Eureka, Hells Bells, By Jove !
At last it arrived, the compact disk that cost me a fortune – 30’000 ft over China by ‘The Passions’. I’ve been searching for more stuff by The Passions since I heard their early 80’s magnetic chart hit ‘I’m in love with a German film star’. The song has such an impact on me I had to hear more by them, so began my search. So on the strength of hearing one song I began to trawl the net for them, I looked on ebay, music sites and even emailed people in countries world wide. I knew they had cd’s out there, I just didn’t realise how rare they were. There were times I felt like giving up, they would just become a musical myth, never to be heard by me but then through pure chance (and maybe fate?) I found them. It happened as I looked on a website for rare Toyah stuff, I was checking links to other sites where I could get her rare tracks. I followed a link to a site called gemm.com who don’t actually sell music but have a database of people worldwide that do, people that specialise in rare items and well as stock the usual mainstream stuff. I did my search and there it was, I was so shocked I checked it again and again. So, after doing some homework on the site I ordered from a guy in the States and now I have it.
Is it any good?
Well some of you may think me foolish for ordering something on the strength of hearing one track, especially as the cd cost me nearly £40 but in all honesty – I’m very, very happy with it.
It has a nice early 80’s new wave feel to it combined with sublime and sometimes eerie lyrics weaving in and out of some nice guitar work. There’s elements of early goth in there, a definite post punk influence too but not radical stuff. Tracks of note include ‘Small Stones, Bachelor Girls, The Square and Skin Deep and of course German Film star’ I’ve no idea why ‘The Passions’ didn’t become more famous, there’s very little on the net about them. One site I did find has a discography and the author rightly enthuses about them and also remarks about the singer Barbara Cogan sings so ‘dispassionately’ about her love for a German film star.
So, I have some more ‘Passions’ and now I want more !
‘I’m in love with a German film star reached No.26 in the charts back in February 1981. The Passions originate from north London.
Is it any good?
Well some of you may think me foolish for ordering something on the strength of hearing one track, especially as the cd cost me nearly £40 but in all honesty – I’m very, very happy with it.
It has a nice early 80’s new wave feel to it combined with sublime and sometimes eerie lyrics weaving in and out of some nice guitar work. There’s elements of early goth in there, a definite post punk influence too but not radical stuff. Tracks of note include ‘Small Stones, Bachelor Girls, The Square and Skin Deep and of course German Film star’ I’ve no idea why ‘The Passions’ didn’t become more famous, there’s very little on the net about them. One site I did find has a discography and the author rightly enthuses about them and also remarks about the singer Barbara Cogan sings so ‘dispassionately’ about her love for a German film star.
So, I have some more ‘Passions’ and now I want more !
‘I’m in love with a German film star reached No.26 in the charts back in February 1981. The Passions originate from north London.
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