THE THOMPSON TWINS AT THE SEASHORE
No other band in the British syncopop sweepstakes boasts greater bounce to the ounce. Indeed, to get some idea of what the Thompson Twins are like on stage in their best moments, picture three over-inflated basketballs newly dropped from the penthouses of adjoining skyscrapers.
THE THOMPSON TWINS AT THE SEASHORE
John Mendelssohn
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No other band in the British syncopop sweepstakes boasts greater bounce to the ounce. Indeed, to get some idea of what the Thompson Twins are like on stage in their best moments, picture three over-inflated basketballs newly dropped from the penthouses of adjoining skyscrapers.
Considering that there are three of them, and that they’re multi-racial (English, Irish/Nigerian, and New Zealish), theirs is clearly one of the great, great group names.
And their hair is surely the most hideous in the history of Western popular music. Tom Bailey’s is flame orange on top and black on the sides and in back, where it’s gathered into a nearly waist-length ponytail. Joe Leeway’s is that of someone who sleeps in downtown doorways and urinates on his own shoes. And Alannah Currie appears to have done hers by leaning forward into the kitchen sink and switching on the garbage disposal.
You can hardly help but like them.