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Alison Moyet, "This House"

As the Spring 1991 quarter wound down, my dormmates heard that Alison Moyet had a new album. I do not know where or from whom, but a few dormmies obtained cassette recordings of new music, including what would become Moyet's Hoodoo.

While several of us were in the corner lounge, the slow song "This House" made us stop, and feel the emotional burn. My friend Gwen then pulled me aside, and asked where I was going to live, the next school year. She and I then entertained the idea of being roommates.

So you commit to living on campus the next year. When the day came to find roommates and select rooms, Gwen and I went together. Alas, Student Housing told us that a boy and girl could not be roommates. An alternate option would be to go to the apartments, 2 boys and 2 girls.



Gwen just could not find a female roommate to her liking. So she ended up returning to the dorms, but in a single room. I wanted out of the dorms, and looked for apartment mates. The first agreeable guy was Doug, who was from Marin. The next year, Doug and I would cobble together whichever electronics and cables we could scrounge up.



While Doug, two other guys, and I chose a third/top floor apartment unit, my friend Natalie was with 3 other girls, on the ground floor of the same building. It turned out that Natalie and her roommate didn't really get along. In hindsight, everyone would have been better off, if Gwen and Natalie had become roommates. Then Gwen and Natalie could have joined with me and another guy, in an apartment unit.

Gwen and I returned to our dorm, and once again overheard Alison Moyet. "This House" felt a little more stable, now that we knew where we were going to live the next school year. Moyet's Hoodoo may not have come out, until the Fall 1991 quarter. Natalie's housemates eventually got it on CD.

-Lummy The Loch Monster


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Topic - Alison Moyet, "This House" - Luminator 16:07:46 05/29/21 (0)

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