The imagery is powerful, and watching Fripp in the background is perfect. If you aren't careful, the screen may get blurry for a moment or two.
For those who care, in 2002 Toyah became a prominent opponent of planned accommodation centres for asylum seekers near the Worcestershire village, Throckmorton. Protesting together with more than one thousand villagers, Toyah said: "The villagers are not anti-asylum seekers and they are not racists", adding that "it was not a simple black and white issue". Commenting on the Government's plans to build asylum centres in other rural areas, Toyah said: "This is only the first of 15. The sheer scale is mind-boggling. This is a small country – it's all happening illegally." Explaining her position further, Toyah spoke of how the local area lacked the infrastructure to provide meaningful everyday lives for those who were to live at the proposed centre.
I love Robert Fripp and King Crimson.
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Love this, thanks !
The opening sounds a little like the opening for “Station to Station”. This song is significant for me because I used translated the lyrics into Latin for extra credit back in 11th grade. I chose it because the lyrics are extremely simple. “I will be king!” ... “Rex erit!”
I am annoyed that the singer (and Bowie himself in some live concerts) reverse the verses. I always thought that dolphin business was lame. Oh well, keep it under 6:00 minutes.
Heroes was not initially well-received when it was released, but grew in stature over time. I like Fripp’s work on the hit “Scary Monsters” as well. His Frippertronics stuff is either Fripp going on a pseudo-existentialist nihilist bender, or an in joke I never quite got, but “Under Heavy Manners” is always good for a chuckle.
Amazing band. Missed seeing them when a huge thunderstorm knocked out the power at Poplar Creek way back in the day.
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