tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224758638664523775.post4407839405390983114..comments2023-06-19T18:33:13.136+03:00Comments on The View from Pudding Island: N is for The NormalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165924940988488163noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224758638664523775.post-34818346279810371712014-04-17T18:22:37.295+03:002014-04-17T18:22:37.295+03:00LOL, as the young folk say. I've got the origi...LOL, as the young folk say. I've got the original single here - one of the essentials for life in Greece - so I'll have to dig it out to hear it in its full glory. As for Kraftwerk, not a bad idea, maybe another time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165924940988488163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224758638664523775.post-38778194397736505672014-04-17T16:33:38.481+03:002014-04-17T16:33:38.481+03:00Heavens to Betsy! I Did Not See That One Coming. T...Heavens to Betsy! I Did Not See That One Coming. The Normal was, of course, Daniel Miller, at the time still recording in his bedroom in his mum's maisonette in north London (I interviewed him there..). To think that the multi-million Mute Records empire (home to Depeche Mode et al) grew out of that maisonette bedroom. That Chicks on Speed version is excellent, even if they abandon the last line ('Let's all join the car-crash set'), but its Kraftwerk-y sound makes me wonder why you didn't include Dusseldorf's finest under K.<br /><br />Honorable mention for Grace Jones's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEfNaOrnB7UAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539520215398414769noreply@blogger.com