Although he didn't asked me this as often as he insisted on me hearing Rush's drummer, Neil Peart, the same friend asked me from time to time in sixth grade if I'd heard The Jam's "Town Called Malice." It was far easier to hear Rush on St. Louis radio in 1982 than The Jam, so I didn't end up listening to "Town Called Malice" until the early '90s at KCOU.
Thinking of the song tonight, I realize that it's more upbeat than I remembered. If you're going to reminisce about the town in which you grew up, this isn't a bad way to capture it.
