In 1987, The Style Council released their third studio album, The Cost of Loving. The album’s fourth song, ‘Fairy Tales’, is sung using feminine pronouns—clearly referring to Margaret Thatcher, then Prime Minister of the UK—but the first verse of the lyrics is printed as follows: The giant towers over all But from close distance he don’t seem [...]
Tag: 1987
Lunch in Shibuya (a poem)
Remembering an afternoon from 1987 or thereabouts… I never did figure out who that actress was You pointed her out during lunch but I recognized neither the name nor the face I have no memory of it now I may have seen her later on TV If I did, I don’t remember I remember the [...]
Flashback: 1987 (part 3): Summer 1987 (part 1)
This was to be my last post about the trials and tribulations of the summer of 1987, as things took several turns for the worse… If I thought that the first half of 1987 had been difficult, well, nothing quite prepared me for that summer in Tokyo. When I came back to Seattle in October [...]
Flashback: 1987 (Part 2)
The 24th Birthday State of Mind Tapes March 16, 1987 Part 1: A David Sylvian – "Gone To Earth" (Virgin) Kate Bush – "Running Up That Hill" (EMI) The Style Council – "My Ever Changing Moods" (Polydor) Joe Jackson – "The Verdict" (A&M) Prince – "Sometimes it Snows in April" (Paisley Park) Ryuichi Sakamoto – "Ballet Mécanique" (School/Midi) Supertramp – "The Logical Song" (A&M) Simply Red – "Holding Back the Years" [...]
Flashback: 1987 (Interlude)
The Beatles Please Please Me CDP 7 46435 2 With the Beatles CDP 7 46436 2 A Hard Day's Night CDP 7 46437 2 Beatles for Sale CDP 7 46438 2 Help! CDP 7 46439 2 Rubber Soul CDP 7 46440 2 Revolver CDP 7 46441 2 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band CDP 7 46442 2 all Parlophone 1987 One [...]
Flashback: 1987 (Part 1)
Prince – “Sign “☮” the Times”* Paisley Park 0-20648 (12-inch single) 1987 U2 – The Joshua Tree Island 7 90581-2 (CD) 1987 Amidst all the anxiety and pathos swirling around inside my head, these two records were released. Prince's new single, "Sign “☮” the Times", came out in February (the album of the same name wouldn't hit the shops until the end [...]
Flashback: 1987 (Prelude)
1987 will undoubtedly be the subject of a lot of posts on this blog. It was, simply, that kind of year for me—in as many different ways as you can interpret "that". In nearly every respect possible—physically, geographically, emotionally, and a few other "-ly"s—I was in a different place at the end of the year than I [...]
