“Relax, don't do it, when you want to suck it to it, Relax don't do it, when you want to come.”

That was the catchy line from this tube from the UK band Frankie Goes To Hollywood. They were successful, they were controversial, and their most popular song Relax was banned by the BBC pretty fast due to concerns with the overtly sexual nature of the lyrics.

The original music video is featured on Youtube:

Shortly after the release and the ban of this video, another clip was made, quite boring compared to the original one:

(thanks to MeFi for all the memories)

Gisteren ben ik naar Off_corso geweest. Die is een nachtclub in Rotterdam, en ik was er nog nooit gegaan - de typische avondthema is 80's and 90's, en dat heb ik gewoon geen zin in.

Maar gisteren was the thema erg anders. Villa achterwerk is een nieuwe party die van Betty Ford Clinic de plaats inneemt - en Betty Ford was de grooste party in Rotterdam voor fun en gay lovers. Het heeft verschillende stijlen van muziek (pop en techno), een heleboel mooie jongen, en helemaal gek show, en overal een leuke positieve sfeer. Gezellig! Als Betty Ford, Villa achterwerk vindt plaats elke maand; eind april ga ik zeker terug.

Trouwens is mijn agenda al bijna vol. Volgende week ga ik naar Sensation White in Antwerpen, en daarna doe ik waarschnijnlijk een paar reizen naar Frankrijk…

Drukke lente, druk leven.

As usually, a long time elapsed between the moment I discovered the tune of Feel and the day I learned that Robbie Williams was singing it. In between, I also discovered Angels and Supreme, and not until this day did I know the relationship between those three.

The non-obvious relationship, that is. The obvious link was already clear: I love all three songs. I just did not know that they were sung by this beautiful person, from whom I did not know anything else until I acquired a “Greatest hits” album tonight on my way back from the train station.

Yeah, I know, I'm on easy listening. Those three hits have already grown old, and I'm simply lagging behind. But hey! “Better late than never.”

And while I'm at the easy thing, I also think there's a dark side to the hero. Maybe he has yet to come come to terms with his sexuality (dubious), or he's just haunted by ghosts and demons that he tries to escape by pushing forward. It seems to me that he's suffering and searching for something, and that's where his talent comes from.

And I must just be cruel on this one: his torments must stay, for they cast the shadow of his feelings onto the world.