Single Review: Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!
Al Crawford
Disc 1
Total Running Time: 22 min 48 sec
1. Hyperactive! (Heavy Breather Subversion) 5.07
2. Windpower (12" Mix) 6.00
3. Dissidents (The Search For Truth Part I) 7.15
4. Puppet Theatre 4.14
Disc 2
Total Running Time: 22 mind 34 sec
1. Hyperactive! (7" Mix) 4.12
2. She Blinded Me With Science (US Mix) 5.09
3. One Of Our Submarines Is Missing 7.17
4. Dissidents (The Search For Truth Part II) 5.52
Although I've yet to find confirmation of it, this re-release of Dolby's
1983 hit "Hyperactive!" as two CD singles (released in consecutive weeks)
seems to suggest that there's a compilation on the way. While I'd imagine
the compilation itself will be somewhat pedestrian, EMI have rather
surprisingly made a good job of these singles, packing them full of
interesting remixes. In fact, the only track here to have appeared on album
before (excluding various artists compilations) is the 7" mix of
"Hyperactive!", which is the same as the version on _The Flat Earth_.
"Puppet Theatre" turned up on one of the "Silk Pyjamas" CD singles back in
1992, but other than that, everything here is new to CD.
The first of the two singles opens with the "Heavy Breather Subversion" of
"Hyperactive!", an extended and nicely put together remix that's rather
more, erm, active than the original. Next is an extended remix of the
classic "Windpower" that doesn't diverge quite as dramatically from the
album version as the previous track did and thus preserves the song's
wonderful feel.
"Dissidents (The Search For Truth Part I)" is the first of two remixes of
this track. Good though the remix is, I was never really that keen on the
track to begin with and so, although it's nice to have the song, I wasn't
that overwhelmed by its appearance on the single. The first disc is closed
by "Puppet Theatre", a great little B-side (US release of "I Scare Myself",
to be precise) that although contemporary with "Hyperactive!" and its ilk
seems to have rather more in common with Dolby's more recent work.
The second disc opens with the standard 7" mix of "Hyperactive!" that's
identical to the version that appeared on Dolby's second album _The Flat
Earth_. A decent single, but I always felt that the video overshadowed the
song somewhat. Next is the US mix of Dolby's biggest hit "She Blinded Me
With Science" that adds extra Magnus Pike to what was a good song to begin
with. This is followed by what at first appearances seems to be one of the
least interesting selections here. Which isn't to say that "One Of Our
Submarines Is Missing" is a bad song, it's just that it's easily available
on _The Golden Age Of Wireless_. Well, not quite - although it's not
credited as such, this is the extended version that runs to over seven
minutes, adding a lengthy instrumental section at the beginning of the
track as well as (if I'm not mistaken) beefing up the synths considerably.
The second disc is closed by the second remix of "Dissidents", which is
rather better than the first but still doesn't do a great deal for me.
The thought that seems to have been put into these CD singles bodes well
for any compilation that might appear and demonstrates an awareness that
there are a lot of alternate versions of Dolby tracks around. One might
hope that any compilation will add a few more of these, possibly even
throwing in one or two rarities ("Therapy/Growth" or "Wreck Of The
Fairchild", for example). I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Erland Rating: +2 (both discs)
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Jon Drukman
>Although I've yet to find confirmation of it, this re-release of Dolby's
>1983 hit "Hyperactive!" as two CD singles (released in consecutive weeks)
>seems to suggest that there's a compilation on the way. While I'd imagine
>the compilation itself will be somewhat pedestrian, EMI have rather
>surprisingly made a good job of these singles, packing them full of
>interesting remixes.
personally, i'd just hope they do another CD single double-pack with
the rest of the missing extended mixes and maybe a few of those
rarities you mention below.
>1992, but other than that, everything here is new to CD.
