Quote: Tuumble @ October 21 2009, 6:31 AM BSTI remember freaking my old landlady out when I played the 12" of Two Tribes circa mid-80s. The opening to the track is all siren.
Every few months an air raid siren exactly like that goes off for precisely one minute somewhere in my neck of the woods. It's happened for about 20 years and must put the shits up any old folk who lived through the war. Nobody seems to know where the Hell it comes from - I think it might be the chemical works testing their disaster alarm. It truly is one of the most frightening sounds ever, beaten only by Jordan's singing. The last time it happened was last Saturday and it reminded me of that excellent Frankie record. It also reminded me of the crushing sense of impending doom we lived through in the Cold Ward years.