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That must have derailed your train of thought. Oh but how I can relate to this particular distraction and I usually intercept it with a track from " The Pleasure Principle " or something by John Foxx- 20th Century works well for me...

Well, today, there I was sat at my desk at work, quietly singing 'Endlessly' from start to finish. My colleague intervened at one point and asked me what I was singing. When I told her she said 'Who? Never heard of him'! I ignored her for the rest of the day, disgusted at her ignorance! Some people have no taste..!!

S

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Don't worry Sarah you're not alone. I have to explain to people who JF is. I usually say have you heard of Ultravox and then I say JF was their lead singer before MU. Some people are still none the wiser.

I was singing The Laughing Gnome in my head last night by Bowie. I have just brought his album London Boy and that song is on it. When it gets in your head it's hard to shake off.

Peter

Ever tried wandering into Woollies and asking for a Foxx & Gordon album?
I don't recommend it.
The PFY suggested Foster and Allan....

Hi Sarah,

You are not alone. A snapshot of a pub conversation last summer;

'John Foxx'
'Who?'
'John Foxx'
'Never heard of him.'
'Metamatic? One of the first British electronic pop albums?'
'Don't know it. I do like that really early electronic stuff though, like Orbital...'

Jesus wept...

You know I do my best to spread the word about John's music, but it is so amazing how many people don't know who he is!

They don't know what they're missing out on do they?!!

I'm sitting at home today, had a day off. Trying to be creative with the old synth - I'll have to let you guys have a listen when I get some stuff together!! You'll probably be horrified!!

S

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You're so right Sarah. People don't know what they are missing. There again John didn't want fame and glory so I guess we're lucky that we know about him.
Peter

In the ten and a half years of following john ive lost count the amount of times ive had to explain who john is. Its a really nice surprise when you get the odd person who has heard of him.

well ... @ one point , when i mentioned the name "john foxx" to a colleague of mine , he replied "yeah ... i know his images , of course ... they are really great !" - see for yourself here @ http://www.fotosearch.de/john-foxx/ :-o

now tell me that this "lifegrab" thing isn't @ least a wee bit true ! ;-o

Unfortunately, it's not the same John Foxx!