Wow could I forget this troublemaker too: http://www.shystee.com/shysteeblog/archives/aguirrecut.jpg http://stalker.hautetfort.com/images/medium_aguirre.2.jpg
― everything, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
this is indeed a brilliant song.
― Ronan, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't see what's so good about this song... it's really slow and trudgey and messy sounding but not in a good way. just sounds like bauhaus fronted by a female singer.
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
"sounds like bauhaus fronted by a female singer"
why would that be a bad thing?
― Soukesian, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not messy sounding.
― everything, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
yep, this one one of my favourite songs of all time and i always think about Klaus Kinski when i hear it. and yet it's taken me til this thread to realise it's "in imperfect clothes" not "and in perfect clothes".
― jed_, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link
although kinski wouldn't "try not to pose" to the cameras and girls - he'd be posing like his life depended on it.
― jed_, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
the guitars on this album = great proto-Marr jingle jangle
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 02:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I Love the '80s
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't believe the Foo Fighters have covered this.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 4 October 2007 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
The original "Long Version"...
Who has seen this? I saw the LP in a shop, the version was short.
― Mark G, Thursday, 4 October 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Did I really say it sounds like Bauhaus? I don't even know what Bauhaus sound like. Weird.
― the next grozart, Thursday, 4 October 2007 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
The long version is on that 3 cd set called "12 inch 80s vol 1" which is priced ridiculously cheaply considering the amount of wicked tunes on it.
― everything, Thursday, 4 October 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
...except that version is under 4 minutes long
― the next grozart, Thursday, 4 October 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i was gonna say, what the hell Bauhaus does this sound like?
― blueski, Thursday, 4 October 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Holy hell, how have I managed to not be aware of the Passions for this long?
Just went through Thirty Thousand Feet Over China and that is like some serious lost classic status.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Saturday, 12 May 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
I spent ages looking for a seven minute version of "German Film Star" thanks to this thread. I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually exist, unless it was the Pet Shop Boys/Sam Taylor-Wood version, which is 9 minutes.
No way you could ever confuse it with the original band, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diKoTWcYEEo
― Brainless Addlepated Timid Muddleheaded Awful No-Account (Pheeel), Saturday, 12 May 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
So, I got the first two Passions albums, and wow, they're really excellent records. I love Barbara Gogan's voice; vaguely reminiscent of Debora Iyall, which is never a bad thing for me. Just fantastic guitar sound throughout, as well. As a new waver, I can't believe it took me this long to get around to them.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 1 June 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link