'To Cut a Long Story Short'
― ILX until I die (snoball), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
You people better not vote for "True" unless it's a write-in for "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss."
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Listen to Tony wail!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z82UYV7oA&feature=related
There was a guy in my year at school whose dating success was more or less entirely down to his resemblance to a young Tony Hadley.
― ILX until I die (snoball), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
50p in the jukebox, one track, and nothing else in the jukebox otherwise I'd pick something else.
Would go She Loved Like Diamond
for the heck of it.
nv.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
"True" came on the radio one time and I noticed that there's a part towards the end that sounds exactly like "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys!
― Poliopolice, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
Boy I remember hating that stupid title on its own but the lyrics as a whole, Jesus H.
She ran the risk from unityObsession dies alone with tragedyShe loved like diamondShe loved like diamondAnd cut so hardShe diedA passion course that leads to painAn acid taste that laced her soul againShe loved like diamondShe loved like diamondAnd cut so hardShe diedAnother path, I've run them allThe rain has cleared the stains,no trace at allShe loved like diamondShe loved like diamondAnd cut so hardShe died
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
*groans*
'I'll Fly For You'
Not one of my favourite bands in the entire universe, I have to admit.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
"Instinction" got the Trevor Horn treatment.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
what kind of a word is instinction anyway?
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
A poll, btw, inspired by hearing "Only When You Leave" at (you guessed it) CVS. A better tune and performance than "True" actually.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
GISing really does turn up some...interesting photos:
http://www.beatnikonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spandau_ballet_paint_me_down_2edited.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
They had that right wing homoerotic chic thing down pat.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
wouldn't surprise me if young Tories played "Musclebound" or "To Cut..." at Downing Street.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
The footage of Spandau Ballet at Live Aid = hilarious! How off his face is Steve Norman? And that mullet... christ!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
You can't mention that without a link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoX4tQMaGtA
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
"Gold", beloved of sport roundup shows and fruit machines aplenty.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, forget the Tories, "Musclebound"'s more about Hitlerjugend or something:
We're building fires that will burn until morningThe smell of books and hot stone surround usTough is the leather that strapped to my skinStrong are the bonds that we makeWe feel the steam as it rises around usUp from the soil that is cracking it's backTough is the leather that strapped to my skinStrong are the bonds that singWork till you're musclebound all night longWork till you're musclebound all night longGotta work till you're musclebound all night longGotta work till you're musclebound all night longWe're building fires that will burn until morningThe smell of books and hot stone surround usTough is the leather that strapped to my skinStrong are the bonds that we makeTo hear a pulsing from chanter to mountainDown through the vein and into the grainStrong is the shoulder that moves to the timeHere is the land it can breakWork till you're musclebound all night longWork till you're musclebound all night longGotta work till you're musclebound all night longGotta work till you're musclebound all night long
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
That said, the video is A+ insanity from Mulcahy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08M-9kHB_20
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
The Live Aid footage I saw on the DVD a few years ago horrified me. A solid perf of "Only When You Leave" but hoo boy those pants and hair.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
I have to admit, until this thread I never spend much time, if any, looking at Spandau Ballet lyrics... kinda wish I hadn't! Hehehehehe... those lyrics to 'Paint Me Down', christ...
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 26 October 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Look at my excerpt at the top of the page.
Waiting for Marcello to enter thread to denounce Hadley as a fascist twerp.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
"Gold" or "True". Going with the latter, just because.
― jetfan, Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
this is extremely difficult and I have a whole whole lot to say about it and neither the time nor the focus to say any of it
the actual candidates are "Gold," "Through the Barricades," "Chant No. 1" and "To Cut A Long Story Short" imo
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:43 (eleven years ago) link
and maybe "Only When You Leave"
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
the actual candidates are "Gold," "Through the Barricades,"
wow...I wish you WOULD expand!
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
voted 'chant no. 1' but i do genuinely love 'true'.
― balls, Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
whole Parade album is slept-on imo
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
At the height of my Ferry-Bowie obsession in the early nineties -- when they were never more out of fashion -- I bought the '85 comp. "Round and Round" is okay. "I'll Fly For You" is gunk.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
Hahahahahaha! It's ALL gunk as far as I'm concerned!! :D
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 27 October 2012 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
The artist pretending it's art
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 October 2012 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
The correct answer is The Freeze, one of the best singles of the 80's.
http://youtu.be/fjqH3ZypUVA
Listen to that funky bass line and the ridiculous keyboard solo at 1.35. I always thought this is the kind of song Franz Ferdinand were trying to write.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 27 October 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
voting "Communication" though i probably would cringe if i listen to it right now.
― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 27 October 2012 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdK0_6DBPg
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 29 October 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
lifeline.
― piscesx, Monday, 29 October 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
uggghhh so torn!
remember when the kemp brothers played the krays in that one movie
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
to cut a long story short
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 29 October 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
i really love 'through the barricades'
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
Why could I forget, VG?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJOiEn9v3I
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 October 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
I don't understand what's happening with Tony's outfit in To Cut a Long Story Short. It's like his jacket is slung over his shoulder but he's still wearing it?
He has such a stage look about him, esp profile/face. like a broadway lead or something. v theatrical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE2sCISQmpE
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
xpost ah bless your heart, Ned. I knew you'd know :)
Another bit of rough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4miZJvFdrY0
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 October 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
"oh hai, ladiez!"
