After jumping off the Duran Duran ship before it sailed into the sunrise, and before reinventing the pop in folk pop with The Lilac Time, Stephen Duffy hooked up with Mulligan and Dik Davies (Fashion) and Andy "Stoker" Growcott (Dexy's Midnight Runners Mach 1.5)for roughly eleven minutes of dance pop. Calling themselves Tin Tin, the first single was "Kiss Me", a. The percolating bounce of "Kiss Me" failed to impress the UK audience and the record quickly disappeared. In the US, the adventurous Sire Records picked up the track and watched it slowly take over the country's dance floors.
"Kiss Me" may be a bit repetitious but in the same way that good sex is; knowing just when to break its stride for maximum impact. And it, too, was just as good with or without poppers.
Two years later, Stephen Duffy would re-record "Kiss Me" for UK release and although it became a massive hit, those of us who'd repeatedly spun ourselves around for seven minutes without spilling our drink recognized that, like an ill-advised one night stand expansion, the magic was missing.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDXV2_eYJJ4&feature=related
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