July 24, 1999
Les Rythmes Digitales & Nik Ker... : Sometimes
History may forget, but it rarely forgives
A bit late for a Nik Kershaw revival, I'll be bound. Fingerless gloves we can accept, but the man behind them may find it hard to creep back into the public consciousness. Especially as vocalist on this song, which is not the best the hilariously named Jacques
Lu
Cont has penned to date. You'd have thought that the visionary behind 'The Riddle' and Chesney Hawkes' 'The One And Only' could have done better himself. But then he wouldn't have had been able to use the Trojan horse of credibility that is Les Rythmes Digitales. History may forget, but it rarely forgives.
Johnny Cigarettes
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