A few reasons for posting this today. Chief amongst them is that yesterday was World AIDS Day, and singer Vaughn Toulouse lost his life to it at the beginning of the 90s. Also, I woke up with it in my head, which immediately took me back to December 1981 at the Michael Sobell Sports Centre in Islington. Where myself and Pete Hillis saw the Jam, Dept. S, The Questions and a very raw Bananarama play. We travelled down from Merseyside for this and I remember it being snowy and almost certainly freezing cold. Bananarama only played 3 tunes, and had a drum machine to back them. I don’t remember The Questions at all, but I do remember Department S, and Vaughn Toulouse, who definitely had presence. ‘Is Vic There?’ is a great track, with a big nod, whether by accident or design, to Blue Oyster cult’s ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’, proving that it’s all about context and delivery. We went back the same evening, and I remember feeling that £18 for the return journey felt like a bit of a rip off at the time.
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