[28] He began performing live again as Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey in 2014 and has since toured the UK, North America and Japan. In 1991, Bailey and Currie were married in Las Vegas and the following year moved to New Zealand with their two children. Thompson twins greatest hits releases discogs here #39 s to future days radio special (1985 music on vinyl: lies top of the pops 80s: quick step and side biography albums streaming links allmusic. Anschließend folgte eine erfolgreiche Amerika-Tournee. Artist information Type: Group Founded: 1977 Founded in: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Dissolved: 1993 (16 years) Area: United Kingdom ISNI code: 0000 0001 0719 7641 Rating. [6] Currie, who had been associated with the band for a few years, played and sang on the first album, but was not yet a full member. "Hold Me Now" is a song by British band the Thompson Twins. Ebenfalls 1984 steuerten sie den Song If You Were Here zur Teeniekomödie Das darf man nur als Erwachsener (Sixteen Candles) von John Hughes bei. We were going to move on. Doctor!" 10 SONGS 1. In 1977, the original Thompson Twins line-up consisted of Tom Bailey (born 18 January 1956, Halifax, Yorkshire)[5] on bass and vocals, Pete Dodd on guitar and vocals, John Roog on guitar, and Jon Podgorski (known as "Pod") on drums. [37], He continues to tour internationally, under the moniker "Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey," performing in the UK and also in North America in 2016. 1 dance club hit in the US,[7] and an album entitled In the Name of Love (consisting mainly of tracks from Set, with two others from A Product Of... (Participation)) was released in the US to capitalize on the song's popularity. There are old associations, associations we don't want because they don't reflect the way we feel today. You know, Lou Reed said whenever he played live he ended up going back to heroin music. [40], List of number-one dance hits (United States), List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart, "Where to start with '80s U.K. synth-pop", "The "Lost" Listen To London Documentary! [16] Other singles included a new version of the album track "Sister of Mercy" (UK No. Im selben Jahr folgte die Doppel-CD-Ausgabe von Here’s to Future Days sowie eine Doppel-CD mit den ersten beiden Alben A Product of … und Set, ebenfalls mit verschiedenen Bonustracks. Thompson Twins Discography Price Guide Recently Listed Email Alerts Refine Search Results. It became a No. 6. [27] He also performs with the Holiwater group from India. 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In 2016 he released his debut solo single, 'Come So Far'. Hold Me Now Lyrics Übersetzung Nein, schließe nicht Dein Herz vor dem, was Du fühlst Hold Me Now is a song by British band the Thompson Twins. Add to Cart (7) 38 % off. They continued as Babble until 1996, at which point the group permanently dissolved. Nach dem ersten Album verließ Shorter die Band, Currie wurde festes Mitglied und Bassist Matthew Seligman stieg ebenfalls bei der Band ein. Nachdem die Single In The Name Of Love überraschend die Spitze der US-Dance-Charts erklommen hatte, entschlossen sich der weiße Tom Bailey, die Neuseeländerin Alannah Currie und der dunkelhäutige Joe Leeway, künftig als Trio weiterzuarbeiten. 1985 beteiligten sich die Thompson Twins am Live-Aid-Projekt von Bob Geldof. The band became a prominent act in the US during the Second British Invasion, and in 1985 performed at Live Aid in Philadelphia, where they were joined onstage by Madonna.[4]. Seitdem lebt Tom Bailey in Frankreich, zusammen mit seiner neuen Lebensgefährtin und Schauspielerin Lauren Drescher. Außerdem hat er für diverse Filme instrumentale Musik komponiert und arrangiert. Doctor! – 1981 Film about Post Punk Indy Rebellion in UK", "British Chart Singles: Love On Your Side – Thompson Twins", "To Die For – She was the crazy-haired singer in 80s synth-pop band the Thompson Twins. Though the band had chosen to produce themselves, the postponement caused them to rethink the project and producer Nile Rodgers was subsequently called in to rework the album with them. The single "Come Inside" reached No. 7 in the US Dance Chart[7] and No. 15)[4] and followed by the single "King For A Day", which peaked at No. Es folgten im selben Jahr das Album Here’s to Future Days und die Singles Don’t Mess with Doctor Dream und Lay Your Hands on Me. However, at the same time, manager Hade convinced Bailey, Leeway and Currie to downsize the Thompson Twins to a core of the three in April 1982. Price New from Used from Audio CD, Import, April 15, 2016 "Please retry" $9.69 . 2, their highest UK singles chart placing[4] and which earned a silver disc). 