Not quite... the US Mix of She Blinded Me With Science is on *some* of
the Golden Age Of Wireless CDs. it's almost impossible to know which
ones before you open the package though, so this is a nice convenience
feature.
>The first disc is closed
>by "Puppet Theatre", a great little B-side (US release of "I Scare Myself",
>to be precise)
imprecise - it's the UK release (on Parlophone - i have it). there
never was a US release of that single.
>that although contemporary with "Hyperactive!" and its ilk
>seems to have rather more in common with Dolby's more recent work.
i'd have said it sounded more like a Golden Age Of Wireless track,
actually - it's got loads more synths than Dolby uses nowadays, and
anyway, it showed up in the Live Wireless film so it was definitely at
least written at that period.
>Next is the US mix of Dolby's biggest hit "She Blinded Me
>With Science" that adds extra Magnus Pike to what was a good song to begin
>with.
Now I wonder why they call it the US Mix, since the first time I
ever heard it was when my friend bought the British 12" of "She
Blinded Me With Science." The video (which is probably how most
people over here heard it) uses the shorter version.
>This is followed by what at first appearances seems to be one of the
>least interesting selections here. Which isn't to say that "One Of Our
>Submarines Is Missing" is a bad song, it's just that it's easily available
>on _The Golden Age Of Wireless_. Well, not quite - although it's not
>credited as such, this is the extended version that runs to over seven
>minutes, adding a lengthy instrumental section at the beginning of the
>track as well as (if I'm not mistaken) beefing up the synths considerably.
well, I, as a rabid completist, am glad to have it on CD. (or rather,
will be, when i actually get around to purchasing this set.)
>The thought that seems to have been put into these CD singles bodes well
>for any compilation that might appear and demonstrates an awareness that
>there are a lot of alternate versions of Dolby tracks around. One might
>hope that any compilation will add a few more of these, possibly even
>throwing in one or two rarities ("Therapy/Growth" or "Wreck Of The
>Fairchild", for example). I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Yes!!! Amen, brother. You said it. *FINALLY* someone is doing
justice to Dolby's back catalogue. I never thought I'd live to see
the day. (I was toying with the idea of doing a really fantastic
bootleg CD of all the rare tracks complete with No-Noise processing
but now I don't have to. Yay!)
Now if the next set features the guitar mix of Radio Silence, then
I'll be able to die happy.
Jon Drukman jdrukman%dls...@oracle.com
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Richard Lloyd
> Although I've yet to find confirmation of it, this re-release of Dolby's
> 1983 hit "Hyperactive!" as two CD singles (released in consecutive weeks)
> seems to suggest that there's a compilation on the way.
I can confirm it - both this week's "The Chart Show" and MTV Europe's "Hit
List UK" say that there is indeed a compilation due (no shock there), called
"Retrospective - The Best Of Thomas Dolby". I don't have a release date for it
yet though.
> A decent single [Hyperactive !], but I always felt that the video overshadowed
> the song somewhat.
Again, both the aforementioned chart shows played this video and I really liked
the video (I don't think I'd seen it before) !!
> Next is the US mix of Dolby's biggest hit "She Blinded Me
> With Science" that adds extra Magnus Pike to what was a good song to begin
> with.
Slight correction here: "She Blinded Me With Science" reached UK #49 in 1982
and UK #56 when re-issued in 1983, whereas "Hyperactive !" made UK #17 in
1984 (and, of course, UK #32 so far in 1994 :-) ).
> Well, not quite - although it's not
> credited as such, this is the extended version that runs to over seven
> minutes
It always annoys me when tracklists fail to credit remixes, because I usually
buy CD singles on the basis that they contain something that isn't on the
album (otherwise why release a single ??). If it looks like an album version
(like "One Of Our Submarines Is Missing" - a great song from a great album),
then I get put off buying the single.
> The second disc is closed by...
I should state here that Disc 1 is in a double-sided tray jewel box (the tray
hinges and you put a disc on either side), whereas Disc 2 is in a <ugh>
cardboard sleeve [but at least you can put it in with Disc 1 I guess].
