In 2000, Alison began writing again, finding a new pop home among her 21st century neighbours, a song called Pure & Simple plucked from the pool by ITV's Popstars producers for the Hear'Say calamity, which sold over one million copies in 2001, still the fastest-selling debut single of all time.
One of "The Eternal" 's dreamiest tracks, "Antenna," begins with a simple guitar figure plucked over a brief wash of white noise and thumping tomtoms.
This looks to go beyond a simple partnership expiring – Pluck has been phasing out consumer facing products for some time (they announced their RSS reader will be shut down in January 2007) in favor of its new Blogburst publishing platform.
It's a simple, beautiful sound, the plucking of thinly beaten metal keys, the rustling of sea shells around the edge, accompanied by Chartwell singing half-words and open vowels, or whistling and murmuring.
In this place, Charlie, a hunter-gatherer wearing a simple garment made not from cotton but from skin, plucks some blueberries from a tree.
In real life, Ms. Delpeuch was by no means a simple woman of the French countryside by the time she was plucked from her farm and sent to Paris.
It's a simple metaphor, and one that takes only a four-function calculator and some pluck to bring to life.
Moments of pluck and admirable endurance aside, both bouts were drawn inevitably towards a single victor and a simple truth: the two did not belong in the same ring.
Essien's cross was plucked from the air exquisitely at the far post by Benzema, who was then left with a simple tap-in.
The merit of any moment in San Francisco could be measured by a simple question: was the beauty of the city outweighing its annoying citizens?" But the success of Kobek's bleak book is a story of hope and entrepreneurial pluck.
