Ten Big Stiffs - Jona Lewie 'You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties'

Stiff spotted ingenious songwriter Jona Lewie as he experienced success as a member of Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts and off-shoots Terry Dactyl and The Dinosaurs. His career with Stiff spanned five years, and saw the release of 11 singles, the fourth of which was the synth-pop masterpiece "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties", which made it into the UK Top 20.

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[mark-ekve]

Definitely one of the best tracks ever recorded, a one off that will always sound good and has nothing to compare itself to, an absolute masterpiece.

[CatherineMienie]

Love this song🎵 and still listening to it in 2023❤

[prep]

such a weird quirky song, but I've love it for 40 years. Always on my playlist

[coolmum]

They kept saying Was ... was ... was .... Jona is still very much present tense and still doing music !!!

[Pauleyh]

Jona your still that crazy ass magnificent smooth singer

[DVStrikesBack]

That "bass didgeridoo" as you call it sounds phenomenal on Vinyl record as it accentuated the record spinning and gives it a lot of texture. LOVE IT!

[TheSSMusicChannel]

and Kirsty McCall on the background vocals on this? Magic!
 I have all this collection, he is very

[markserainidis]

Sounds to cool this track still hooked on it 2021...

[billmercer]

Jona Lewis was Terry Dactyl ?! I bought that record in the summer of /72 when I first visited England . Still love it . Win or Lose by Jona Lewis a great rocker .

[rogerbrown]

Back then, we were all found in the kitchen at parties for some reason.

[Lopyj]

wow, very interesting! I always loved this song - but for a looong time I did not know who the singer was (yes, kidzz, that was before the internet and Shazam) ... thanks for all that background info!

[apislapis]

Perhaps it was the twinkle in his eye and the cleft Kirk Douglas chin that was his appeal, but for me it was the synth sound especially that synth 'didgeridoo', the great tag line and the female b-vox that made me buy it and love it still. Talk of quirky? hear the Burocrats b-side.

[geoffjoffy]

His Voice is the same and he's barely changed in 40 years.

[ninaevans]

Still listening in 2024. Me and my other half are now 53 this year. We loved Jona then, and still do so.
Beats the backside out of "Spice Girls", and repulsive "Gangsta Rap" any day.

[timmorgan]

Cross Between A Bank Manager And A Loon A Tick Now That's New But He Is Still An Old Time Favourite Of Mine Even Today Well Done ✅ Keep Up The Great Work Sounds Different Love That Song Even Today ❤️❤️

[raygrange]

Always found me in the kitchen at parties 😅

[johnnewton]

im nearly retired now, ive had a long working life and when the boss asks me to do some hard work i reply " ive done my time in the kitchen at parties"

[richarddyasonihc]

The thing is, I attended uni as a mature age student - I was about 26 when I entered. Of course armies. We’re a big part of student life - especially if toy were studying any of th ‘humanities’ subjects, as the contact hours weren’t as demanding as the sciences. And yes, the kitchen was the central element of most parties, that after all was where the boozeze was & unless you were dancing, using one of the bedrooms, the only place to hold a conversation. So when this came out (I was in my honours year in 1980), it really was so true!.😊

[kosovoblues]

the initial vocal part reminds me slightly of that "Putting on the Ritz" song

[DominicMarvinCruz]

My new idol. As good and funny as Jonathan Richman, but different.