Classic
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 15:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes.
― dell (del), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Gloria" also rules btw.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love both versions, but the Branigan wins for her better vocals and the 808/synth swell intro — and having the "ohohoh"s enter in the middle of the song makes it seem more epic
― corey, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
in the daynothing mattersit's the night... time that matters
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 15:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Inspired by this thread, I wanted to hear this song, so I went to Youtube and watched the video, which I'd never seen, and damn it's as unclassifiably eerie and sexy as the song.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah-- impossible not to play Townshend-windmill-air-guitar when the WHOA OH OH (BWANNNGGGG) WHOA OH OH (BWANNNGGGG) part comes in.
Song never fails to make me feel completely insane in a good way.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like the line that goes "I!"
― saint dominic's p4k review (Eazy), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am going to have this song in my head all gd day now.
AHHHHHHHHHH.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes!
― dell (del), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 16:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
"I!"
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, November 8, 2008 7:13 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark
― leave me alone, i was only zinging (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Quite so.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha
― dell (del), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
There is an episode of Miami Vice (1st season?) where a band at a party does a cover of this (along with "some guys have all the luck")
― lol is not enough (blank), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love this song. I'm quite gratified to see that I'm not on my own.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
― leave me alone, i was only zinging (rip van wanko), Tuesday, August 9, 2011 2:59 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^^
Killing me.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Assholes otm btw - this video is kinda wild.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh damn I think I just got to the part where they introduce the creatures of the night! O_O
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok I must hear this:
The song has become one of the defining pop songs of the 1980s, with a number of remakes recorded each year. Notable covers include Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin in 1993,
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Huh, I can actually see that working out ok.
― lol is not enough (blank), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Some bright horn blasts wouldn't hurt
Well, that's what Ricky Martin finally realized last year.
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
you're making me forget to play my role
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think about that lineall the time
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
like, it's sexy...BUT SHOULD IT BE???
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
I HAVEN'T GOT THE WILL TO STAND AND
fight
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I want to do this at karaoke but I know it would be a DISASTER
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
I want to do a karaoke reenactment of the video
― aluminum rivets must not be proud of their plastic bosses (Jon Lewis), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
suggested Italian orgy karaoke night
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Monday, 23 April 2012 01:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is one of these songs that I heard maybe once or twice as a little kid and then walked around with it stuck in my head for years after. I only learnt who it was by a couple of years ago, but what a cracker!
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
just listened to the raf version... wtf there's some eurobros rappin' on this thing!!
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
go to :30
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 23 April 2012 11:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Clipse reinterpreted the song in their 'Counseling':
― kokokeho, Monday, 23 April 2012 14:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, that hockey thing!
― aluminum rivets must not be proud of their plastic bosses (Jon Lewis), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
SC rules as I see I stated during the last revive.
What was it with LB covering Ialian pop songs? A couple weeks ago I couldn't stop listening to the original Gloria:
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow his performance posture is really something! It's like ectomorphic joe cocker or something!
― aluminum rivets must not be proud of their plastic bosses (Jon Lewis), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't even tell you how much I love everything about that dude. His spiffy little outfit, the jewlery, his moves - perfect.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
IIRC the same guy who wrote Gloria also wrote Self Control, which would explain why Branigan recorded it, as she'd already had one hit with the guy's song.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whoever that guy is, I think I love him.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
According to Wikipedia he's called Giancarlo Bigazzi, though he's only a co-writer of both "Gloria" and "Self Control". But I assume he's the reason Branigan chose to record the latter song.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, looks like he died this January... :( RIP, mister songwriter.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Aw, man. RIP.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
hah this is one of my karaoke standards
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Apparently he also wrote Boney M's "Take the Heat Off Me", which is a cool song as well:
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wish I could've celebrated this guy's life more while he was actually alive.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
fucklaura branigan singing the word "self" is like the 8th wonder of the world.
― windjammer voyage (blank), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 04:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
― leave me alone, i was only zinging (rip van wanko), Tuesday, August 9, 2011 2:59 PM (4 hours ago)
― the Dandy Club (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 04:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Harold Faltermeyer worked on the Branigan version.
― timellison, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 05:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i just got clocked by a couple of snare drums from this song, motherfuckers beware
― windjammer voyage (blank), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 05:35 (1 year ago) Permalink