Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins #Whatever_happened_to...

Avui estrenem una nova sèrie d’apunts, anomenada “Que els va passar als ....?”. No per parlar de grups o cantants que han desaparegut del tot, sinó dels que han desaparegut de la meva vida. Aquells que en un moment donat, han sonat molt en la meva vida, però després els he perdut de la vista – potser encara toquen, però ja no m’arriben, o potser pels canvis en la meva vida ja no m’arriben, o potser s’han marxat a l’espai en un ovni.

En fi, als 1983-84, els Thompson Twins estaven molt presents en la meva vida, bàsicament gràcies al LP Into The Gap. Per llavors ja havien reduït el grup fins al line-up classic, de Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, i Joe Leeway. D’aquest LP, gairebé totes les cançons eren bones – en aquell moment! Després encara aguantarien a la cresta de l’ona un parell d’anys més, amb algun altre èxit, i tocant al Live Aid al 85. Al 86, Joe Leeway va deixar el grup i ja cada any es sentien menys i tenien menys èxit. I des de llavors ja no sabia res més...

Segons internet, Bailey i Currie van tenir una relació i família i es van mudar a Nova Zealanda, arribant a casar-se (91), i després divorciar-se (2003). Al 92 aquests dos van plegar el grup, i van començar un altre que es deia Babble, amb un parell de LPs durant els 90. Des de llavors Tom Bailey ha continuat treballant com productor o fent banda sonores i Alannah Currie va deixar la musica per començar una nova època d’artista de vidre.

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A new series of posts kicks off today, entitled “Whatever happened to ...?”. Not necessarily those singers or groups who have disappeared completely off the radar, but rather those who have disappeared from MY radar. Maybe they still sing, maybe they don’t, but I’m referring to those artists who at some point in my life have meant something to me, but then either through their or my fault, I’ve lost track of them.

Back in’83/84, the Thompson Twins were a great band, for me, with the LP Into The Gap being chockablock full of instant electro-pop hits. A this point in their career they had finally settled on the reduced line-up of the band, Joe Leeway, Alannah Currie, and Tom Bailey – remember those hair cuts?! For a couple of years they kept churning out hits and even played at Live Aid, but after that they became less and less successful as the 80s went on, and finally dropped out of my life.

So here’s where internet searches kick in. Joe Leeway left the band in 86 but the other two continued  as the Thompson Twins until 92 before calling it a day, and forming another group called Babble which had a couple of (unheard of for me) albums in the 90s. In their private lives they got together too, had a baby, got married, moved to New Zealand, and eventually split up in 2003. Tom Bailey has continued working in the music business, producing and writing soundtracks (to what?), whereas Alannah left to set up a glass-art workshop.