The Soundtrack of a Heartbreak Beat: Week One Hundred and Twenty: Thompson Twins - "Love On Your Side"

So I was browsing pollstar.com the other day, and not only did I see that my beloved Psychedelic Furs will be in Dallas on October 31st, but I also noticed that Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins will be part of the Retro Futura Tour along with Howard Jones (but c'mon, guys, MONDAY, September 8th, and out in Grand Prairie, nonetheless?!?!?! I won't be making that one!!! And why won't Echo & the Bunnymen jump on the bandwagon and come to Dallas??? How dare they schedule a North American tour and leave me out?!?!? But I digress...) I figured it was just about time to share some Thompson Twins with you.

However, I'm not going to include "Hold Me Now" or "Doctor! Doctor!" or even "Lay Your Hands on Me" because you can easily locate those. Instead, I'm going to include a few of my favorites that I don't hear as frequently called "Love On Your Side", "You Take Me Up", and "King For A Day". Also, most people are well aware that their tune, "If You Were Here", appeared on the soundtrack for the film, Sixteen Candles, but not as many people know that they also contributed a song to the Cool World soundtrack called "Play With Me".

And before I go, I will share a sweet little Thompson Twins story with you... I worked for Hilton's corporate office in the early 2000s, and they had a call center located in Carrollton. Since we were not assigned permanent seating, you never knew where you would end up sitting that day. One afternoon, I got stuck by this older lady, whom I always found to be a little odd, and that was seriously "the pot calling the kettle" there. Anyhoo, we somehow got on the topic of Thompson Twins, in between taking our reservation phone calls, and we discussed everything from the reason why Alannah Currie shaved off her eyebrows to Tom and Alannah moving to a sheep farm in New Zealand and working with glass. So a few days later, she came in to work with two Thompson Twins albums. She said that she was at Half Price Books and that they were only $2 a piece, so she picked them up for me. Some people are so thoughtful... I just wish I could run into more people like her in this world and fewer of the a*holes!!! I will include pics of my albums below...