Song of the Day: 'Thinking of You' by the Colourfield

How depressing to hear about the death of Terry Hall, who fronted several brilliant bands of my youth. I pledged allegiance to the singer/songwriter in a 2009 blog post featuring songs by The Specials, Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Bananarama and Vegas. As the inspiration for the Go-Go's hit "Our Lips Are Sealed," he will live on forever. But it's realizing he was just 63 that stings the most -- around the same age as nearly every person I idolized back then. (This is really happening.) RIP. 

 

Read what the world of music -- including Jane Wiedlin, Elvis Costello, Belinda Carlisle, Boy George and the Specials -- are saying about the late great HERE.

You may recall Terry Hall invited a nascent Bananarama to sing backup on the Fun Boy Three single "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" back in 1982.

Music Box: Terry Hall

Considering how I am, it's surprising I've never gotten more obsessive about Terry Hall. His fun hair and acute anhedonia alone make me love him. But then you throw in the fact that he's been a part of some my favorite songs of the last 30 years -- "Ghost Town," "Ain't What You Do," "Really Saying Something," "Our Lips Are Sealed," "Can't Get Enough of You Baby," "Thinking of You" and "Walk Into the Wind" -- you'd think I'd have more than a compilation CD to show for it. Listen to what I mean:



Vegas featuring Siobhan Fahey: "Walk Into the Wind"



Fun Boy Three: "Our Lips Are Sealed"



The Colourfield: "Can't Get Enough of You Baby"



The Specials: "Ghost Town"



Bananarama featuring Fun Boy Three: "Really Saying Something"

And here's an exciting update to my Tom Tom Club post from January. Further supporting my belief that you should never give up on old music finally making it into the digital age, it's been reported that in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Island Records, a two-disc deluxe edition of the Tom Tom Club's debut album is about to be released, with the deluxe-ness being the hitherto unreleased "Close to the Bone" album! Unbelievable news. Can Slow Children be far behind?

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