PRIVATE ENEMY NO. 1
Amanda Jones’ sole album Amanda Jones came out on Bomp! Records in 1996, with the five songs being a delight from end to end. The final song, “Private Enemy No. 1” has the singer in the thrall of a bad boy: “He’s my private enemy number one / held my heart for ransom / private enemy number one / he’s so f--kin’ handsome” – not “hot” or “sexy” or something like that, but the old-fashioned “handsome”. The album ends with the comment “oh, yes, he is” after the final chorus that always makes my smile.
(December 2015)