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVp6Ah0gTOY/TZi2N-XINjI/AAAAAAAAAHc/AvFDnDh5nBM/s1600/spandauthen.jpeg
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
loool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
pop ALL the collars
I've found a picture that represents Tony Hadley's vocal stylings too! :D
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1XZzZ-anE-M/Ttviepy5CtI/AAAAAAAAAAk/sVJJkA4pc8U/s1600/sliced_ham-5892.jpg
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
THAT IS SO MEAN
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
he has a lovely singing voice
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
The Krays is a good movie!
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't seen it in yeeeeaaars. I remember renting it in high school and just mostly squeeing over the Kemps lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 October 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
ACtually at the moment I kinda want to hear "Sex Shooter" by Apollonia 6.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
and "Strut."
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
STRUT. Yes.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
Enjoy a little Solid Gold, won't you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TVDBD5heI
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite RFTW song is "Long Time Coming"
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
To avoid the wrath of aero I will just link this and bid you enjoyment.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
Write-in vote for the 12" mix of "Glow":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGJTI1sEXCI
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
in the "Long Time Coming" video: is that black linguini on Melvin Riley's head?
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
the only decent top six imaginable
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't looked at this thread for a day and suddenly it turns into a recreation of my hellish year in the fourth form (B3 to 84) at comprehensive school where the girls in my class all fell out with each other because they were either Duranies or Spandau freaks. Of course us boys were falling out over whether the Smiths were brilliant or useless whingebags. Such innocence.
― Rob M Revisited, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 07:19 (eleven years ago) link
ILX in "a bit like school" shocka!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
SB vs DD, then a-ha as a unifying force for a year, then the girls who pretended not to care about what were essentially boy bands laughing at the Brosettes.The boys falling out over whether Liverpool or Manchester Utd. were better, despite the school being hundreds of miles from either location.
― ILX until I die (snoball), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 12:06 (eleven years ago) link
oh and kicking the shit out of anyone who was even a tiny bit different, ie me and the rest of the chess club
― ILX until I die (snoball), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
when ppl threatened to kick the shit out of me, I'd matter-of-factly tell them not to try because I would seriously try to kill them and it would ruin both of our families
no one really tried to fight me after 7th grade
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=632o9gg7pdU
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
DJP is Judd Nelson?!?!?!
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
flaring his nostril hairs at the camera
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
"B-O-O-H-O-O"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
"YA KNOW WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS?"
y'all don't understand the secret advantages to being a smart black kid in a town terrified of black ppl
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
okay now it's sounding like an awesome version of Walking Tall
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Mr. Obama Goes To Salt Lake City
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Never liked them a bit.
This thread made them sound pretty ridiculous though, so I listened (to laugh along) and it was def funny...
But now I can't stop listening to them! What the heck.
― mr.raffles, Saturday, 10 November 2012 03:25 (eleven years ago) link
Only when you leeeave
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Saturday, 10 November 2012 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
So it turns out the song that I remember being played round my house loads and loads and loads when I was maybe 2-3 years old and has somehow stuck in my head all this time despite me not having heard it again until now was.... The Freeze! This is actually a very cool song and like Kitchen Person says upthread, very very funky.
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 09:30 (ten years ago) link
Dunno if it's funky, but it does use "funk" elements.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
omigod I'd FORGOTTEN THIS THREAD
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 13:42 (ten years ago) link
xpost, well it's very 'disco'. Think it instilled in me a love of that kind of patta-cakey rhythm + octave bass
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
so has anyone seen the documentary?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 26 July 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's fantastic, one of the very best best music docs i've ever seen. surprising to me because i'm not a fan particularly. the rare-footage-and-no-on-camera-interviews style really works and it's especially good if you dig the idea of 2 hours of rare mostly-80s footage. some great stuff in it. Gary Kemp comes across as a bit of an egotistical tosser sadly.
― piscesx, Sunday, 26 July 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
I think you meant "fortunately"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 26 July 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
No, but I did read through Tony Hadley's 2005 book 'To Cut A Long Story Short' again recently. The state of the band circa Heart Like A Sky was a bit grim, to say the least.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Sunday, 26 July 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
there's some real good stuff on that record though - some of their lightest material in tone!
― Joan Crawford Loves Chachi, Sunday, 26 July 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
The doc wasn't bad, but it's disorienting watching a band selling out arenas in 1986 that weren't in the United States.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 February 2016 14:00 (eight years ago) link
god that was like a boring episode of Behind the Music
loved the footage but god gary is such a twat
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 February 2016 05:02 (eight years ago) link
god god god
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 February 2016 05:03 (eight years ago) link
the ah-tist pretending it's aaaaaaaaarrrt
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
"The Freeze" would have been my pick of the handful I know: "erogenous zones win again".
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
is that a lyric
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
here I stand again, the loser
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
One day he'll build a statue with his handsSo gentle when he tries to understandThis subterfuge he never really plannedNow you're living in the lifeline
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 March 2023 16:36 (one year ago) link
"She Loves Like Diamond" should be retitled "He Moans Like Bitchmode"
deeply slept on post from djp despite my love for "diamond"
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 12 March 2023 17:15 (one year ago) link
lifeline is such a masterpiece
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 12 March 2023 17:16 (one year ago) link
love is like a hard prison wall
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 March 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
a HIGH prison wall, s'il vous plais!
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 12 March 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
yeah ALFRED
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 12 March 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
I'm high now, alright
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 March 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
irl lol
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 12 March 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link