in praise of: "obsession" by animotion

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Well, talk about a xpost, michard rarx...

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 11 July 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link

i bought the 7" when i was 14 years after it came out.
it was always a song i liked.

still ace.

― piscesboy, Monday, 11 July 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link

driving up the road that adjoins the beach in "Vice City", while this plays on Wave 103 = classic.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

There's a tiny lyrical reference to "Obsession" on a recent Sugababes single, I think it's "Red Dress". Anyway, one of the remixes that came with it recycles the Animotion italo disco synth riff from "Obsession".

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Michael Des Barres wrote this song, if I recall correctly. The guy who subbed for Robert Palmer in Power Station.

― Maltodextrin (Maltodextrin), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 22:49 (seventeen years ago) link

the guy from poison ivy 3 i believe also

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link

also the guy who played "sir charles 'dog' weatherbee" in the hoodlum rock episode of wkrp in cincinnati

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link

No mention of the other follow-up single, "I, Engineer"?

Yes, Michael Des Barres wrote "Obsession". It goes well in well with Bananarama's self-titled album.

And the "Obsession" video? Once again, Thank you, YouTube.

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link

The Sugababes cover is okay, definitely does NOT top the original.

― musically (musically), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

haha, did the drummer stick around???
(this song is shit btw, but don't let me spoil your fun)

― gershy, Monday, 3 September 2007 02:22 (sixteen years ago) link

I sat on a National Express bus once from Leeds to London, and got talking to the couple on my left. After some small talk, they got to the point, proudly announcing that their daughter was in the top ten. It turned out they were the parents of the singer with Animotion, and they were clearly on a mission to tell as many people as they could. Bless...

― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 3 September 2007 13:28 (sixteen years ago) link

I remember this song well. It's kind of got a relentless feel to it that suits the subject matter well.

I'm amazed it's never been subjected to a Marilyn Manson/NIN/Emo cover. Slowed right down, natch.

― PhilK, Monday, 3 September 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link

six years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f4KMb6Oo20

― everybody chives this is nowhere (Eazy), Friday, 18 July 2014 03:47 (nine years ago) link

four years pass...

The random Antony & Cleopatra bit in the middle of the band posing and performing in the video is *interesting*.

Also, this:

like a butterfly
a wild a butterfly
i will collect you
and capture you

A *wild* butterfly you say? As opposed to what, a tame butterfly? They don't live long enough to teach 'em anything!

― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:35 (four years ago) link

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