The drummer's purty.
― Vic Funk, Thursday, 8 December 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 8 December 2005 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan (dan), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dario Western, Saturday, 17 December 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 January 2006 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Monday, 16 January 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm just listening to Profile again and I'm just amazed at how every song could be some other band's entire career (and probably was once that band heard these guys). "Angst in My Pants" is so damn perfect, hilarity and melancholy poised *just* right.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 January 2006 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 February 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Harpal (harpal), Sunday, 5 February 2006 07:00 (eighteen years ago) link
You are correct, Ned.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 5 February 2006 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 February 2006 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Sunday, 5 February 2006 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
SPARKS will be the subject of a special BBC Radio 2 documentary, 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us – The Story Of Sparks', to be aired on January 20th at 8pm, the show covers the duo's 35-year career and featured interviews with the band as well as with producer GIORGIO MORODER and will include the band’s first-ever demo plus unreleased studio and live recordings.
Somebody encode and distribute this, please!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 05:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Ned, did you get you a copy of that? I can YSI it if you didn't.
― scotstvo (scotstvo), Friday, 26 January 2007 23:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 26 January 2007 23:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie MMCMXL (PappaWheelie 2), Saturday, 27 January 2007 04:08 (seventeen years ago) link
1. Fa La Fa Lee2. Girl from Germany3. Beaver O'Lindy4. Whippings and Apologies5. This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us6. Amateur Hour7. Talent is an Asset8. Propaganda/At Home, At Work, At Play9. BC10. Something for the Girl with Everything11. Beat the Clock12. My Other Voice13. The No. 1 Song in Heaven14. Just Because You Love Me15. Tips for Teens17. Angst in My Pants18. Eaten By the Monster of Love19. Cool Places20. Music that You can Dance To
So it's just my fave, not some definitive thing. Thus, no I Predict, which always kinda annoyed me. And how do you not include ALL of Kimono My House?
Some problems, the transition from Something for the Girl with Everything to Beat the Clock is odd, and I couldn't solve it because I didn't have the albums that came out in there (I think Introducing and Indescreet?) and even if I did, I don't know if there's anything "transitional" to get to the Moroder produced stuff. What might work would be to not be chronological, because the early 80s Mack produced stuff is electronic rock/new wave in ways that would make a good transition between the glam and the italo-disco.
Anyway, check out those songs and if you can't get into them, have your brain checked.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 27 January 2007 04:24 (seventeen years ago) link
01 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us02 - The Louvre03 - Reinforcements04 - Don't Leave Me Alone With Her05 - Moon Over Kentucky06 - Achoo07 - Thanks But No Thanks08 - Girl From Germany09 - How are you getting home10 - Bon Voyage11 - Amateur Hour12 - Thank God It's Not Christmas13 - Here In Heaven14 - Hospitality on parade15 - Hasta Mañana Monsieur16 - angst in my pants17 - The Number One Song In Heaven18 - Young Girls19 - sherlock holmes20 - hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil21 - Rock, Rock, Rock22 - I Married Myself
― snowballing (snowballing), Saturday, 27 January 2007 11:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 27 January 2007 11:07 (seventeen years ago) link
you could do this all day
― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link
-- scotstvo (arrib...), January 26th, 2007.
I need a YSI, please! I can't find this online anywhere (maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places).
― Jouster (Jouster), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 27 January 2007 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't really care much for them beyond the first five albums, but I love those.
― Øystein (Øystein), Saturday, 27 January 2007 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― John Justen waitin to get his W2s back so he can file his tax and ball out (john, Saturday, 27 January 2007 23:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Are these guys really supposed to be straight? Because if they are, they're like the gayest straight band ever. (And I mean that in a good sense.)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 28 January 2007 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 28 January 2007 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Sunday, 28 January 2007 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 28 January 2007 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fjord Spellman (fjord), Monday, 29 January 2007 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 29 January 2007 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fjord Spellman (fjord), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Copying from the Exotic Creatures thread:
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BIG NEWS! From me.
Please check out the new issue of Arthur, which has as the cover as you can see...
http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/a29cover.jpg
And! That 20 album discography mentioned on the cover? I'm the author.
Please go here to download the PDFs and/or order copies.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 April 2008 07:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Nice!
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 April 2008 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks! The article was written some time back but the timing was perfect for running it, especially given the concert series.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 April 2008 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I do love these characters. Caption:
"After their triumphant concert, Ron and Russell were sad at the thought of leaving London and all their wonderful fans."
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/255559_10150997031411865_257838520_n.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
I'm really hoping that the current "Brothers Only" live lineup = cheaper to tour = will tour the US.
― geode maze (cwkiii), Friday, 15 June 2012 01:51 (eleven years ago) link
new pic = awesome
So classic. What else do we have remotely like them?
― mr.raffles, Friday, 15 June 2012 04:42 (eleven years ago) link
and how do I get that 20 album pdf?
(I met them, you know, back in '75...)
― Mark G, Friday, 15 June 2012 06:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.arthurmag.com/2011/03/12/at-home-at-work-at-play-a-listener%E2%80%99s-guide-to-sparks%E2%80%99-first-20-albums-by-ned-raggett-arthur-no-29may-2008/
― cwkiii, Friday, 15 June 2012 11:36 (eleven years ago) link
thanks!
― Mark G, Friday, 15 June 2012 12:13 (eleven years ago) link
Andrew W.K.!!!!!
― frogbs, Friday, 15 June 2012 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
Ron Mael walked up to me backstage at the Whiskey one time and looks all fretful, but, for a moment, doesn't say anything.I say the early 80s version of Whassup and he scretches his chin, tells me in his late thirties, and he's worried that he isn't married yet. "Am I weird or something?" he asks.― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Friday, 9 April 2004 19:17 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Friday, 9 April 2004 19:17 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The only reply I can imagine woudld be the face that says "O Rlly?"
Because, that sounds like someone that's kept his 'other life' completely secret, successfully.
― Mark G, Monday, 25 June 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
yeah we know stunningly little about these guys. have they ever been married?
― frogbs, Monday, 25 June 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
Other than their complete lack of rock'n'roll behavior, we don't even learn that much about their personal lives in any of their biographies.
Maybe they're spies or somethin?
― mr.raffles, Monday, 25 June 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
They just know how to stay low key. (Met 'em briefly a couple of times, know a variety of people who know them -- again, they just know how to stay low key.)
Actually this is a timely revival, they've just fired up an official YouTube channel -- plenty of their videos have long been around but now there's a proper central location. And a lot of them are absolutely great!
http://www.youtube.com/SparksOfficialVideo
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 June 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link