As nostalgically fun as it was to see a chubbier, balder and 25-years-older Thomas Dolby performing “The Flat Earth” in yesterday’s post, I must cop to a special adoration for his “Windpower” (also from The Golden Age of Wireless), with its Gary-Numan’s-synths-meet-Peter-Gabriel’s-gated-reverb-drums and New Romantic lyrical idealism.
I wish this YouTube clip could convey the scienterrific thump blasting from my speakers right now, as I click PUBLISH:
Video: Thomas Dolby, “Windpower”
I might’ve had a little bit of a crush on Dolby. Or wanted to be him.
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Odd coincidence. I went into Radio Shack yesterday and She Blinded Me With Science was playing on the store’s sound system.