― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
But, yes, I do hear "The Lebanon."
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut e- (donut), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut e- (donut), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
i could TOTALLY see alien sex fiend covering this song back in the day!
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Belive it or not, I reviewed this LP Strange Behavior in (wherelse) Rolling Stone. (Negatively, of course, d'you think I'm Chuck Eddy or something?) Good for a cheap laugh IIRC.
"Obsession" was, er a nice pop single I guess. TOTAL Human League swipe. Wish I'd thought of that comparison back in the day.
ASTRID PLANE! (ah those wacky new wave names)
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
which as a HILARIOUSLY bad cover version of 'obsession' by some stupid cyber-industrial-metal band named 'blue eyed christ' Why the hell did I like this stuff when I was a kid.
― tylero (tylero), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh, my mother still has the 12" single! I thought so!
― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
*PSSSEW*! *PSSSEW*! *PSSSEW*!
(So what if the League used that in several of their other songs... but that's BESIDE THE POINT! </O'Reilly>)
― donut e- (donut), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 00:00 (eighteen years ago) link
This is the most tragic statement ever.
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), July 5th, 2005.
TS: the current drummer of Animotion vs. the drummer of Gay Dad
― donut e- (donut), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 00:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 00:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Isn't it still the theme song?
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
And since I really like all four songs, everything's great.
― Brandon Mitchell (A.H.), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
!
As God is my witness, I shall never go hungry again!
P.S. I hear more of Berlin's "Sex" than Human League's "Don't You Want Me" in "Obsession."
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link
The song is classic of course and they're cool for never taking the camp too seriously. (they were great on "Hit Me Baby...")
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
OTM
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― megamegamega, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
"Obsession" takes me back to the days of rollerskating as a young teenager... no responsibilities, girls, summertime. All good stuff.
Alright, Alex - swipe away!
― Kevvy Metal, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Does Animotion need a baritone backup singer who lives in the Boston area and can't relocate? Because I could use the side income.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm sorry, man, I have no right to throw stones. If you're enjoying it, that's all that matters.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link
This makes me so happy.
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― michard rarx, Thursday, 7 July 2005 07:36 (eighteen years ago) link
"What do you want me to be, to make you sleep with me?"
.. is one of the best lines ever? Talk about 'cut to the point'.
(One of the first mainstream pop tracks to do this, afterwards they all did)
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 7 July 2005 07:37 (eighteen years ago) link
please stick around -- or perhaps convince astrid plane herself to pop in and say hey!
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link
I think when some of the goth nites here get on the retro kick the DJs pull this song out (along with Berlin's "sex (i'm a..)", funnily), so yeah.
― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 July 2005 10:28 (eighteen years ago) link
great track.
― mark e (mark e), Monday, 11 July 2005 08:29 (eighteen years ago) link
-- mark grout (mark.grou...), July 7th, 2005.
look above your post
cynthia rhodes is mrs richard marx - i think he wrote "room to move".they just miss out on being one hit wonders.cynthia is hot"dear cynthia,what do you want me to be to make you sleep with me". -- michard rarx (righther...), July 7th, 2005.
― michard rarx, Monday, 11 July 2005 09:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― michard rarx, Monday, 11 July 2005 09:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
still ace.
― piscesboy, Monday, 11 July 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Maltodextrin (Maltodextrin), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 22:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes, Michael Des Barres wrote "Obsession". It goes well in well with Bananarama's self-titled album.
And the "Obsession" video? Once again, Thank you, YouTube.
― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically (musically), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link
haha, did the drummer stick around??? (this song is shit btw, but don't let me spoil your fun)
― gershy, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I sat on a National Express bus once from Leeds to London, and got talking to the couple on my left. After some small talk, they got to the point, proudly announcing that their daughter was in the top ten. It turned out they were the parents of the singer with Animotion, and they were clearly on a mission to tell as many people as they could. Bless...
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 3 September 2007 13:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I remember this song well. It's kind of got a relentless feel to it that suits the subject matter well.
I'm amazed it's never been subjected to a Marilyn Manson/NIN/Emo cover. Slowed right down, natch.
― PhilK, Monday, 3 September 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f4KMb6Oo20
― everybody chives this is nowhere (Eazy), Friday, 18 July 2014 03:47 (nine years ago) link
The random Antony & Cleopatra bit in the middle of the band posing and performing in the video is *interesting*.
Also, this:
like a butterflya wild a butterflyi will collect youand capture you
A *wild* butterfly you say? As opposed to what, a tame butterfly? They don't live long enough to teach 'em anything!
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:35 (five years ago) link