According to Robert, the B-side, Plastic Passion, was "demoed in 1978 for Hansa, and it was a kind of weird Roxy Music pastiche. By the time we recorded it again we'd played it live a few times, doubled the tempo, and gone frantic!Dempsey introduced Lol to this horrible jerky XTC type rhythm, asked him to play it, and Lol then tried it on pretty much every song we did for the next year! That was one of the reasons why Michael had to go..."
Robert Smith
Join The Dots [liner notes]
According to Robert, the B-side, Plastic Passion, was "demoed in 1978 for Hansa, and it was a kind of weird Roxy Music pastiche. By the time we recorded it again we'd played it live a few times, doubled the tempo, and gone frantic!Dempsey introduced Lol to this horrible jerky XTC type rhythm, asked him to play it, and Lol then tried it on pretty much every song we did for the next year! That was one of the reasons why Michael had to go..." Robert Smith Join The Dots [liner notes]