Somehow lost in the 1500 word epic Frankfurt trip post, floundering at the bottom of the page, stuck in the honey, drowned in the coffee, scratched by the stone, the alien metallic disc, indestructible, stretches out beyond immortality, surviving the human race, rising from the ashes long, long, long after you are gone. If you […]
On a scorching hot German day we left Olivia’s secret village for a trip to Frankfurt with her Mum. Siv flying to Sweden to see relatives, Olivia and I having a day exploring Frankfurt or in truth checking out some record stores. Leaving at 7 AM was tricky for night owls and once Siv had […]
Originally recorded by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers for inclusion on the 1981 album Hard Promises, it was left off as the lyric had a female perspective. Producer Jimmy Iovine had been working with The Heartbreakers and Nicks simultaneously and she became the perfect choice for the female voice. The song was written by Petty and guitarist […]
Today Olivia and I went to visit Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s beautiful house in Santiago. Low key on the outside but wonderful on the inside, packed with artefacts and memories, it was a maze of oddly shaped corridors, stairways and garden pathways. Neruda’s history as one of the world’s great poets is well known, he […]
The Model was never actually intended to be a single in its English translation. Released as a single in Germany from the 1978 album Die Mensch-Maschine, the English language version only found its way onto a single as the B side to the title track from their following album Computer Love (1981) reaching No. 36 in […]
When singer John Foxx and guitarist Robin Simon left Ultravox it seemed like the band must be over. When Midge Ure ex-Slik and The Rich Kids joined to replace them – it seemed like the band must be over. Then came Vienna, the third single from the album of the same name. The last album […]