Can anyone tell me what this song from way back in '89 is about? It seems a woman named Elisabeth is trying to get a supposedly innocent person out of jail. But, is this based on something that actually happened? Yep, I'm one of those irritating people that always wants to know what the song means. If you ever want to know what any of my songs are really about, I promise to tell you, and not be cryptic or tell you to figure it out for yourself. (That is, unless the song isn't really about anything, and then I might do those annoying things.)
By the way, since I know you are wondering, Nik Kershaw no longer wears his hair in that style. I think he is still that skinny, however. Still mastering the melodies. And he just might still have those boots.
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this should help ...
http://nikography.piczo.com/?g=24310825&cr=5
Whoops! that link doesn't seem to work, so here is the tale behind the song...
The Elisabeth in the title is Elisabeth Allen from Stanford, England, who kept up a fairly intimate correspondence with American convict Willie Darden. He’d spent 12 years on death row before going to the electric chair in 1988. Elisabeth and others in America were convinced of Darden’s innocence and battled to the last for a reprieve. When Nik Kershaw read about Elisabeth’s long-range romance he was so touched by the sentiment, he wrote the single, trying to imagine what Darden would have written in his last letter.
I spotted this blog whilst surfing the net and felt compelled to help.
Gaz, thanks! Didn't think I'd get the answer so fast. Are you writing from across the pond? I think that's another first here at ATG.
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