Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause's lyrics & chords

In 1976, Kevin Coyne wrote songs for a drama he conceived, and which was later staged on four occasions in England. Virgin released the material in 1979 as "Babble:Songs for Lonely Lovers". Coyne had a background as a social worker/psychiatric nurse, and set out to capture the dynamics of a destructive and self-destructive relationship. This would be depicted by himself opposite German avant-garde chanteuse Dagmar Krause (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow et. al..), as the couple exchanged emotionally raw and intense songs and dialogues on a stripped d...read more