> One might hope that any compilation will add a few more of these
I wouldn't be surprised to see the remixed "Hyperactive !" on the compilation,
plus any future remixed re-releases (now come on, you just KNOW they are going
to release a remixed "She Blinded Me With Science" :-) ).
> possibly even throwing in one or two rarities ("Therapy/Growth" or "Wreck Of
> The Fairchild", for example).
You have more faith in the record companies involved (EMI/Virgin) than I do !
Sadly, such rare B-sides don't usually make it to compilations (because
they're often not considered the "best of" the artist's work, which you and I
know isn't always true)...
Richard K. Lloyd,
Computer Science Dept., JANET : r...@uk.ac.liverpool.compsci
Liverpool University, Internet : r...@csc.liv.ac.uk
Merseyside, England,
Great Britain.
Al Crawford
>
> personally, i'd just hope they do another CD single double-pack with
> the rest of the missing extended mixes and maybe a few of those
> rarities you mention below.
Unfortunately I don't see that as being very likely - one release per
compilation (the forthcoming release of which has now been confirmed -
thanks Per!) seems to be the norm.
> Not quite... the US Mix of She Blinded Me With Science is on *some* of
> the Golden Age Of Wireless CDs. it's almost impossible to know which
> ones before you open the package though, so this is a nice convenience
> feature.
Yeah, I should've known better than to make a statement concerning a track
that featured on _TGAOW_ with anything other than lots of disclaimers :-)
> imprecise - it's the UK release (on Parlophone - i have it). there
> never was a US release of that single.
Whoops. The info was courtesy of Lazlo's discog.
> i'd have said it sounded more like a Golden Age Of Wireless track,
> actually - it's got loads more synths than Dolby uses nowadays, and
> anyway, it showed up in the Live Wireless film so it was definitely at
> least written at that period.
Instrumentally, certainly, but I find the vocal styling rather closer to
his recent work.
> Yes!!! Amen, brother. You said it. *FINALLY* someone is doing
> justice to Dolby's back catalogue. I never thought I'd live to see
> the day.
Well, I'll believe they're doing full justice to it if the compilation
includes a bunch of neat stuff.
> Now if the next set features the guitar mix of Radio Silence, then
> I'll be able to die happy.
I'm personally hoping they include it on the compilation.
Al
Al Crawford
>
> I wouldn't be surprised to see the remixed "Hyperactive !" on the
> compilation, plus any future remixed re-releases (now come on, you just
> KNOW they are going to release a remixed "She Blinded Me With Science" :-) ).
Umm, *what* remixed "Hyperactive!"? Both of the versions of the track on
the two current singles are original 1984 versions, one being the 12" and
the other being the standard 7". I don't class extended mixes dating from
the original release of a track along with contemporary remixes of old
tracks such as <screams in terror> the various Heaven 17 remixes that came
out in 92/93.
The primary candidate for a remix of "She Blinded Me With Science" would
have been to put out the original 12" version but...umm, they've already
done that, it's on the second "Hyperactive!" single.
> You have more faith in the record companies involved (EMI/Virgin) than I
> do!
Actually, no...
> Sadly, such rare B-sides don't usually make it to compilations (because
> they're often not considered the "best of" the artist's work, which you and I
> know isn't always true)...
I consider it more likely that a rarity will make it to a compilation
called "The Best Of" than to one called "Greatest Hits" though :-) Also, I
think that at least *some* companies have cottoned on to the fact that the
best way to get sales for a comp is to include all the hits (for the casual
buyer) and also to include at least a couple of interesting items
("Includes 2 Previously Unreleased Tracks!") to force the more serious fan
to pick up the disc even though they have every other track on it.
So what's going to be on it? Well, I'd guess that all the singles'll be
there, which might mean something like...
