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The Thompson Twins’ 1983 hit, ‘Hold Me Now, ‘opens with the lines, ‘I have a picture, pinned to my wall/ An image of you and of me and we’re laughing and loving it all.’ Its position in the first line of the song reveals the picture’s importance. The speaker’s relationship in the present is troubled,’ tattered and torn.’ The photograph he holds on to serves as a point of comparison, a reminder of better times. ‘Look at our life now,’ he says (emphasis mine).
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Adkins, M.K. (2015). Pure Image. In: New Wave. Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137363558_5
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