tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post6376420937169467262..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: Nik Kershaw - Human RacingMartin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-60668227675273731182011-08-17T05:24:43.983-04:002011-08-17T05:24:43.983-04:00Joshua, thank you so much for your comments. And ...Joshua, thank you so much for your comments. And I certainly can see what you are saying in interpretting these classic songs in a new, modern light. Good job. I look forward to your comments in the future.Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-32164986194766409612011-08-17T05:05:55.336-04:002011-08-17T05:05:55.336-04:00Hi Martin,
Found your post while looking for a re...Hi Martin,<br /><br />Found your post while looking for a review of Nik's debut album.<br /><br />"Wouldn't It Be Good" has been my anthem for the 80's all this while. The song has this tone of self-pity to it that i could readily identify even when i'm a grown up and (hopefully) wiser now.<br /><br />But taken in a new context this song could easily be about the state of the world today, with all its uncertainties. There's such a wide interpretation to it that i doubt if Nik intended it to be this way when he first wrote it.<br /><br />Besides the other singles, another song that offered a fresh perspective is "Cloak and Dagger". You mentioned that it has an "espionage theme" to it. But when i listened to it lately (after so many years), the words itself could mean nothing but words of warning about the powers that governments around the world holds over us. It's quite deep really. <br /><br />Sad to say that i had lost this album a long time ago. i can't find it on CD too. The record company should reissue and remastered this album like so many old albums which they had done.<br /><br />Anyway, must say your blog is quite interesting as it reviews some very obscure 80's albums that i have long forgotten. Keep up the good work.modernlifeisrubbishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12262612957583505053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-78763866214202196712011-08-05T17:18:43.911-04:002011-08-05T17:18:43.911-04:00Thank you again, Guy, for suggesting it. I enjoye...Thank you again, Guy, for suggesting it. I enjoyed it a lot.Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-4312401806224943702011-08-02T09:38:03.543-04:002011-08-02T09:38:03.543-04:00Great Album and one of my favourites from the earl...Great Album and one of my favourites from the early to mid 80s time period, sadly nowadays it's become quite difficult to find on cd and when it does it commands a high price because of it's scarcity, in my opinion it's nik's best work closely followed by The Riddle album, the songs are uniformly very strong from back to front and it's fair to say that the album is vastly underrated and deserving of much greater recognition, everytime i put this record on i'm transported back in time to 1984 being at secondary school and having no worries and just enjoying life and this great album. Guy aka @SirGuyOfNewWaveGuynoreply@blogger.com