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The Scots singer thought Kim Wilde was cool and got talked into buying a Cocteau Twins record but which song gives her a slap in the face? The first song I fell in love with I remember seeing Kim Wilde do Kids in America on Top of the Pops, and thinking she looked like Marilyn Monroe wearing a leather biker jacket. I loved that she was this cool British chick, doing this amazing American-sounding song. The first album I bought I grew up in the 80s and loved Wham!, Bros, Madonna and Bon Jovi. Then I won bookshop vouchers in a writing competition – which you could also use to buy CDs. My goth friend said I had to go and buy Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins from a bookshop in Dundee. Continue reading...
The Scots singer thought Kim Wilde was cool and got talked into buying a Cocteau Twins record but which song gives her a slap in the face?
The first song I fell in love with
I remember seeing Kim Wilde do Kids in America on Top of the Pops, and thinking she looked like Marilyn Monroe wearing a leather biker jacket. I loved that she was this cool British chick, doing this amazing American-sounding song.
The first album I bought
I grew up in the 80s and loved Wham!, Bros, Madonna and Bon Jovi. Then I won bookshop vouchers in a writing competition – which you could also use to buy CDs. My goth friend said I had to go and buy Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins from a bookshop in Dundee.