1975 Bay City Rollers: Give A Little Love

In which the Bay City Rollers hijack the template The Osmonds laid down with 'Love Me For Reason' and produce a three minute bubblegum chorus with no other purpose than to get the early teen girls all gooey eyed. With Les McKeown assuring them "It's a teenage dream to be seventeen, and to find you're all wrapped up in love" it can't go wrong with its intended audience and, belt and braces, the chorus overdoses on fey repetitions of love, love, love to hammer the point home with a cynicism that borders on contempt. Ah, 'but it's only pop' I hear you cry. True, but at least The Osmonds had a patina of soul to give their pop some fizz; the pop of 'Give A Little Love' comes bottled without a stopper, and though there are some fairly lively bass runs, the end product is all rather flat and vacuous really and sounds is as dated as their tartan britches.