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Posted in 1984, 1984 January, February, March, United Kingdom
Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up
Songs and work have always been a delicate combination, especially when it comes to the songs of workers in desperate conditions. And often, from despair, great music was born. The first example that comes to mind is blues, with its origins in the songs of slaves working in cotton plantations in the southern United States,
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80sneverend
Posted in 1983, 1983 January, February, March, United Kingdom
Thompson Twins – Love on your side
January 1983 was really important for the history and career of Thompson Twins. They had borrowed their name from the funny detectives of the novel “Tin Tin”, Thomson and Thompson. At those times the Thompson Twins were living in the suburbs of London,
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…actually they had a full year’s hangover! 30 years ago they were at the top of their success, but their star was about to get weaker and weaker, also due to a collapse of one of the members. And yet, in summer 1985 they were reached, on Live Aid’s stage,
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