Review:

on 2011-07-20 CharlesMartel Said:

Modern Eon were a post-punk outfit who produced one underrated album and then passed into the oblivion which was to prove to be the final resting palce of so many of their contemporaries. Yet of their small corpus of tracks, "Child's Play" stands head and shoulders above the rest as one of the greatest unheralded post punk tracks of all time. In my view, "Child's Play" was a masterpiece of musical construction. Plaintiff, childlike vocals, a ripping sax solo, and just listen to those cascading guitars in the background, this track had it all.

Hailing from Liverpool, Modern Eon brought with them a long pop-music tradition. After initial highly praiseworthy reviews from the critics for "Child's Play", the band could have expected much better. Yet it was destined to fail. As usual, with the radio only playing mainstream crap they were bribed to play by the record companies, this song was never going to get a look in. It was played on a couple of late night shows where I picked it up, but nothing more than that. If ever there was a case for the dismantling and deregulation of the content of the mainstream radio, the failure of this track to become a hit is all the proof you need.
Rating: 10/10