I will go to my grave contending that Duran Duran's songs are and were almost total shit.
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:20 (eleven years ago) link
Everybody's got their blind spots.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
Midnight I think I'm gonna make itFeel the magical lash of the roll And the crash in their livesHeadline in tomorrow's papersKill that light it's so brightAnd you're shining it right in my eyes
CHORUSShow me your secret and tell me your nameCatch me with your fizzy smileTry to remember again and againWhat it is that I recogniseDon't ask me nowWhen I need you I don't know howTo believe in your adviceJust this once I take the dice
Midnight so what's the point of fakingFor a kiss or a whisper You pull out a desperate prizeHold tight onto Daddy's braceletMake them pay for their chancesWith money they don't think that's nice
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
People overrated Duran Duran because they had the reprehensible Spandau Ballet next to them. I like To Cut a Long Story Short and Chant No 1. The rest is bilge. Like Duran, they quickly dropped the punk-funk tension that was the only worthwhile thing about them and wrote mindbogglingly awful lyrics - Spandau did the same bad things as Duran but they did them much much worse.
― Deafening silence (DL), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Those random lyric generator programs are, um, pretty rubbish really, aren't they?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
But they can be handy when you find it hard to write the next line.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
I like To Cut a Long Story Short and Chant No 1. The rest is bilge.
otm
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
"true" is so badly sung it has camp appeal i guess. as far as duran VS spandau goes, let me wheel out the war stories. hazy memory of interviewing both lead singers back in the day: tony hadley was imperious and hungover while simon lebon was preposterous and affable
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
sounds about right
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
You're like the sixth or seventh guy who's said Le Bow Bow, contrary to impressions created by his wardrobe, is a charmer.
Billy Bragg tells a nice story about Gary Kemp volunteering for Red Wedge but really timidly because he was so self-conscious about how low Spandau's reputation was. Like, "Please don't laugh at me."
― Deafening silence (DL), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
Gary Kemp had a few 'visibilities' i.e. attempts at music before succeeding with that one. Check an episode of "You must be joking" where he's in an acoustic double-act with Phil Daniels on one song...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
voting "Communication" though i probably would cringe if i listen to it right now
My exact first thought too,. Bet "Only When You Leave" holds up.
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
I ultimately voted for "Only When You Leave."
How omnipresent were their singles in the UK? The band was pretty huge in Europe through '87.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
really really really omnipresent
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Spent too mcuh attention as a teenager as a teenager parsing
It is the key to all the doorsIt is the crashing on the shoresIt lives in your steering wheelIt hides in the wind and rainWith voices as cold as steelIt's calling your name
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
GHOST BUSTERS!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
omigod they really have a song called "Nature of the Beast"
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
it's about guinea pigs
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Making love through the barricades always seem like a convoluted and painful way to practise safe sex, if you ask me
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
not if your love is a hard prison wall
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol the only song I actually know here is "True"
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
Gold is some powerful inspirational shit.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
remove words 3 thru 5 in that sentence maybe
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
Tell us more about the "punk-funk tension"! Sounds great.
BTW finally listened to some DD live albums and they might change your mind if you're a non-believer. GOOD LIVE BAND!!
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Planetary Gearbox (Mount Cleaners), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
Chant Number One used to be my favourite, but now it's between Instinction and Lifeline. Hmm. OK, Instinction, because Trevor Horn always wins.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
hmm
I would like "Gold" a lot more if it was actually a full-on Swing Out Sister song
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
Babygirl, unpack yr sweaters and get FABULOUS in FALL gay homo queer &c 2012
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
It's the bongo bit that bugs me.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
... potentially a good lyric that
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
the part that bugs me is the section in the verse where the melody just has nothing to do with the chord progression underneath it, to the point where it would sound like a mistake if dude didn't sing it exactly the same way every time
and the bongos are totally wasted
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
what's worse – Hadley's vocal, the sax solo, or the death throes of an asphyxiating goat?
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
or the death throes of an asphyxiating goat
Robin Gibb's on it?
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
I just listened to "Lifeline" and I've already forgotten how it went
"Round and Round" sounds like a showtune
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
oh I can't wait until you get a load of the singing on "She Loved Like Diamond."
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
"She Loved Like Diamond"
http://www.collapseboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/neal.jpg
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
"Only When You Leave"... why is this evoking the image of Cory Haim combing his hair, giving his reflection the thumbs up, then jumping into his dad's convertible and driving off to school?
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
Now make it worse, imagine an Essex version of that.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
sad the first response wasn't "why is there a convertible in Cory Haim's bathroom?"
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
imagine Billy Ocean singing it
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, um, fight the power:
http://rokpool.com/files/artist/spandau2.jpg?1341478455
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
just skip to "To Cut a Long Story Short" and save yrself some pain
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
"I need something that shows I'm with it. Anything."
http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/spandau-ballet.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
ugh boxing boots xp
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
"Headache pains bringing you down?"
http://itsnotpossible.typepad.com/trashfan/spandauA2.jpg
Nobody told these fucktards that even in 1985 those clothes were ass.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
"Instinction" sounds like someone completely failing to reproduce the funk stylings of Wa Wa Nee
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
"Introducing Donnie Wahlberg and the rest of...wait."
http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c565553ef01156e59ad36970c-800wi
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
Leningay Cowboys
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Hype Williams would take one look at this and burn his cameras.
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/3/24/1237897304947/Spandau-Ballet-in-New-Yor-001.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link