Google Cures Earworms
Had a song in my head this morning from a band that I didn’t know. The only lyrics I could remember were “...collapsing new people. Watch them. Collapsing.”
So I turned to Google, typed in lyrics “collapsing new people”. Immediately I learned the song was by Fad Gadget. Even better there was a link to a site that allowed me to listen to the song. Typing in “Fad Gadget” at Wikipedia and I learned that the band was really one man, Frank Tovey, who signed to Mute records, the same label as Depeche Mode.
Tovey influenced the Goth and Industrial genres of rock, and died in 2002 of a heart attack after touring with Depeche Mode in ‘01.
I recall flipping past Fad Gadget records looking for Front 242, but I guess one of Tovey’s songs stuck. Although dated, the song isn’t half bad even 24 years after its release.
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