Gold: The Spandau Ballet Singles Poll

"Some Like It Hot" has always been fantastic, wtf

I reappraised Notorious not long ago. I'm pretty sure I was lol drunk when writing it.

"Notorious" never needed reappraisal either, it was fantastic from the jump

oh I mean the album. Plenty of non-Durannies stanned for "Notorious" even in '86.

oh gotcha

tbh I don't think I've heard an entire DD album aside from Big Thing, which I thought was terrible aside from "I Don't Want Your Love"

instantly sacrificing any shred of rock critic "credibility" on the altar of nile rodgers worship

Rightly so. I'm surprised that didn't happen sooner, him producing them.

to be fair to Nile he went straight to Let's Dance after the last Chic album.

actually I may have heard Seven and the Ragged Tiger but I strongly suspect that I just kept playing "Union of the Snake" over and over

I heard Big Thing's "Do You Believe in Shame" a few weeks ago at CVS!

xpost -- You mean you didn't play it all the way through so you could hear Simon looking into the eyes of a straaaaaAAAAAnnnnguhhhhhhhhhr

I never had any desire to own Duran Duran albums, just the singles, which is why Decade is near-perfect for me

Their fault for not including "New Moon on Monday" though.

That's almost a perfect comp but no "New Moon on Monday."

Haha xpost!

an actual top ten while "Skin Trade" barely scrapped the top 40 and boasts Simon doing a Prince imitation.

I don't think I've heard an entire DD album aside from Big Thing

!!!

You should definitely listen to the entire S/T album and Rio.

So you can hear this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a3DGP65m2o

and "Is Anyone Out There"!

And "New Religion!"

"Waiting...for the Night Bo-o-oat..."

I won't go as far as saying that I like Spandau Ballet *more* than Duran Duran - I like both a lot. But the hilarious cut and paste dumbness of DD's lyrics brings them to about an even playing field with Spandau/Tony's over-singing (which I find totally awesome but I who doesn't love a good ham, cheese & corn chowder on a cold day)

oh god I'd forgotten how terribad "Skin Trade" is

but man "Notorious" and "I Don't Want Your Love" are immaculate production/arrangement jobs

heee I kinda love Skin Trade. mm sleazy cheese.

also Skin Trade sounds like the worst Prince coverband ever, which is another reason I love it

TS: that vs Ready for the World's "Oh Sheila."

OUT

"Skin Trade" has absolutely NOTHING in common with Ready For The World

oh man, Ready for The World. No contest.

Prince-pretenders I think is the commonality Ned is going for.

Thank you VG. And obviously "Oh Sheila" wins.

:D

word to Simon Le Bon - you gotta bring more than a falsetto to Prince it up

"Skin Trade" sounds nothing like a Prince song regardless of what LeBon is doing

RFTW is so much better than either of these bands it's not even funny

yeah suddenly I'm like, why are we even talking about Duran Duran or Spandau Ballet when RFTW is KILLING IT

structure is off, chord progressions are off, lyrics are off

Beck did a much much better job with... "Debra"? *listens* yes "Debra"

LET ME LOVE YOU DOWN <--- words to live by

also I had forgotten how incredible "Debra" is

yeah debra is the bomb. love that so much.

maybe we need a Pretend-Prince Songs thread.

Yeah but it will just turn out half of them were secretly written by Prince.

Ready for the World's "Digital Display" pretty awesome too

Coulda sworn we did a 'fake Prince' thread like that but this:

prince not prince

...is what Phil D is talking about.

ACtually at the moment I kinda want to hear "Sex Shooter" by Apollonia 6.

and "Strut."

STRUT. Yes.

Enjoy a little Solid Gold, won't you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TVDBD5heI

my favorite RFTW song is "Long Time Coming"

To avoid the wrath of aero I will just link this and bid you enjoyment.

Write-in vote for the 12" mix of "Glow":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGJTI1sEXCI

in the "Long Time Coming" video: is that black linguini on Melvin Riley's head?