This is great, Penny, thanks. You Spin Me Round is still a record I go to dance like it's still the eighties. Always remember seeing Pete Burns on Top of the Pops for the first time in 1985.
Lovely to read. Pete Burns was hyperrealistic. Sad he is no longer around. Great days visiting Probe, I always spoke to a chap who stood behind the counter on the right as you walked into the shop. He was always sniffing a marker pen. “ Anything worth buying?” fifteen year old me would ask. I still have the records.
Lovely. I'd never heard Nightmares In Wax before. Listening now--my cup o' tea!
Lovely tribute--thank you!
Nice one, Penny. On Pete and the grey days of the 70s. Thank you.
Such a perfect reflection of Pete, Penny. I always thought of him as a warm, wise, witty, beautiful soul with such originality and self-possession.
This is great, Penny, thanks. You Spin Me Round is still a record I go to dance like it's still the eighties. Always remember seeing Pete Burns on Top of the Pops for the first time in 1985.
Such a great tribute to him. You Spin Me Round is one of the songs featured on our Soho walk. Your point about the conformist 70s is so spot on.
Lovely to read. Pete Burns was hyperrealistic. Sad he is no longer around. Great days visiting Probe, I always spoke to a chap who stood behind the counter on the right as you walked into the shop. He was always sniffing a marker pen. “ Anything worth buying?” fifteen year old me would ask. I still have the records.
Brilliant stuff Penny!