This song reminds me of a Peugeot 309, a leg of lamb and rehearsals for ‘Grease’
- a show where I appeared as an eighteen year old with my friends Nick Lowe and Ed.
Back in 1986 when Ed and I were appearing in a dancing school production of ‘Grease’ at Countesthopre College in Leicestershire, Ed used to pick me up from my house and we would make the journey in his mother’s car until the time he bought his own car during the run – a blue VW Beetle. One day when his mother’s car was at the garage for a service the garage lent her a Peugeot 309 and Ed came and picked me up in it. Bizarrely someone had left a leg of lamb on the back seat and I can’t recall whether or not the tape in the stereo was already there or one that Ed had brought with him but this song was on the tape and we played it a number of times as we sped along to the rehearsal!
I’ve always enjoyed the Eurythmics since the demise of ‘The Tourists’ and their renaissance as a new musical force as my friend Melanie was a real devotee and had their first album ‘In The Garden’ which was out a while before ‘Sweet Dreams’ brought them to the attention of the masses. I love this song in particular because it reminds me of the fun we had doing ‘Grease’ and listening to it in the car…
Now listen to the song…..
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