Old music: The Human League – Empire State Human

Preposterous and brilliant, the Human League's vision of the future sounds oddly charming nowPhil Oakey always seemed to me like such a terrific bloke that had my mother come home one day in the early 80s with a floppy locked stranger and said, "This is Phil, he's going to be your new dad", I think I would have gone for it. Like so many people, I first became aware of the Human League while sitting in my pyjamas watching Top of the Pops on a cold winter night in 1981. Don't You Want Me was creep...

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