Tommy And The Rockets - You Don't Know What You've Got

  Hailing from Odense (Denmark), Tommy And The Rockets (https://www.facebook.com/tommyandtherockets/) are no strangers to this blog. Neither are Moss (Norway) power pop punkers The Dahlmanns (https://www.facebook.com/thedahlmanns/). Both are very catchy good time bands and both have teamed up to release the Scandinavian Affair 7". It's a perfect soundtrack to the approaching summer with both bands knocking it out of the park. Released on Ghost Highway Recordings and Beluga Records, you can get it here :   https://tommyandtherockets.bandcamp.com/album/scandinavian-affair

  The Dahlmanns contribute a classy cover of Party Girl, a track from Rachel Sweet's 1981 album, ...And Then He Kissed Me. Smooth as satin and sure to have you singing along, definitely a track to check out.

  The flip side sees Tommy And The Rockets tackling a track written by Joan Jett, Kenny Laguna and Ritchie Cordell which originally appeared on Joan's first album from 1980. A gentle rocker about lost love that's more infectious than this goddamn virus that's keeping us all indoors, it's another winner. It's titled You Don't Know What You've Got...

I was caught so unaware
When you made other plans
Promises you swore to keep
Where more than you could stand

You don't know what you've got
You don't know what you've got
You don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

I can't stand to hear your name
'Cause you were so unkind
And though you think you made out well
Someday you will find

You don't know what you've got
You don't know what you've got
You don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

Shame on you, I gave you love
I gave you love so true
But you ran away
So you just don't know what you blew
Oooh, oooh

You don't know what you've got
(Oh baby)
You don't know what you've got
(I thought I knew you)
You don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

I was weak when you were there
And I felt so protected
But I'll make sure that you regret
The one that you rejected

You don't know what you've got
(Oh baby)
You don't know what you've got
(You really blew it)
You don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

You don't know what you've got
(Oh baby)
You don't know what you've got
(I thought I knew you)
You don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

You don't know what you've got
(Oh baby)
You don't know what you've got
(Oh baby)
You don't know what you've got
Till it's gone

You don't know what you've got
(Oh baby)
You don't know what you've got
(I thought I knew you)
You don't know what you've got
Till it's gone