I'm thinking a cover of "Year of the Cat" is in their future. She comes in incense and patchouli .....
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Funny, that's how I felt the first time I saw the video for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
SOS - "Breakout"Johnny Hates Jazz - "Shattered Dreams"Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"Curiosity Killed The Cat - "Misfit"
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 4 March 2005 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I was never a "When Smokey Sings" fan. I'm glad it was such a big hit (and my classic '80s station plays it A LOT) but the song is a pallid homage. If you're going to bow to Smokey, your lyrics better approach his, and "Lexicon of Love" was the last time Martin Fry even approximated it.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link
See also: "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― John Fredland (jfredland), Friday, 4 March 2005 09:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Sophistopop pwner: Robert Palmer.
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Alba's right (50% right).
Swing Out Sister, "Breakout"UK #7 -- November 1986US #6 -- November 1987
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Speaking of Spandau, how's that "rock" album they released in '86?
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link
My love is like a high prison wall! And you could leave me standing so tall!
― ffirehorse, Friday, 4 March 2005 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 06:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lyra Jane (Lyra Jane), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 12:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Wait.
UBER CLASSIC.
Second of all, ts: "breakout" vs. basia's "new day for you" is a serious debate for me!
Thirdly, my ctrl-f mixed with my over excitement caused me not to find any mention in this thread of the fact that Swing Out Sister is made up of Andy Connell and Martin Jackson who were once part of the A Certain Ratio AND Magazine!
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, that's a good pull! I like that album a lot too. Kind of a quieter energy to it than Swing Out Sister but it does hold a very similar appeal. Great clarinet on there too!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:45 (three months ago) link
yeah its definitely more 'Twilight World' than 'Breakout'
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 26 January 2024 20:48 (three months ago) link
Ended up checking out Shapes and Patterns because it was their highest-rated album on rym. pretty straightforward and pleasant Burt Bacharach-style music but certainly not as fun or compelling as "Breakout". But interesting to learn about their second life in Japan - "Now You're Not Here" from Shapes and Patterns was a huge hit and they're pretty well-known there
― Vinnie, Friday, 26 January 2024 21:16 (three months ago) link
This Dip in the Pool song rules
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 27 January 2024 04:29 (three months ago) link