I've just decided to become a fan of The Police
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CrowleyHead
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I tried this same experiment with Wang Chung. Didn't work but hey.
Jack Hues has always reminded me of Florian Schneider in a blonde wig.
I've no idea whether or not I like Wang Chung. I think I like Dance Hall Days, but I also fucking hate it. Interesting they did the soundtrack for To Live and Die in LA as that's a film I feel similarly toward. I've seen it twice; both times I sat through the whole thing trying to work out whether or not I was enjoying it and never managed to come up with an answer.
CrowleyHead
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That soundtrack is impressive but I legit have waded through Points On The Corner and Mosaic in the last couple months and I come out of it thinking "Fuck, how did these guys even GET a hit?"
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
there is only one good The Police song, but it's a fucking absolute jam
a true unvarnished classic of the post-disco pre-house years, Loft Garage Music Box etc, one of those tunes that points the way
and without being up itself like disco not disco (being up itself is one of disco not disco's best qualities tbc)
as far as I know, it's the only track by a white band to selected for use as an interpolated backing track in the disco rap era
there's another version by Began Cekic (poor man's Moroder), and a DJ Harvey/Ashley Beedle rework, but none of em are a patch on the original
and speaking of trash bands that did one great thing, it's also basically the blueprint for "Macho City" by the Steve Miller Band
which takes the percussion/fadeout idea in the second half of "Voices Inside My Head" and extends it out to 16 glorious minutes
a true unvarnished classic of the post-disco pre-house years, Loft Garage Music Box etc, one of those tunes that points the way
and without being up itself like disco not disco (being up itself is one of disco not disco's best qualities tbc)
as far as I know, it's the only track by a white band to selected for use as an interpolated backing track in the disco rap era
there's another version by Began Cekic (poor man's Moroder), and a DJ Harvey/Ashley Beedle rework, but none of em are a patch on the original
and speaking of trash bands that did one great thing, it's also basically the blueprint for "Macho City" by the Steve Miller Band
which takes the percussion/fadeout idea in the second half of "Voices Inside My Head" and extends it out to 16 glorious minutes
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
fucking great tune but like a lot of them mid-80s deals you need the 12" mix to do it proper
To Live and Die in L.A. is a mixed feelings film, I'd agree with what
leaving out the awful opening with the worst of all 80s movie stereotypical Arab terrorists - a field with stiff competition - I come in down in favor
like a semi-arthouse Miami Vice. the script is kinda dumb but the acting is great and Friedkin is a master of arting up genre flicks.
Willem Dafoe especially, in one of the earliest instances of elevating a whatever story with his sublime weirdness
also nice - there aren't any heroes, or (better yet) anti-heroes. everyone kind of sucks, but they look good doing it.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
Sting as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is also inspired casting, I'll allow
he's too old - in the book the character is like 15 - but the malevolence and glistening homoeroticism are there
other than that Sting, The Police, absolutely terrible
he's too old - in the book the character is like 15 - but the malevolence and glistening homoeroticism are there
other than that Sting, The Police, absolutely terrible
woops
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this is my new favourite song, must see the film
pattycakes_
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IdleRich
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Wang Chung? I checked out a bit of their stuff and it was all beyond terrible.