This song changed our life, a long time ago.
We were out alone on our bike of an evening, cruising Seattle’s University District. Looking for an indeterminate something. 1979.
We stopped at Roxy Music, one of many little record shops around at that time. We dug through the singles bin. We saw the sleeve you now see at left. We put the 7-inch on the turntable and put on the headphones. Our mind was summarily blown. By the focused energy, the tidy musicianship, the very smart lyrics.
We listened to it a few more times and then bought the single. We went back out into the damp Seattle night air on our bicycle.
We can’t help but think of how different this experience was from how the average 14 year-old might be discovering this song right now, in the confines of her own bedroom, looking at a glowing screen.
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