Sparks - C ou D

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, did you get you a copy of that? I can YSI it if you didn't.

1. Fa La Fa Lee
2. Girl from Germany
3. Beaver O'Lindy
4. Whippings and Apologies
5. This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us
6. Amateur Hour
7. Talent is an Asset
8. Propaganda/At Home, At Work, At Play
9. BC
10. Something for the Girl with Everything
11. Beat the Clock
12. My Other Voice
13. The No. 1 Song in Heaven
14. Just Because You Love Me
15. Tips for Teens
17. Angst in My Pants
18. Eaten By the Monster of Love
19. Cool Places
20. 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.

01 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
02 - The Louvre
03 - Reinforcements
04 - Don't Leave Me Alone With Her
05 - Moon Over Kentucky
06 - Achoo
07 - Thanks But No Thanks
08 - Girl From Germany
09 - How are you getting home
10 - Bon Voyage
11 - Amateur Hour
12 - Thank God It's Not Christmas
13 - Here In Heaven
14 - Hospitality on parade
15 - Hasta Mañana Monsieur
16 - angst in my pants
17 - The Number One Song In Heaven
18 - Young Girls
19 - sherlock holmes
20 - hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
21 - Rock, Rock, Rock
22 - I Married Myself

you could do this all day

-- 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).

I don't really care much for them beyond the first five albums, but I love those.

Are these guys really supposed to be straight? Because if they are, they're like the gayest straight band ever. (And I mean that in a good sense.)

Copying from the Exotic Creatures thread:

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BIG NEWS! From me.

Please check out the new issue of Arthur, which has as the cover as you can see...

http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/a29cover.jpg

And! That 20 album discography mentioned on the cover? I'm the author.

Please go here to download the PDFs and/or order copies.

Nice!

Thanks! The article was written some time back but the timing was perfect for running it, especially given the concert series.

I do love these characters. Caption:

"After their triumphant concert, Ron and Russell were sad at the thought of leaving London and all their wonderful fans."

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/255559_10150997031411865_257838520_n.jpg

I'm really hoping that the current "Brothers Only" live lineup = cheaper to tour = will tour the US.

new pic = awesome

So classic. What else do we have remotely like them?

and how do I get that 20 album pdf?

(I met them, you know, back in '75...)

http://www.arthurmag.com/2011/03/12/at-home-at-work-at-play-a-listener%E2%80%99s-guide-to-sparks%E2%80%99-first-20-albums-by-ned-raggett-arthur-no-29may-2008/

thanks!

So classic. What else do we have remotely like them?

Andrew W.K.!!!!!

Ron Mael walked up to me backstage at the Whiskey one time and looks all fretful, but, for a moment, doesn't say anything.
I say the early 80s version of Whassup and he scretches his chin, tells me in his late thirties, and he's worried that he isn't married yet. "Am I weird or something?" he asks.

― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Friday, 9 April 2004 19:17 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The only reply I can imagine woudld be the face that says "O Rlly?"

Because, that sounds like someone that's kept his 'other life' completely secret, successfully.

yeah we know stunningly little about these guys. have they ever been married?

Other than their complete lack of rock'n'roll behavior, we don't even learn that much about their personal lives in any of their biographies.

Maybe they're spies or somethin?

They just know how to stay low key. (Met 'em briefly a couple of times, know a variety of people who know them -- again, they just know how to stay low key.)

Actually this is a timely revival, they've just fired up an official YouTube channel -- plenty of their videos have long been around but now there's a proper central location. And a lot of them are absolutely great!

http://www.youtube.com/SparksOfficialVideo

Nice rendition of Sherlock Holmes from their recent show at Bush Hall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFIqVkyHAtQ

Sparks official channel –––– yes!!!!!

forgot how much I love "tips for teens"

Any idea if they're working on a new album at all? I can't believe it's already been four years since Exotic Creatures.

this is a timely top, i listened to sparks on my commute in this morning. it just felt like a sparks day.

Well they did the Seduction of Ingmar Bergman project so more like two years -- probably something up their sleeve here soon.

I can't remember where I heard this but my favorite quote about that soundtrack was "I really admire Sparks four-decade long quest to sell as few albums as possible"

It's actually quite good!

Oh yeah I forgot that soundtrack even came out, didn't do a lot for me really. The three albums before that are all so good, really excited to see what they come back with.

Yeah I'm still listening to Hello Young Lovers six years later now, next to Kimono I think it's almost definitely their best album, there's nothing like it

Exotic Creatures was definitely very good, but IMO outside of "Lighten Up, Morissey" it didn't quite hit those same highs

Lighten Up though was probably the best single of the year, if it was a single, that 3rd extended chorus is one of the all time great Sparks moments

Yeah I totally agree with that, Exotic is a really solid album but not in the same league as Hello Young Lovers or Lil' Beethoven which both just blew me away at the time. They would both be in my top five Sparks albums, which would probably look like this these days,

1. Propaganda
2. No. 1 In Heaven
3. Kimono My House
4. Hello Young Lovers
5. Lil' Beethoven

Oooh... fun!

Lessee:
1. Propaganda
2. Indiscreet
3. Hello Young Lovers
4. Lil Beethoven
5. No.1 in Heaven