1988 bekamen Bailey und Currie ihr erstes Kind. A brand new single, "Lay Your Hands on Me", was released in the UK in late 1984 and reached No. British synthesizer act whose pop focus on songs like "Hold Me Now" helped achieve steady success on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1980s. 3)[15] and "You Take Me Up" (UK No. Artist Overview of Thompson Twins on OLDIES.com Sales. Dodd and Roog formed a band called Big View (with Edge on drums) and recorded a single called, "August Grass", which was released on Point Records (owned by Merton, the Thompson Twins publisher) in 1982. Their roadie at that time was John Hade, who lived in the same house, and who later became their manager. [4][7][10] They then released their third album, Quick Step & Side Kick (called simply Side Kicks in the US),[7] which peaked at number 2 in the UK and was later certified platinum. Hold Me Now 2. Стаж: 13 лет ... Thompson Twins - Play With Me (Jane) / The Saint Thompson Twins - Play With Me (Jane) Saxophonist Jane Shorter left and was replaced by Currie (who also played percussion), and bassist Matthew Seligman, a former member of the Soft Boys and the Fallout Club, joined;[1] leaving Bailey to switch to keyboards, with Leeway starting to handle vocals on some tracks. (UK No. [12] Currie described this group as a "rapidly growing network of politically non-aligned women who are actively resisting the use of genetically-engineered material in our food and on our land". Nachdem Alannahs Schwester an Creutzfeldt-Jakob verstorben war, gründete sie in Neuseeland die Organisation „Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment“ (MAdGE), in der sie sich für unmanipulierte Nahrungsmittel einsetzte.. Im Jahre 2003 ließen sich die beiden Thompson Twins scheiden. Die Thompson Twins waren eine britische New-Wave-Band der 1980er Jahre. In dieser Konstellation wurde das erste Thompson-Twins-Album A Product of … (Participation) eingespielt. Da das Projekt jedoch keinen nennenswerten Erfolg verbuchen konnte, wurde es nach kurzer Lebensdauer wieder eingestellt. Sie veröffentlichten die Alben The Stone im Jahr 1993 und Ether im Jahr 1996, einer der Songs wurde im Film Die Coneheads mit Dan Aykroyd gespielt. The Thompson Twins became fixtures on MTV during the 1980s as the videos for "Hold Me Now", "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "King for a Day" were played frequently. to the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization. [26] He has also arranged soundtracks and has provided instrumental music for several films. 6),[7] and a cover of the Beatles' 1968 hit "Revolution", which failed to make the UK Top 40. They released two albums, in 1993 and 1996.[1]. I Thompson Twins sono stati un gruppo musicale rock britannico Storia del gruppo. He even said that the only instruments they had were bought, or had been stolen or borrowed. They first went to Egypt and then to the Bahamas, where they recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau with producer Alex Sadkin. Prior to this, Bailey and Currie (who were now a couple) had their first child together in 1988,[1] and in the following years they spent a lot of time writing material for other artists including the hit single "I Want That Man" for Debbie Harry in 1989. Mit einer England-Tournee, unterstützt von vier Begleitmusikern, machte die Band neues Material, die 1983 veröffentlichte LP Quick Step & Side Kick und die Singles Lies und Love on Your Side bekannt. [1] The single "Sugar Daddy" peaked at No. As Podgorski had decided to stay in the north, the group auditioned for drummers at the Point Studio in Victoria, London. und Hold Me Now platzierten sich hervorragend. Bailey described them, laughingly, as having been "spongers" at the time, for they were living on very little money, and scavenging everything they could lay their hands on. Ships from and sold by RAREWAVES-IMPORTS. März 2021 um 15:56 Uhr bearbeitet. Der Name Thompson Twins wurde nach den zwei bekannten Detektiven Schulze und Schultze (im Englischen „Thomson and Thompson“) aus der Comicserie Tim und Struppi von Hergé gewählt. In the mid-1990s, Currie gave up the music business to set up her own glass-casting studio in Auckland and concentrated on raising her two children. After leaving the Thompson Twins in 1986, Leeway briefly dabbled in acting and attempted a solo music career, though neither were successful. 