In the post-punk era of the late '70s many new wave groups chose a name beginning with 'the' to differentiate themselves from what had gone years before. And often their choices were deliberately low key, which gave us names like The Trainspotters, The Members and The Tourists. The Tourists formed in 1976 and come 1979 they seemed to be going somewhere with two hit singles, a brash cover of Dusty Springfield's 'I Only Want To Be With You' and 'So Good To Be Back Home Again', written by their main songwriter Peet Coombes. But many critics were dismissive. The general consensus was that they were rather uncool and effectively new wave by default, and it came as little surprise when it was revealed that bearded and moustachioed guitarist Dave Stewart had once been in the folk rock group Longdancer.
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机译：在70年代后期的朋克时代之后，许多新浪潮团体选择了一个以“ the”开头的名字，以区别于几年前的流行。通常，他们的选择是故意低调的，这给了我们像火车头，成员和游客之类的名字。 1976年成立的Tourists乐队，到1979年，他们似乎要带着两支热门单曲去某个地方，这是Dusty Springfield的轻快翻唱，由他们的主要歌曲作者撰写，《我只想和你在一起》和《 So Good To To Be Home Again Again》。 Peet Coombes。但是许多批评家不屑一顾。普遍的共识是，它们默认情况下并不酷，实际上是新潮流。当有胡子和胡须的吉他手戴夫·斯图尔特（Dave Stewart）曾经加入民间摇滚乐队Longdancer时，这毫不奇怪。
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