That's What I Like, Mick (The Sandwich Song)

Why the Chas and Dave covers?

“[Laughs]. Well the guys were singing a lot of Chas and Dave during the making of this record [Boys for Pele]... Well, the guys would sing, Mustn't Grumble and I would go, "Who does the grumble song?" They said, "Chas and Dave," and I asked them to show me more stuff that they did. I heard London Girls and That's What I Like Mick and I just said, "Roll tape, guys, press the red button." I wrote down the lyrics so fast then just went in and cut 'em. It kinda became about... Y'know I just started when I heard London Girls. I took it from the Malene Dietrich standpoint. I was seeing the bombs drop on England and I just saw myself as this German cabaret dyke who kind of fell in love with these women who were running from these bombs that were being dropped. I didn't have a political viewpoint in my mind. I wasn't thinking about the Nazis, I was just thinking about the idea that these women had this fortitude, and how beautiful they were. I kinda just took on this personal of myself that's like, y'know, a German dyke cabaret singer.... and I sang it from that perspective. And That's What I Like Mick of course I sang from the perspective of mouldy cheese. [Laughs].” [Take to the Sky - May 1996]