Of the two teardrops albums i prefer Wilder it’s more psychedelic than Kilimanjaro , and as a body of work the two albums are immense .
Culture Bunker grabbed me straight away it just seemed instantly scouse all those bah bah bahs .
We had new neighbours move next to my mum and dads house in a young couple early twenties, she was from Leeds he was from Liverpool he looked different apart from being a copper , flick moustache jeans adidas trainers , and for a young lad whose life evolved everthing two tone he was so different , my start in at being a casual consisted of a weekend shopping in Leeds M&S crew neck , bright coloured cords and hush puppie suedes , this didn’t go unnoticed by my new scouse neighbour , who had seen me one saturday in my new found clothes and culture at Elland Rd whilst he was on duty , then one evening he knocked on my parents door and asked for me , “what’s he done now” was the usual cry , but on this occasion he said i have something for him
, i went to the door and he gave gifted to me the two teardrop explodes albums and crocodiles by the bunnymen , i said thankyou and had no idea why at the time he gave them to me , he replied i saw you at the football last saturday with your mates while at work thought you like these , and left saying something along lines of behave yourself , played them to death and other than my parents love of the beatles it was my first introduction to Liverpool music scene which i’ve loved ever since , so here we are the Culture Bunker by The Teardrop Explodes it takes me back to the early eighties where it all began for me
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