oh man, that stinks. this band has never gotten its critical due -- and by that i guess i mean any critical due.
i remember sitting in a coffee shop a few years ago, a bit glum over a shitty situation that had come up at work. this song--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQsg6XXGxXQ
--came on, happily very loud, and suddenly nothing else mattered anymore. what a jam.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Ah didn't see this. Saw them a couple of years ago, apparently he died without ageing
Xp they are the only group to have a hit in every year of the 70s & iirc that continued quite a bit into the 80s!
― italosVEVO (wins), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
...and as i discovered a few years ago, their LPs are surprisingly solid. some of 'em, anyway.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
xpost.
also, shout out to the scene in 'alice in the cities' when the main character is listening to 'brother louie' on the radio and starts cursing when the DJ fades it out early.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
RIP the hitmeister, no doubt about it.
:(
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I need to delve into these guys more. I don't know them outside their biggest hits, but every one I know I love.
― Competent Cracker Barrel manager (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Hot Chocolate were amazing. Thanks Errol.
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 23:58 (nine years ago) link
Saw them a couple of years ago, apparently he died without ageing
he left the band in 1986.
― new noise, Thursday, 7 May 2015 01:17 (nine years ago) link
a bbc4 clips doc was just on. I'd just left it on as nothingy background to solitary reading but it was great - I'd never realised how consistently good they were, or even what they were, really - the 60s hippie-ish stuff jarred me into attention.
― woof, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:18 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I hadn't heard "A Childs Prayer" since it was a hit. Funny how they used to have alternating lead singers until.
― Mark G, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:55 (eight years ago) link
I was about to say that "Mindless Boogie" is the only (surely!) hit single to mention Jonestown until I discovered it wasn't a hit!
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Friday, 25 September 2015 23:31 (eight years ago) link
It was a bit of a hit. 46.
― Mark G, Saturday, 26 September 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
can we talk about "mindless boogie"? is it the creepiest disco song ever?
― the late great, Saturday, 10 October 2015 05:01 (eight years ago) link
One of my favourite Hot Chocolate songs to DJ; always thought it was a great bridge between 50s atom bomb songs and "Drop The Bomb"/Green Velvet ("like clones and robots that we are" makes me think of Alice Cooper's Numan/Devo move). Love the stern/cheek-puffing "very strange, very strange".
― etc, Saturday, 10 October 2015 05:50 (eight years ago) link
it reminds me of talking heads
― the late great, Saturday, 10 October 2015 06:25 (eight years ago) link
12 inch of this is perfect and timeless
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 October 2015 09:55 (eight years ago) link
/Saw them a couple of years ago, apparently he died without ageing/he left the band in 1986.
lol omg
― (emphasis mine) (wins), Saturday, 10 October 2015 10:10 (eight years ago) link
lol seconded
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Saturday, 10 October 2015 10:24 (eight years ago) link
I liked this = she's right, adults don't drink enough of it.
https://theoutline.com/post/7029/hot-chocolate-is-for-grown-ups-now?zd=1&zi=dc662vvf
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
i've got some Swiss Miss and I think I'll make a cup. it ain't high falutin' but it's really good when made with milk
― calumy (rip van wanko), Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
haha the group AND the drink are classic. God I am tired!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
In my new job there are two women in the small team I'm in. Their names are Emma and Emily. I'm dreading December.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
"Every 1's A Winner" is in my top 10 fave songs.
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
i knew someone who worked at a primary (grade for you north american types) school as a teacher. the staff had an end of year bbq party with all the staff invited, not just the teachers.
the school receptionist, a quiet older woman, got in her cups and for all the assembled told a detailed, rapturous story about making love to Errol Brown after a Hot Chocolate concert in the 1970s
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 22:46 (three years ago) link
Blimey.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
― the late great, Friday, October 9, 2015 10:01 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
had literally never noticed the lyrics to this but im giving it a listen and damn, very dark
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
Fantastic story, Jim
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
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― It Is Dangerous to Meme Inside (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:57 (three years ago) link