I can't remember the last time I heard a song I had completely forgotten. But it happened to me yesterday just as my wig was getting cut. I loved this song when it came out. Loved it so much that it disappeared down the memory hole for 29 years. Here it is in case it slips my mind again ...
Saturday, 8 November 2014
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Same here. I have an excellent memory and I knew the song and liked it a lot when it came out in 1985, which was probably the worst year of my life.
ReplyDeleteI completely forgot it until I heard it on the radio when I was at a car show in Didsbury, Manchester a couple of years ago. I was also living in Didsbury in 1985 when I last remembered the song.
It has played every day since then in my YouTube mix and the extended version - which passed me by in 85, is even better.