1993–1996: Babble [18] In 1990, Bailey and Currie contributed the song "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" [1] 1991's Queer would be the band's swansong, and was supported by various techno-inspired singles under the moniker of Feedback Max (in the UK) to disguise the identity of the band to club DJs. The band embarked on a world tour in support of the album, which had also made the US top ten. 11), and "The Gap" (though this was not released in the UK). View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1983 Vinyl release of Hold Me Now on Discogs. Andrew Edge joined them on drums for 18 months, and went on to join Savage Progress, who later toured with the Thompson Twins as the support act on the band's 1984 UK tour. [36], In 2014, Bailey also took part in the Retro Futura Tour in the US, along with Howard Jones, Midge Ure, China Crisis and Katrina Leskanich (formerly of Katrina and the Waves). "Hold Me Now" was released in late 1983. Currie later married Jimmy Cauty (formerly of The KLF) and now lives and works in London. Thompson Twins. The remaining Thompson Twins, who had not in fact "broken up", decided to go abroad to free themselves of any UK influence, as well as to combine the songwriting for their first album as a trio with a long holiday. 3 in the US in the spring of 1984 becoming their biggest American hit. [8] When "In The Name Of Love" (and the parent album Set) failed to make a substantial impact in the UK record charts, this plan was abandoned. 8 on the US chart. Set contained the single "In the Name of Love", sung and largely written by Bailey. Sie bestritten zwei Jahre lang hauptsächlich Liveauftritte. The album was eventually released in September 1985, reaching the UK Top 5 and US Top 20,[7] though failed to come close to the success of Into The Gap. 2. you take me up 3. day after day 4. sister of mercy 5. no peace for the wicked. Top of the Pop Hits - The 80s - Disc 3 $ 4.98 on Sale. [1] Thomas Dolby played some keyboards on Set and some live gigs, for Bailey at that time had little experience with synthesizers. In Stock. [19] The billboard, featuring a young woman with four breasts hooked up to a milking machine, caused huge controversy but won several international art awards. Roog lives in Chesterfield, and was previously in a senior position in, Seligman worked for a law firm in London and has played in, This page was last edited on 3 April 2021, at 14:18. In Stock. We weren't going to be a rock 'n' roll band, we weren't going to have a guitar. [20][21] Bailey and Currie divorced in 2003, and both left New Zealand to live separately in the UK. Watch the video for Hold Me Now from Thompson Twins's 100 Movie Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Thompson Twins Greatest Hits Releases Discogs. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified Platinum by the BPI. Details. [3] Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. Für das 1998 in die Kinos kommende Coming-out-Drama Edge of Seventeen komponierte Tom Bailey die Filmmusik. You Take Me Up Artist: THOMPSON TWINS Hold Me Now $ 5.98 on Sale. [38], In 2016, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey received the Classic Pop magazine's 'Best Live Show' award. It was preceded by the single "Don't Mess With Doctor Dream" (UK No. Als Ergebnis veröffentlichte er im Juli 2018 mit Science Fiction sein erstes Soloalbum überhaupt. [1] "In the Name of Love" was given a new lease on life in 1988, after a remix by Shep Pettibone made the Top 50 in the UK. Danach zogen sie nach London um und bekamen Kontakt zur Hausbesetzer-Szene. [24] As well as several solo shows in London her work has also been exhibited at both the Guildhall Art Gallery and the Geffrye Museum.[25]. He continues to make music under the moniker International Observer and has released the albums Seen (2001), All Played Out (2005), and Felt (2009). Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. [7] The band's new album, Into the Gap, was released in early 1984 and became one of the year's biggest sellers, selling five million copies worldwide. "We Are Detective" (1983) "Watching" (1983) "Hold Me Now" (1983) "Watching" is a 1983 song by the British pop group Thompson Twins.Watching" is a 1983 song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. [1] The act's first release as a duo was the North America-only single "Nothing In Common", issued in July 1986. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. Love on Your Side 4. 13 in the UK charts. Thompson Twins en HoliWater.com Artist: Title: Label: Cat … In 2018 Tom released a new album entitled Science Fiction. Die Band formierte sich im April 1977 in Sheffield, ursprünglich aus den Bandmitgliedern Tom Bailey (Bass und Gesang), Pete Dodd (Gitarre und Gesang), John Roog (Gitarre) und Jon „Pod“ Podgorski (Schlagzeug). Hold Me Now ~ Release by Thompson Twins (see all versions of this release, 3 available) The following compilations were released in various territories but did not chart: In the Name of Love (U.S. only release compiling tracks from the first two albums) (1982); The Best of Thompson Twins (1991); The Collection (1993); Singles Collection (1996); Greatest Hits (1996); The Best of Thompson Twins (1998); Master Hits (1999); Hold Me Now (2000); Platinum & Gold Collection (2003) Leeway left the band in 1986, and the remaining duo of Bailey and Currie carried on making music for another seven years. 