from Hot Press, August 1989
Jacques Brel – Live At The Olympia 1961
Patti Smith – Horses
Elvis Presley – The Memphis Session 1969
Lou Reed – Berlin
T-Rex – Electric Warrior
Lotte Lenya – The Happy End
Edith Piaf – Hymne A L’Amour
David Bowie – Low/Heroes
Nina Simone – Nina Simone Sings The Blues
Miles Davis & Gil Evans – Sketches Of Spain
Television – Marquee Moon

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered by Gavin Friday’s recent ‘Tomorrow Belongs To Me’ shows?
Not to worry, we’ve done the work for you. Read our primer on German culture, ‘Unter dem Einfluß’, custom made for Gavin Friday fans.
“Billed as Gavin’s personal tribute to German culture, the recent Tomorrow Belongs To Me shows left several members of the audience scratching their heads. Those who recognised little of the performed material might have wondered exactly how such an apparently random collection of songs reflected Germany’s contribution to the world of the arts. Those more in the know might still have struggled to locate Ave Maria, Bela Lugosi and Iggy Pop in a German context. As ever, there is method to Gavin’s madness. In this feature, we explore precisely how he mined both Germany’s and his own artistic past to create this unique performance.”

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A German cultural primer for Gavin Friday fans

Billed as Gavin’s personal tribute to German culture, the recent Tomorrow Belongs To Me shows left several members of the audience scratching their heads. Those who recognised little of the performed material might have wondered exactly how such an apparently random collection of songs reflected Germany’s contribution to the world of the arts. Those more in the know might still have struggled to locate Ave Maria, Bela Lugosi and Iggy Pop in a German context. As ever, there is method to Gavin’s madness. In this feature, we explore precisely how he mined both Germany’s and his own artistic past to create this unique performance.

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