Urges
Europa And The Pirate Twins
Radio Silence (here's an opportunity for them to please Jon)
Windpower
She Blinded Me With Science
Get Out Of My Mix
Hyperactive!
Dissidents
I Scare Myself
Airhead
Hot Sauce
My Brain Is Like A Sieve
Close But No Cigar
I Love You Goodbye
Silk Pyjamas
That might well be it, but if they're feeling like stretching it out a bit
further, maybe they'll throw in a couple of extra goodies.
Phil
# And lo, jdrukman%dls...@oracle.com (Jon Drukman) spake unto the masses saying:
# >
# > personally, i'd just hope they do another CD single double-pack with
# > the rest of the missing extended mixes and maybe a few of those
# > rarities you mention below.
# Unfortunately I don't see that as being very likely - one release per
# compilation (the forthcoming release of which has now been confirmed -
# thanks Per!) seems to be the norm.
I've just caught Dolby collectomania...
(If you knew about the following I apologise, haven't been reading this
group very long). I came across the following 2-CD set (supposedly
limited edition):
Silk Pyjamas:
Disk One (which comes in double-box of the cardboard variety):
1. silk pyjamas (edited version)
2. field work (london mix)
(apparantly ryuichi sakamoto featuring thomas dolby)
3. puppet theatre
4. get out of my mix - dolby's cube
Disk Two (which annoyingly comes in a plastic single-type CD box which
makes the double-box from part one useless):
1. silk pyjamas (album version)
2. airhead
3. urges
4. leipzig
and the whole thing is packaged as being the "rare" collection.
Haven't listened to them yet - literally _just_ bought them, so I've
no idea of the versions of puppet theatre and airhead are those already
available or not.
On the subject of puppet theatre, the music (esp the start) reminds me
very much of the early (pre-dance) Thompson Twins work. Yes? No?
(I also bought the soundtrack to "Gothic". I owned this once before & got
rid of it cos I wasn't too impressed, but like I said, I've caught
collectomania... I've also seen the film since. Very good film. Weird
maybe, but very good.)
Enough waffle.
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Lazlo Nibble
> So what's going to be on it? Well, I'd guess that all the singles'll be
> there...
I wouldn't count on EMI bothering to license the singles from Astronauts And
Heretics for the compilation...it's space that would be better spent on
mixes and rarities anyway. :-) ("The Jungle Line!")
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Lazlo (la...@unm.edu)
Al Crawford
>
> (If you knew about the following I apologise, haven't been reading this
> group very long). I came across the following 2-CD set (supposedly
> limited edition):
It's a good set but nothing to do with the forthcoming compilation. The
"Silk Pyjamas" singles were originally released in...umm, October 1992 or
thereabouts.
> Haven't listened to them yet - literally _just_ bought them, so I've
> no idea of the versions of puppet theatre and airhead are those already
> available or not.
The version of "Puppet Theatre" is the same as that on "Hyperactive!" - the
only other version that exists that I can think of is the live rendition on
_Live Wireless_. The inclusion of "Airhead" on a collection of supposed
rarities was a complete mystery to me - it's the bog-standard release,
identical to that on _Aliens Ate My Buick_.
> On the subject of puppet theatre, the music (esp the start) reminds me
> very much of the early (pre-dance) Thompson Twins work. Yes? No?
Well, I don't know if Dolby did work directly with the Twins, but the
common factor is probably Matthew Seligman - ex-Thompson Twins (back in the
days when the band alone could fill a venue) and frequent Dolby session
person during the _The Golden Age Of Wireless_ and _The Flat Earth_ era.
> (I also bought the soundtrack to "Gothic". I owned this once before & got
> rid of it cos I wasn't too impressed, but like I said, I've caught
> collectomania... I've also seen the film since. Very good film. Weird
> maybe, but very good.)
...although whoever it was at Virgin that sequenced the entire album as two
very long tracks should die a slow and painful death.
