Dirk Star
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Posted: Feb. 24 2010, 03:32 |
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Yeah just to wrap up the stalking thing.I must admit every time I hear The Pet Shop Boys now I often wonder what became of her.My friend was a pretty good natured friendly guy you know,as were his family for that matter.But with regards to his sister they just did`nt know what to do at all.Rather sadly they almost kind of dis-owned her really,when she quite obviously needed some kind of urgent help.The Italian law actauly sounds like quite a good thing to me as it would possibly "nip it all in the bud" before it had a chance to go anywhere.That said,whatever the initial problem was could always kind of manifest in different ways I guess.But I still think it`s better than doing nothing,or worse still,leaving it too late.
Anyway way o/t, I apologise.. I do agree with you Ugo that Mike wasn`t really a singles artist,for all he did make some good ones here and there.Heaven`s Open was certainly up there with the best of them for me.But because it was in that sort of AOR/friendly style that many of Mike`s songs were of course.It probably came out about 5/6 years too late for it to be a major hit.Certainly that was the case in this country anyway.I`d guess Virgin were probably aware of that and as a consequnece maybe did try a little bit (in their own way),to get it into the charts.I don`t think it got much airplay though,although I could be wrong.The only time I heard it on the radio over here was when Mike Read played it,who usualy had better taste than most.But back then Read was kind of the stand-in guy,you know you`d only ever hear him when somebody was on holiday or something.Imo though had it come out around the mid 80`s or something it very well could`ve been a big hit for him.I dare say they (Virgin) might`ve even left it alone. 
It`s all pure specualtion though and it`s no doubt just as likely Mike decided to add the extra guitar parts himself.If Heaven`s Open had been a big hit though,do you think Mike might`ve changed his mind and signed a new contract? 
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Stalking is a criminal offence here (it's become one recently), which may be punished by jailing from one month up to three years, and even longer if it's particularily serious. And it's not limited to follow someone wherever they go: if you phone someone in the middle of the go and then you hang up as soon as they answer, that's stalking. I never really thought of that...
