yeah suddenly I'm like, why are we even talking about Duran Duran or Spandau Ballet when RFTW is KILLING IT
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
structure is off, chord progressions are off, lyrics are off
Beck did a much much better job with... "Debra"? *listens* yes "Debra"
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
LET ME LOVE YOU DOWN <--- words to live by
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
also I had forgotten how incredible "Debra" is
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah debra is the bomb. love that so much.
maybe we need a Pretend-Prince Songs thread.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah but it will just turn out half of them were secretly written by Prince.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
Ready for the World's "Digital Display" pretty awesome too
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
Coulda sworn we did a 'fake Prince' thread like that but this:
prince not prince
...is what Phil D is talking about.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
ACtually at the moment I kinda want to hear "Sex Shooter" by Apollonia 6.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
and "Strut."
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
STRUT. Yes.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
Enjoy a little Solid Gold, won't you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TVDBD5heI
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite RFTW song is "Long Time Coming"
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
To avoid the wrath of aero I will just link this and bid you enjoyment.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
Write-in vote for the 12" mix of "Glow":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGJTI1sEXCI
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
in the "Long Time Coming" video: is that black linguini on Melvin Riley's head?
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
the only decent top six imaginable
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't looked at this thread for a day and suddenly it turns into a recreation of my hellish year in the fourth form (B3 to 84) at comprehensive school where the girls in my class all fell out with each other because they were either Duranies or Spandau freaks. Of course us boys were falling out over whether the Smiths were brilliant or useless whingebags. Such innocence.
― Rob M Revisited, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 07:19 (eleven years ago) link
ILX in "a bit like school" shocka!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
SB vs DD, then a-ha as a unifying force for a year, then the girls who pretended not to care about what were essentially boy bands laughing at the Brosettes.The boys falling out over whether Liverpool or Manchester Utd. were better, despite the school being hundreds of miles from either location.
― ILX until I die (snoball), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 12:06 (eleven years ago) link
oh and kicking the shit out of anyone who was even a tiny bit different, ie me and the rest of the chess club
― ILX until I die (snoball), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
when ppl threatened to kick the shit out of me, I'd matter-of-factly tell them not to try because I would seriously try to kill them and it would ruin both of our families
no one really tried to fight me after 7th grade
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=632o9gg7pdU
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
DJP is Judd Nelson?!?!?!
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
flaring his nostril hairs at the camera
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
"B-O-O-H-O-O"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
"YA KNOW WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS?"
y'all don't understand the secret advantages to being a smart black kid in a town terrified of black ppl
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
okay now it's sounding like an awesome version of Walking Tall
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Mr. Obama Goes To Salt Lake City
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Never liked them a bit.
This thread made them sound pretty ridiculous though, so I listened (to laugh along) and it was def funny...
But now I can't stop listening to them! What the heck.
― mr.raffles, Saturday, 10 November 2012 03:25 (eleven years ago) link
Only when you leeeave
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Saturday, 10 November 2012 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
So it turns out the song that I remember being played round my house loads and loads and loads when I was maybe 2-3 years old and has somehow stuck in my head all this time despite me not having heard it again until now was.... The Freeze! This is actually a very cool song and like Kitchen Person says upthread, very very funky.
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 09:30 (ten years ago) link
Dunno if it's funky, but it does use "funk" elements.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
omigod I'd FORGOTTEN THIS THREAD
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 13:42 (ten years ago) link
xpost, well it's very 'disco'. Think it instilled in me a love of that kind of patta-cakey rhythm + octave bass
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
so has anyone seen the documentary?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 26 July 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's fantastic, one of the very best best music docs i've ever seen. surprising to me because i'm not a fan particularly. the rare-footage-and-no-on-camera-interviews style really works and it's especially good if you dig the idea of 2 hours of rare mostly-80s footage. some great stuff in it. Gary Kemp comes across as a bit of an egotistical tosser sadly.
― piscesx, Sunday, 26 July 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
I think you meant "fortunately"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 26 July 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
No, but I did read through Tony Hadley's 2005 book 'To Cut A Long Story Short' again recently. The state of the band circa Heart Like A Sky was a bit grim, to say the least.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Sunday, 26 July 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
there's some real good stuff on that record though - some of their lightest material in tone!
― Joan Crawford Loves Chachi, Sunday, 26 July 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
The doc wasn't bad, but it's disorienting watching a band selling out arenas in 1986 that weren't in the United States.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 February 2016 14:00 (eight years ago) link
god that was like a boring episode of Behind the Music
loved the footage but god gary is such a twat
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 February 2016 05:02 (eight years ago) link
god god god
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 February 2016 05:03 (eight years ago) link
the ah-tist pretending it's aaaaaaaaarrrt
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
"The Freeze" would have been my pick of the handful I know: "erogenous zones win again".
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link
is that a lyric
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
here I stand again, the loser
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
One day he'll build a statue with his handsSo gentle when he tries to understandThis subterfuge he never really plannedNow you're living in the lifeline
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 March 2023 16:36 (one year ago) link