Just days before a tour of Europe and the UK, and unable to reconcile themselves with Phil Oakey’s views on the future direction of the band, songwriters and keyboard players Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh left to launch their own project, Heaven 17....
But I have no doubt whatsoever, that if Age of Consent had been a stand-alone 45, it would have been a big success. After all, it should be remembered that each of Ceremony, Procession/EGG and Temptation all reached the Top 40 at a time when the band were still very much an unknown...
No more singles were lifted from Nightlife. The duo remained on tour for much of 2000 and included their first ever Glastonbury performance. 2001 was taken up by the staging ofCloser To Heavena co-written by the Pet Shop Boys, something they had been working on since 1996. The show opene...
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sometimes airing two or even three times a night s each of the DJs doing a stint would give it a spin. Once heard, never forgotten and for most folk it was instant love. By now the record had been long deleted so I never got my hands on a physical copy of it, but in due course...
mp3: Dexys Midnight Runners – Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile) There are maybe some hints thatKevin Rowlandwould have preferred that the b-side had been chosen as the single. Its name appears on the front of the picture sleeve, and its lyrics can be found on the re...
A cinematic drone comes in fast from silence, quickly overtaken by two synthesised rhythm tracks that will go in and out of phase for the next lifetime. On top, Donna Summer soars and swoops as she tackles the minimal lyric: “It’s so good [x five], “Heaven knows” [x five], “...
innovative rhythms and melodies driven by an aggressive, punk desperation. Through it all, the band scored major hits with “Love My Way,”“Pretty In Pink,”“Heaven,”“The Ghost In You,” and “Heartbreak Beat” in all releasing seven studio albums and spawning several compilations, a box...
Except……….the record label felt it was still too indie-sounding to be deserving of a promotional push and so again it was left to the late night DJs to try and champion it….but the problem being that the band had been away for too long and nobody was really all that interested....
It’s pleasing to read that Dead Hope have received some airplay on BBC Radio 6 as well as being championed by a number of DJs on community stations in and around Glasgow, and I hope that a few more pick up the songs in their end of year reviews. ...