Jon Drukman
>Silk Pyjamas:
>Disk Two (which annoyingly comes in a plastic single-type CD box which
> makes the double-box from part one useless):
take the disc out, put it in the double box from Pt 1 and use the
slimline as a spare in case one of your other ones breaks.
>Haven't listened to them yet - literally _just_ bought them, so I've
>no idea of the versions of puppet theatre and airhead are those already
>available or not.
airhead is an edit of the album version. puppet theatre is the same
as on the 12".
>On the subject of puppet theatre, the music (esp the start) reminds me
>very much of the early (pre-dance) Thompson Twins work. Yes? No?
maybe. :)
>(I also bought the soundtrack to "Gothic". I owned this once before & got
>rid of it cos I wasn't too impressed, but like I said, I've caught
>collectomania... I've also seen the film since. Very good film. Weird
>maybe, but very good.)
nobody ever accused Ken Russell of making a non-weird film. some of
my other Ken Russell faves you might want to check out: Altered
States, Lair Of The White Worm, Salome's Last Dance, Women In Love.
Jon Drukman
>The inclusion of "Airhead" on a collection of supposed
>rarities was a complete mystery to me - it's the bog-standard release,
>identical to that on _Aliens Ate My Buick_.
well, not quite, they edited out roughly the last two minutes.
>Well, I don't know if Dolby did work directly with the Twins, but the
>common factor is probably Matthew Seligman - ex-Thompson Twins (back in the
>days when the band alone could fill a venue) and frequent Dolby session
>person during the _The Golden Age Of Wireless_ and _The Flat Earth_ era.
*bonk* thanks for jump-starting my brain. dolby was indeed a Twin -
check out their "In The Name Of Love" LP. and that's probably how he
met Matthew Seligman. or maybe they knew each other already... oh,
who cares...
Steve Albert
writes:
>> On the subject of puppet theatre, the music (esp the start) reminds me
>> very much of the early (pre-dance) Thompson Twins work. Yes? No?
>
>Well, I don't know if Dolby did work directly with the Twins, but the
>common factor is probably Matthew Seligman - ex-Thompson Twins (back in
the
>days when the band alone could fill a venue) and frequent Dolby session
>person during the _The Golden Age Of Wireless_ and _The Flat Earth_ era.
I was under the impression that Dolby did work with
Thompson Twins, circa "In the Name of Love," but I
don't know in what capacity.
BTW, is the Matthew Seligman you mentioned the same
one who was in the Soft Boys with Robyn Hitchcock?
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Steve Albert (albe...@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Department of Independent Study, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
"My friends know me as a master of dead air." - Marilyn Quayle
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Al Crawford
>
> I wouldn't count on EMI bothering to license the singles from Astronauts And
> Heretics for the compilation...it's space that would be better spent on
> mixes and rarities anyway. :-) ("The Jungle Line!")
I agree the space'd be better spent on rarities, but I don't see EMI having
any trouble licensing the singles - EMI *owns* Virgin :-) Dolby seemed
rather bemused by the whole thing - leaves EMI, signs to Virgin, EMI buys
Virgin. Guess they were really desperate to get him back :-)
Al
Philip M Hetherington
# ee9...@brunel.ac.uk (Phil) writes:
# >Silk Pyjamas:
# >Disk Two (which annoyingly comes in a plastic single-type CD box which
# > makes the double-box from part one useless):
# take the disc out, put it in the double box from Pt 1 and use the
# slimline as a spare in case one of your other ones breaks.
Then what do you do with the paper insert bit from the plastic box? In the
same vein, what do you do with the cardboard sleeve from Hyperactive! pt. 2?
It doesn't fit in with the booklet from pt. 1. Most annoying.
# >(I also bought the soundtrack to "Gothic". I owned this once before & got
# >rid of it cos I wasn't too impressed, but like I said, I've caught
# >collectomania... I've also seen the film since. Very good film. Weird
# >maybe, but very good.)
Whoever said about the indexing - yes. Thats why I got so annoyed with it &
got rid of it the first time round I think. I don't even know if I played it
all the way through...
