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United Balls – “Pogo In Togo”, “Good Understanding”, “Blackbird”, “Gisela”, “Gänseblümchen”, “No More Feelings” and “Sur Le Pont D’Avignon”

by Paul

I think it was 1978 on a trip to Germany, before I lived there, that I came across German band United Balls, whose 1981 album “Pogo In Togo” I would later acquire, with songs like “Blackbird”, Good Understanding”, “Gisela” and the title track “Pogo In Togo”. What I of course couldn’t know was that I […]

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Lou Reed – “Take A Walk On The Wild Side”, “Vicious”, “Sweet Jane” And “Berlin”

by Paul

Lou Reed (of the Velvet Underground) was and still is a bit different, and “Take A Walk On The Wild Side” is no exception. Kinda weird, but sticks in your mind…. doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doooooop… :-). He did come to […]

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Kansas – “Dust In The Wind” and “Carry On Wayward Son”

by Paul

“Dust In The Wind” from Kansas features strongly in a short story I once wrote that takes place in a bar in (then West) Berlin, which in turn always reminds me of a Kate Bush song that begins with the line “You’ll find me in a Berlin bar in a corner, brooding” (“Saxophone Song” from her first album “The Kick Inside”.)

Last time I went back to that bar, some years ago, it had turned into a bright, slightly sterile pizzeria. No atmosphere and certainly no “Dust In The Wind” playing.

Anyway, back to “Dust In The Wind” itself.

This is the studio version accompanying what appears to be a privately made music “video” filmed on 8 mm film in 1977 and recently salvaged by the filmmaker’s son:

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