...And the fighting takes over
Version one Recorded 17th August 1981 for the Richard Skinner show, Radio 1. Broadcast August 1981. Later released on "Zoology" (2007) and "Wilder" deluxe edition (2013) Julian Cope - Vocals Troy Tate - guitar Jeff Hammer - Keyboards Alfie Agius - bass Ted Emmett, Luke Tunney - brass Version two Recorded Autumn 1981, released on "Wilder" album, November 1981. Julian Cope - vocals, bass? Dave Balfe - keyboards Troy Tate - guitar Ted Emmett, Luke Tunney - brass James Eller - bass? Written by Julian Cope Was it love at first sight? According to "Head on" it was. The Teardrop Explodes were on the east coast of America on their first proper foreign tour, playing their opening date in Albany. North of New York, north of Woodstock and Saugerties, north of Yasgurs Farm and Big Pink, these heroic places from the psychedelic sixties. These may have been playing on Cope's mind but he had more important worries - teaching the band the songs,...