Mutual Surrender (Bourgeois Tagg) - Day 48

I moved back to Long Island from the Poconos in the summer of nineteen eighty-five. A lot happened in such a small amount of time, not the least of which was discovering and falling in love with the new sound of new wave, on a radio station called W.L.I.R. Pop music at that moment in time was muddled and disjointed, so finding this left of center type of sound was pretty much a mirror of my finding my own awakening. I was working at the Green Acres Mall, at a store called Jeans West. On my breaks, I’d walk down to Sam Goody to listen to music on those bulky, padded headphones attached to the walls. I’d heard this song on W.L.I.R. a few times already, but I found the cassette at Sam Goody and decided to listen to it to try and learn the words. Talk about a one hit wonder; this wasn’t even ever a hit, but it sticks in my head as the stand out song that solidified my love for new wave, and latching me to being rebellious and unusual. Well, in my own way. You have probably never heard this song before, and though it doesn’t really hold up that well, this is Mutual Surrender by Bourgeois Tagg. You’re welcome.