's ex-boyfriend.
All that being said there are also two other songs on the seven inch. You can interpret that how you wish.
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