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Label: Arista - 106 037,Arista - 106 037-100 • Format: Vinyl 7 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (1983, Vinyl) | Discogs Nothing in Common 9. [12] During 1983, the band had the opening spot on the Police's concert tour in the US. 4 in their native UK[13] where it became the band's biggest seller earning a gold disc,[14] and reached No. It peaked at No. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1983 Vinyl release of "Hold Me Now" on Discogs. Tom remarried artist Lauren Drescher, and he currently resides in France and London. Up until now, it’s been full speed ahead for the Thompson Twins. Records. Further hit singles from the album followed with "Doctor! [17] A second planned tour of the UK in 1985 was also scrapped due to the promoter declaring bankruptcy. Im Jahre 1984 erschien ihr Album Into the Gap, das sich bereits wenige Tage nach der Veröffentlichung auf dem ersten Platz der Charts befand und bald darauf Platin erhielt. The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes (1988) Thompson Twins - Greatest Hits (1990) Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins album) (1993) Love on Your Side - The Best of Thompson Twins (2007) Remixes & Rarities: Collection of Classic 12' (2014) Enlaces externos. FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Attivi ... tra cui Doctor Doctor, King For A Day, Hold me now, In the Name of Love, You Take Me Up, Lies, ... (EN) Thompson Twins, su Discogs, Zink Media. This item: Hold Me Now: Very Best of by Thompson Twins Audio CD $7.39. See all 12 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Mit diesem Projekt gewann er einen Award als „Producer of the year“. [4] All three band members worked collectively on songwriting with Currie providing lyrics and Bailey melodies. 2014 trat Bailey erstmals seit 27 Jahren wieder mit Songs der Thompson Twins auf der Bühne auf. The earlier members went on to do other things: Bailey performed Thompson Twins songs live for the first time in 27 years on 17 August 2014 at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire for the Rewind South Festival. Alannah Currie, die zwar immer mit der Band zu tun hatte und auch ein paar kleine Parts auf dem ersten Album zum Besten gab, war bis dahin aber kein fester Bestandteil der Band. [4] At various stages they had up to seven members, but their best-known incarnation was as a trio between 1982 and 1986. The song was an international chart success, peaking at No. Im Jahre 2003 ließen sich die beiden Thompson Twins scheiden. Während der Tourneen bekam Bailey allerdings auch Lust, neben den älteren Titeln neue Songs zu komponieren. 1991 heirateten Tom und Alannah und zogen mit ihren beiden Kindern nach Neuseeland. The album was recorded during 1983 at Compass Point Studios, in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Alex Sadkin who had produced the band's previous album.. 1999 produzierte Tom das Album „Mix“ der neuseeländischen Band Stellar, wo er auch Keyboard spielte. Dort gründeten sie mit Keith Fernley, inspiriert durch diverse Indien-Aufenthalte ihrerseits, die Band Babble, die musikalisch dem Trance/Ambient zuzuordnen ist. Dodd managed to get a council flat (public housing) not far away. Hold Me Now (Extended Version by Phil Thornalley) (9:51) (128kbps) ... Вот источники: Rate Your Music и Discogs. After the success of "In the Name of Love", Bailey, Currie and Leeway, wanting to pursue the single's different sound, toyed with the idea of starting a new band on the side, which they planned to call 'The Bermuda Triangle'. The Thompson Twins were placed ninth. [2], grau schraffiert: keine Chartdaten aus diesem Jahr verfügbar, Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung, The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes, Zuletzt bearbeitet am 9. Love on Your Side - The Best of Thompson Twins In 1981, the line-up became Bailey, Dodd, Roog, Bell and two new members: former band roadie Joe Leeway on congas and percussion, and Jane Shorter on saxophone. It was in this ramshackle and run-down house that they found an illegal way of "borrowing" electricity from the house next door. The "Roll Over" single was then cancelled at the last minute and the new album postponed. Beide Alben beinhalten alles, was in der jeweiligen Zeit eingespielt wurde, einschließlich verschiedener Remixe und B-Seiten der ausgekoppelten Singles. Im März 2008 wurden die Alben Quick Step and Side kick und Into the Gap als Doppel-CDs wiederveröffentlicht.
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