pierstheoneandonly (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Elegiac, poetical and all the things component of real art. Political too, but subtly so - makes its point powerfully without hitting you over the head (or blowing itself and you into atoms).

tschak909 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Is Caroline still broadcasting over radio? I haven't heard the broadcasts in a very long time. I live in the states now.

tschak909 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

As a commenter pointed out here, Radio Caroline is a pirate radio station that broadcasted from a boat off the shore in England on the shortwave radio band (do most americans even know what shortwave IS?), starting in 1964... She no longer broadcasts from that boat, but is now a commercial radio station on satellite radio now... sad... but I remember. We always will remember. For me it was the seminal interview with members of Can. Thank you Mr. Dolby for immortalising her.

Jourell1 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Radio Caroline is a legendary pirate radio station that originally broadcast from a boat off Britain in 1964. Despite losses and legal troubles over the decades they're still going. there has also been a legal onshore station since 1991. Dolby has never specifically said its about Radio Caroline but we all "know" it is. Radio Silence was released as part of "The Golden Age of Wireless" in 1982

shockadelica (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Who or what is Radio Caroline? When did this come out? They only played it once on VH1Classic...

MrUnidyne (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Note how the singer laments his lost love, Caroline, like an empty radio frequency.

jmoffia (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

ok so im 12 going on 13 and i love anything thomas dolby more then any rap comin out its pretty weird and i also like alton brown hahaha

tschak909 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Long live Radio Caroline (for those of us who know what this song is really about.):)

metamatica (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I agree completely - the other version is more of a 'rock-thing' as I recall. I remember back in the day when buying the single I saw it had another version and I couldn't wait to hear it...what a let down!(I've gotten over it since though;-)Dolby is here doing what he's clearly(IMO) best at; great quirky sounding DIY synth-pop tunes:-)

cheese9684756985 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

thank you, i just heard it, and i still think this one is better because the other is too smooth (right word?).