Monday 12 September 2011

Harmful Elements In The Air


Let's start the week with Siouxsie. 1978's number 7 hit Hong Kong Garden managed to sound icily cool while being about a Chinese takeaway in Chislehurst. Paul Morley wrote 'Its Oriental authenticity, its flickering eroticism, its simple beauty pushed it deep into the charts'. If I ever write anything like that, feel free to tell me to delete the post. In fact, the whole blog. The song survives Morley's description.

Edit. Grammar (possessive apostrophe) corrected. Thanks to DavyH. Apologies to Paul Morley.

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8 comments:

  1. Francesca B.12 September 2011 at 15:34

    This song was definitely playing at my school's first-year orientation week, from the university radio station's booth! I didn't recognize it but my friend told me it was Siouxsie and the Banshees.

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  2. davyh12 September 2011 at 15:50

    Was only spinning this the other day myself.

    PS: Never mind the pretention, did Mr Morley really also misuse the possessive apostrophe thus?

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  3. Swiss Adam12 September 2011 at 16:47

    Ha- have to check on Morley's use f apostrophe. Could be a transcription error.

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  4. davyh12 September 2011 at 17:49

    I sincerely hope so.

    Word verif = 'eumince' - thanks, I will.

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  5. Mondo12 September 2011 at 23:27

    I don't mind his description actually - and Love in a Void is another treat

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  6. Simon13 September 2011 at 11:46

    I quite like Morley's writing I'm afraid. I love this song too.

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  7. Swiss Adam13 September 2011 at 18:00

    I like his writing some of the time. And sometimes I don't.

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  8. Echorich8 October 2011 at 04:24

    In the end to Paul Morely, it only matters if HE likes the way he writes...

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