{"id":24513,"date":"2024-03-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24513"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T21:52:49","slug":"cock-sparrer-hand-on-heart-captain-oi-cherry-red-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24513","title":{"rendered":"Cock Sparrer \u2013 \u2018Hand On Heart\u2019 (Captain Oi!\/Cherry Red Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A very wise man (and record producer) once told me that he thought \u201csome of the best songs ever written start with a chorus.\u201d I argued back that in rock that\u2019s not usually the done thing, you build to the hook, but he then went on to list a whole host of Atlantic Soul, Tamla Motown and Stax tunes just to prove his theory, and it\u2019s something that\u2019s obviously stuck with me to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether producer James Bragg had the same conversation during the recording of the long awaited eighth studio album from London Oi!\/streetpunk legends Cock Sparrer (Bragg returning to duty following his sterling work on the band\u2019s \u2018Forever\u2019 opus), I\u2019ll probably never know, but it\u2019s exactly how \u2018Hand On Heart<\/a>\u2019 begins. BOSH! Straight into the chorus of \u2018With My Hand On My Heart\u2019 and this 2 and half minute belter is an instant classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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