Yeah, it was the bigger hit here, so pulls that nostalgic chain for me.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 4:20pmNot sufficiently different from the original, so it doesn't exceed any nostalgic pull. (Man, that singer looks like he was pulled out of a catalogue for mid-80s male pop singers.)Heston wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 4:13pmEveryone knows Bucks Fizz did the best version...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 1:10pmBack when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
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Hello,Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 1:10pmBack when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
I saw them pre-Talking in Your Sleep. They were pretty good live. I recall the first album being pretty good energetic power pop.
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I only know "What I Like About You"—talk about ubiquitous—but I read at one time that they started out on CBGB's scuzzy circuit, so I can see them having a rougher edge earlier on.
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Excellent, I love the melody in that track.
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They both sound really bland. I think I actually prefer the vocal on the Bucks Fizz version. Fuck why do I come here and listen this dross. That Medulla kid has a lot to answer for!Heston wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 4:13pmEveryone knows Bucks Fizz did the best version...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 1:10pmBack when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
Forces have been looting
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The end of liberty
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No fuchsias for you.
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After all these years, I still love this song.JennyB wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 2:22pmIt is blah, which is why it's so weird that I harbor such hatred for it. It shouldn't engender this much passion on my part.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 2:12pmNo, my nostalgic appreciation is what's irrational. It's pretty blah.JennyB wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 2:03pmAGGGHHHHHHHH. This is one of those songs that I have a (irrational, I know) hatred for.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Aug 2017, 1:10pmBack when this was in steady rotation on Friday Night Videos, I'm sure I thought it was the greatest song ever.
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Another song from my adolescence that just bubbled to the surface, a Madness-esque Canadian band called The Villains.
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Didn't think much of these guys at the time, but this is a cracking good single.
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Not bad, a nice slice of jaunty pop/ska.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Aug 2017, 8:42pmAnother song from my adolescence that just bubbled to the surface, a Madness-esque Canadian band called The Villains.
Forces have been looting
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Pretty much all Flying Lizards covers are superb in stripping down the original into a minimalist early industrial sound that is nevertheless mesmerizing, but I probably dig "Sex Machine" the most because of how distant it is from the original in sound and feel.
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Naked Truth "Green with Rage". Album produced by Bernie Rhodes 1991.
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Simultaneously goofy as fuck and earwormy. Any kid who doesn't love the ooga chucka part has grown old too fast.
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I hate that fucking song. Sorry, Doc!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Sep 2017, 6:53pm
Simultaneously goofy as fuck and earwormy. Any kid who doesn't love the ooga chucka part has grown old too fast.
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I won't say I love it, but that beginning has a certain goofy addictive quality.JennyB wrote: ↑05 Sep 2017, 10:26amI hate that fucking song. Sorry, Doc!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Sep 2017, 6:53pm
Simultaneously goofy as fuck and earwormy. Any kid who doesn't love the ooga chucka part has grown old too fast.
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