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Double - The Captain Of Her Heart (Original Post) Swede Sep 2022 OP
The epitome of a certain genre of mid-to-late 80's music... NullTuples Sep 2022 #1
The stuff dreams are made of... ultralite001 Sep 2022 #2

NullTuples

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1. The epitome of a certain genre of mid-to-late 80's music...
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 11:45 PM
Sep 2022
Keyboardist Felix Haug had recorded a demo melody on his Oberheim synthesizer, "very '80s style", several months before Double went into the studio to record their first album. In the studio, singer Kurt Maloo heard this melody and was interested. The sound engineer suggested Haug play it on a grand piano, instead of '80s-style synthesizer, as a guide for Maloo's vocals. However, when the piano melody was recorded, Maloo wanted it left it the way it was.

"I wrote the lyrics to the playback in no time in the studio. Like a ghost writer. They were just there out of the blue. It was almost spooky. I never thought the lyrics would touch so many hearts around the world and I’m still overwhelmed from all the positive feedback I get through the internet," said Maloo in 2013.
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