The Comedy of Errors: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Reid’s Situation (15 May 1992)

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Taken from their wonderfully titled debut album, Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham, Reid’s Situation puts Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet’s bassist, Reid Diamond up front allowing his twangy bass to lead the band on a canter that flies the flag for Canadian surf-pop - much to the band’s future chagrin.  The title took on a tragic poignancy with Reid’s death from cancer in 2001.
It tops out at a mere 77 seconds, allowed for Peel to demonstrate to his audience just how his Dick Dale plays resonated with contemporary musicians (always an aspect of his playlists that was under-rated, the way he showed how the past was feeding into the present in order to potentially create the elusive future) and paves the way for the day when Man or Astro-man? turn up on Peel Show playlists and thence potentially on to this blog.

Video courtesy of ebeep.