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 (eight 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