This was shown on Channel 4 forty years ago last night; the first single from the band's debut album
SWOON which was released a couple of months later. Annie Nightingale had played it on her R1 Sunday show a couple of days earlier.
It's not an exaggeration to say that this changed my life. I absolutely loved this band and
SWOON was something like the soundtrack to 1984 for me.
Quote from: Slim on January 02, 2024, 12:38:47 PMThis was shown on Channel 4 forty years ago last night; the first single from the band's debut album SWOON which was released a couple of months later. Annie Nightingale had played it on her R1 Sunday show a couple of days earlier.
I've just heard the rather sad news that Annie Nightingale has died.
used to love her Sunday evening show on Radio 1. Think I first heard Red Lenses from GUP on that show. To think she was only a couple of years younger than my mum who wouldn't have had a clue about the majority of the stuff Annie was playing!
EDIT: And she kept evolving - I don't have a clue about much of the stuff she played in her latter years !
I liked her very much. RIP Annie.
I remember her introducing the OGWT that featured Todd in 1982..
Ah bollocks.
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