Today's Memory Tape is from a listener called Steve. What else is there to know? Well, a number of years ago, when Steve was a goth, he and his lady friend karen made a tape together. Today, that tape is presented to the world, and here's Steve to tell us everything we need to know about it - remember, you can send us your memories and tapes in our 24 hour email service, email; lauren.6music@bbc.co.uk now:
"I have to say that Bugsy Malone number you played this morning whisked me way back to a time when I was a stage manager down in Worthing. The first stage I ever completely designed was for an amateur production of that show. Multi levelled, with places to stash the speakeasy furniture & even a place for the pedal sedans. Anyhoo, hearing the song really stirred memories, so I'll get to the point.
Many years back, when I was an aspiring Goth, I was going out with a girl called Karen (circa 1989-94ish). We had similar and varied taste in music and we introduced each other to artists which otherwise may have passed us by (much like 6 Music does for me today). The compilation we made was called Guns 'n' Daisies, named after my love of Clint Eastwood Westerns & Karen’s fondness for daisies (and drawing them on just about anything to hand). We listed a dozen of our (then) favourite tracks and made a compilation featuring a selection of both our choices. Karen had a copy, and so did I, for our Walkmans."
The full track list is as follows, with a (G) for my choice, a (D) for Daisy’s.
A
Icicle Works- Out Of Season (D)
The Mission- Serpents Kiss (G)
Terry Hall - The Windmills Of Your Mind (D)
The Last Cry - Sugar Tears (D)
Blondie - Shayla (D)
The Cult - Edie Ciao Baby (D/G)
The Cure- Charlotte Sometimes (D/G)
The Psychedelic Furs- Sister Europe (D/G)
Danielle Dax- Cat House (G)
Kate Bush- Wuthering Heights (D)
B
The Smiths- What Difference Does It Make? (G)
Buzzcocks- Ever Fallen In Love.. (G)
Icicle Works- Starry Blue Eyed Wonder (D)
Love & Rockets- Khundalini Express (G)
Stray Cats- Rock This Town (G)
The Godfathers- I Want Everything (G)
Martha & The Muffins- Echo Beach (G)
Icicle Works- Understanding Jane (G)
The Cure- A Forest (D/G)
Blondie- Cautious Lip (D)
Lou Reed- Perfect Day (D)
Leonard Cohen- The Sisters Of Mercy (D)
"I still listen to all of these artists and tracks as they now feature on my iPod.
I lost touch with Karen years ago now and currently reside in Hungary and your show is a regular part of my weekday mornings. There’s always something to inspire me for a good afternoon's play listing while I admin my The Cure Fan Forum (thecurecommunity). I know you probably get bazillions of these emails, but nothing ventured, nothing gained eh? Thanks for taking the time to read & I'd be thrilled if you felt you could pick a couple of the tracks for your Memory Tapes slot sometime."
Cheers
Steve