Hmm, on the subject of the 'best of', since EMI bought Virgin just after
Dolby switched labels, does it really matter that much about licensing?
How much independance does Virgin still have? Just wondered.
Robert P Krajewski
>I've just caught Dolby collectomania...
Watch out, it can be debilitating to the wallet. But I can laugh now,
since I've got pretty much every version of every item that's been
discussed here on record.
>On the subject of puppet theatre, the music (esp the start) reminds me
>very much of the early (pre-dance) Thompson Twins work. Yes? No?
Good ear. Dolby was in the Thompson Twins (whatever that meant) early
on -- they used have seven members. I've got a TT single, and Dolby
appears in one of the photos on the gatefold sleeve.
Robert P Krajewski
>BTW, is the Matthew Seligman you mentioned the same
>one who was in the Soft Boys with Robyn Hitchcock?
Yes, Jon's Matthew Seligman is Robin Hitchcock's Matthew Seligman.
Dolby also supplies the "waves" on the last song on _Black Snake
Diamond Role_.
Drew Radtke
>On the subject of puppet theatre, the music (esp the start) reminds me
>very much of the early (pre-dance) Thompson Twins work. Yes? No?
I meant to ask this last week, but does anyone know why Puppet
Theatre sounds so familiar to me? Has it been used as the theme
to a TV show of some sort, of has the riff been nicked by some
other recording artist?
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Nik Newark plc
>>common factor is probably Matthew Seligman - ex-Thompson Twins (back in
>the
>>days when the band alone could fill a venue) and frequent Dolby session
>>person during the _The Golden Age Of Wireless_ and _The Flat Earth_ era.
>I was under the impression that Dolby did work with
>Thompson Twins, circa "In the Name of Love," but I
>don't know in what capacity.
>
>BTW, is the Matthew Seligman you mentioned the same
>one who was in the Soft Boys with Robyn Hitchcock?
Mmm. Same one. Also don't forget that Robyn played the part of Keith (of
"White City" fame on the Flat Earth). Now where was I? Bedfordshire. That's a
lousy place. Totally flat.
Interestingly enough, at the Soft Boys gig at the Concorde (Brighton)
recently, there was a beret'd gent with dolby-esque glasses looking much like
the man himself. Possible I suppose, due to having a single to promote in the
UK, whilst watching his "chum" Matthew Seligman play...?
Can anyone confirm/deny this? Mr Dolby?!??
Nik
Phil
# >BTW, is the Matthew Seligman you mentioned the same
# >one who was in the Soft Boys with Robyn Hitchcock?
# Mmm. Same one. Also don't forget that Robyn played the part of Keith (of
# "White City" fame on the Flat Earth). Now where was I? Bedfordshire. That's a
# lousy place. Totally flat.
Does anyone have a complete translation of that bit? Please?!
Liam Relihan
"I can't summon up any enthusiasm for the place at all...Oh, you're
not there either"
Do I have it right ?
For the uninitiated, there are the words spoken in a monologue at the
end of "White City".
BTW, Is there a BBC studio at a place called "White City" ?
Liam
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Steve Albert
>># Mmm. Same one. Also don't forget that Robyn played the part of Keith
(of
>># "White City" fame on the Flat Earth). Now where was I? Bedfordshire.
That's a
>># lousy place. Totally flat.
>
>not there either"
>
>Do I have it right ?
We're getting there... 8^)
There's also a bit in
the middle: "The whole thing was covered with
flowers--it's a shame, really, 'cause..." [inaudible]
Then: "I climb through a crack in the sky" "And he
screamed like this: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
There's more at the end: "Right, my idea, when we
started out, was to have sort of a rising up in the
form of an undulating, ovulating ground..."
