― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:23 (twenty years ago) link
and if not, b) am th only one who thinks there is no such person as Noel and the song is just Russell singing in a low voice then sped up? Even the picture of "noel" on the label is questionable...I swear it could be Russell!
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
Also, 'We Are The Clash'. That's quite good too. I swear this band can never step a foot wrong.
― Affectian (Affectian), Friday, 16 April 2004 00:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 16 April 2004 00:41 (twenty years ago) link
I don't know if 'We are the Clash' has been discussed already but it's from a recent issue of Uncut, part of the Clash-tribute cover cd, and so it's very nu-Sparks. Big clean sharp sound and well worth hearing. 'Dancing is dangerous' is set to be my big 'weekend song' for the next few months, I can tell. Really, everyone should hear this - interested parties should email me.
― Affectian (Affectian), Friday, 16 April 2004 00:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 16 April 2004 03:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 04:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 06:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 04:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Here is the track list for "Hello Young Lovers":
"Dick Around""Perfume""The Very Next Fight""(Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country?""Rock, Rock, Rock""Metaphor""Waterproof""Here Kitty""There's No Such Thing As Aliens""When I Sit Down To Play the Organ at the Notre Dame Cathedral"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― snowballing (snowballing), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:14 (eighteen years ago) link
I love this record already.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― b8a, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:38 (eighteen years ago) link
That reminds me of the Scott Walker line (well, Jacques Brel in translation via Scott Walker):
A ring on every fingerA finger in every country
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:40 (eighteen years ago) link
ihttp://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/gut/images/sparks/ss1_sml.jpg
For the tour, looks like they'll be doing the Li'l Beethoven thing where the concert will have the first half be the new album in its entirety.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
The drummer's purty.
― Vic Funk, Thursday, 8 December 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 8 December 2005 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan (dan), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dario Western, Saturday, 17 December 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 January 2006 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― telephone thing, Monday, 16 January 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm just listening to Profile again and I'm just amazed at how every song could be some other band's entire career (and probably was once that band heard these guys). "Angst in My Pants" is so damn perfect, hilarity and melancholy poised *just* right.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 January 2006 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 February 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Harpal (harpal), Sunday, 5 February 2006 07:00 (eighteen years ago) link
You are correct, Ned.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 5 February 2006 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 February 2006 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Beta (abeta), Sunday, 5 February 2006 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
SPARKS will be the subject of a special BBC Radio 2 documentary, 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us – The Story Of Sparks', to be aired on January 20th at 8pm, the show covers the duo's 35-year career and featured interviews with the band as well as with producer GIORGIO MORODER and will include the band’s first-ever demo plus unreleased studio and live recordings.
Somebody encode and distribute this, please!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 05:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Ned, did you get you a copy of that? I can YSI it if you didn't.
― scotstvo (scotstvo), Friday, 26 January 2007 23:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 26 January 2007 23:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie MMCMXL (PappaWheelie 2), Saturday, 27 January 2007 04:08 (seventeen years ago) link
1. Fa La Fa Lee2. Girl from Germany3. Beaver O'Lindy4. Whippings and Apologies5. This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us6. Amateur Hour7. Talent is an Asset8. Propaganda/At Home, At Work, At Play9. BC10. Something for the Girl with Everything11. Beat the Clock12. My Other Voice13. The No. 1 Song in Heaven14. Just Because You Love Me15. Tips for Teens17. Angst in My Pants18. Eaten By the Monster of Love19. Cool Places20. Music that You can Dance To
So it's just my fave, not some definitive thing. Thus, no I Predict, which always kinda annoyed me. And how do you not include ALL of Kimono My House?
Some problems, the transition from Something for the Girl with Everything to Beat the Clock is odd, and I couldn't solve it because I didn't have the albums that came out in there (I think Introducing and Indescreet?) and even if I did, I don't know if there's anything "transitional" to get to the Moroder produced stuff. What might work would be to not be chronological, because the early 80s Mack produced stuff is electronic rock/new wave in ways that would make a good transition between the glam and the italo-disco.
Anyway, check out those songs and if you can't get into them, have your brain checked.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 27 January 2007 04:24 (seventeen years ago) link
01 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us02 - The Louvre03 - Reinforcements04 - Don't Leave Me Alone With Her05 - Moon Over Kentucky06 - Achoo07 - Thanks But No Thanks08 - Girl From Germany09 - How are you getting home10 - Bon Voyage11 - Amateur Hour12 - Thank God It's Not Christmas13 - Here In Heaven14 - Hospitality on parade15 - Hasta Mañana Monsieur16 - angst in my pants17 - The Number One Song In Heaven18 - Young Girls19 - sherlock holmes20 - hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil21 - Rock, Rock, Rock22 - I Married Myself
― snowballing (snowballing), Saturday, 27 January 2007 11:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 27 January 2007 11:07 (seventeen years ago) link
you could do this all day
― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link
-- scotstvo (arrib...), January 26th, 2007.
I need a YSI, please! I can't find this online anywhere (maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places).
― Jouster (Jouster), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 27 January 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Roffle
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 February 2024 18:16 (two months ago) link
Oh, that sounds beautiful (on one play).
― djh, Friday, 23 February 2024 20:31 (two months ago) link
cant think of a single other Sparks track that sounds like this
― frogbs, Friday, 23 February 2024 20:40 (two months ago) link
Rarely see Sparks vinyl for decent prices out in the wild so I was pretty stoked to grab Indiscreet and Propaganda the other day for seven bucks apiece.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 25 February 2024 05:21 (two months ago) link
Vinyl and CD reissues coming soon for #1 Song in Heaven and Noel's heretofore out of print "Is There More To Life Than Dancing?" from 1979. I never had heard of Noel's record before, but it's awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6dAYlIHeqc
― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 19:57 (two months ago) link