Comments on: Moving Pictures – Days of Innocence

By: James D Crager

James D Crager — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:17:40 +0000

What About Me became an iconic song for many as it did me also. I first heard the song in the early 80′s and immediately attached it to my teenage search for identity. Had numerous cassette singles of it but never the album. The song resurfaced again in the US in 1987 and once again searched for the album. It was released for 1 single day and then recalled because the record company folded (so the story was told to me, so if wrong I appologize). So the search was on. I finally found Days of Innocence in an old record store in Detroit, Michigan (I live in Indiana, so I searched and searched) oddly named Desireable Discs. Yes i did desire this disc! It was a promotional Album not for resale but it became mine for $3.99. I had $150.00 in my pocket and was willing to pay that and more for the album. Brand new wrapped in plastic and still in awesome condition. I later found it on CD out of Canada and still enjoy it often. Would love to find and still searching for the album Matinee. A song like What About Me has kept me a humble man and the reason I write and perform songs today (at a local level). Thx guys for the memories and wish I would have got to meet you.

By: susan grosbard

susan grosbard — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:57:34 +0000

what has happened to them since then? can’t seem to find any information

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:47:55 +0000

I was 11 years old when this song was a smash hit. I was so jealous of the 18/19 year old kids like Henry who were just old enough to really enjoy the decade and the gigs. We had a cool music teacher who got our class to sing this song at assembly. Such an amazing decade for both Australian music as well as an impressionable music addict teenager like me. Bands like Moving Pictures who were real musicians and who earned their cred in the pub scenes just seem non-existant these days. Such an amazing era for music. I miss the 80s Catherine

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:15:05 +0000

I remember seeing Moving Pictures for the first time supporting Midnight Oil at the Royal Antler Hotel. Alex Smith saw me in the audience lapping up the music and handed me a beer as he walked off the stage after finishing his set. Apart from having great music, was a way to win a fan for life. I would have been about 18 or 19 when I first saw them. I now feel compelled to go and buy the Days of Innocence album on vinyl (of course). I enjoyed your article Helen