I'm sure I've screwed some of this up, and there's
still some missing pieces: somebody HELP!
Phil
# >Nik Newark plc spake thus:
# >
# ># >BTW, is the Matthew Seligman you mentioned the same
# ># >one who was in the Soft Boys with Robyn Hitchcock?
# >
# ># Mmm. Same one. Also don't forget that Robyn played the part of Keith (of
# ># "White City" fame on the Flat Earth). Now where was I? Bedfordshire. That's a
# ># lousy place. Totally flat.
I asked:
# >Does anyone have a complete translation of that bit? Please?!
# "I can't summon up any enthusiasm for the place at all...Oh, you're
# not there either"
# Do I have it right ?
# For the uninitiated, there are the words spoken in a monologue at the
# end of "White City".
Um, theres a lot missing.
Let me try this from memory but I don't have it all:
where was I? Bedfordshire - thats a lousy place, you go round the A45, its
absolutely flat, I can't seem to summon up any enthusiasm for that sort of
thing...
You see my idea when we started out was to have it rising up ... undulating,
ovulating (...)
...Oh, you're not their either.
Thats entirely from memory so probably a few words wrong, but thats the gist
of it. But I'm sure theres bits I've never made out, which is why I asked.
Anyone fill it in/correct it?
# BTW, Is there a BBC studio at a place called "White City" ?
White City is in London - theres a tube station there on the Central Line
and, having worked for London Underground over last summer (well technically
I still do), I got sent there on one or two occasions. (actually its a bit
out of central London, the station is above ground by that point, but only
just). Um, west London, bit further out than the 'west end' (ie Picadilly
Circus, Leicester Square, etc for any of those people in the US/wherever
who've ever been there).
Um, I'm waffling, sorry :)
Almost right outside the tube station is a huge BBC studio building. Which
is I think all you really wanted to know, and you got a tourist guide to the
west end instead. Sorry.
Nik Newark plc
Where was I? Bedfordshire. That's a lousy place - on the A45. Totally flat -
I've got no enthusiasm for that at all. My original idea when we set out was
to have a rising and falling sort of undulating _ovulating_ ground which you
don't see so much these days....Oh you're not there either.
(There is another bit in the middle, but I can't remmember it).
BTW Robyn Hitchcock's albums are full of this kind of nonsense, and are well
worth checking out....
Derek Tearne
Woooh spooky, it just stopped playing moments ago. Hmmm, revers.....
Where was I? Bedfordshire, that's a lousy place, it's the A45 .. and you go
around utterly flat. I can't seem to summon up any any enthusiasm for
that sort of thing at all. Like, my idea, when we started out was to have a,
you know, rising up and <fum> undulating, ovulating ground, which you don't
get so much nowadays. Everything tends to be sort of piecemeal and staggered
which I don't think is really very exciting do you. Oh you're not there
either.
<Chirp Chirp Chirp -Muuluuu>
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Derek Tearne. de...@nezsdc.fujitsu.co.nz Fujitsu New Zealand
Some of the more environmentally aware dinosaurs were worried about the
consequences of an accident with the new Iridium enriched fusion reactor.
"If it goes off only the cockroaches and mammals will survive..." they said.
tom peters
>Right, at the risk of seeming like a complete geeky freaky type person,
>and despite the fact that I asked the original question, I have done a
>_complete_ transliteration of it. Thanks to everyone else who contributed
>in some way, and especially thanks to Thomas Dolby for being a genius in
>the first place.
At first I thought I was wacko, laughing at this obscure bit of my
musical Thomas Dolby history, but be damned if I didn't pull out the ol'
vinyl this weekend at see if your words were accurate. Who's wackier, you
or me? :)
It was actually motivation to pull out many old album and re-enjoy them.
I thank you.
TOM PETERS tpe...@ea.com from beautiful san francisco, california
"let 'em shake in the south, we'll pretend not to be
nervous."