BBC Radio 4: “A Suspension of Mercy”
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It’s a 1984 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel, A
Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller (1965). “When crime novelist Sydney
Bartleby beg...
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SAILOR, for Christ's sake! i remember watching this clip on Supersonic back in the day and my dad walking through the room,pausing to watch for a few seconds and then exclaim, "what a bunch of oddwads!"
I think that in this clip Sailor looks like a band that knows they don't have another hit in them and are determined to work their moment for all it's worth. I also like the Village People-style role playing they've got going on. You have the yachtsman drummer, newsboy pianist, seafaring singer, etc. Plus, you know, it's a dead catchy song.
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