I know, Howard was big here too (everywhere) - but was he recognised as much more than a pop star with a haircut? NME was dominated by jaded punk hacks who dismissed New Romanticism as not cred enough - they preferred Julian Cope and Paul Weller etc. It's worthwhile finding old copies and reading the reviews... for a laugh! When I did the interview I was 'instructed' by the label via the manager not to make fun of him - that tells you something. Hoping to get the article posted v soon.
DJs for Eurythmics are mainly local - Askew are you still on the list, help me here would you? I have seen Eurythmics tracks listed here and there, I will have to recall. I know one Melbourne DJ who plays Honkytonks is playing This City Never Sleeps. >>BTW I recently did an interview with Howard Jones! He is such a cat! It's > a >>real joy interviewing these 80s acts who are now being recognised > > Cyclone, Howard Jones was massive here! in the charts all the time etc, as > a young (very) kid I had all his <ahem> cassettes. Can't really remember > anything dead good he did though (?) anything that stood the test of time > (?). > hmm, might investigate, but it was all pretty poppy no? can't remember any > leftfield kinda dubs or anything. maybe I'm wrong, will look. never bought > the 12's at the time, perhaps theres some good instr. on the flips > > but, yeah, just wanted to mention he was never un-recognised! > > alex > > p.s. >(I notice that Eurythmics are > experiencing a revival among leftfield club DJs at the moment.) > > which djs and which tracks??! > _________________________________________________________________ > --------------------- End of message text -------------------- > > This e-mail is sent by the above named in > their individual, non-business capacity and > is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. > > PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP may monitor > outgoing and incoming e-mails and other > telecommunications on its e-mail and > telecommunications systems. By replying > to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring.
