Fun Boy Three -- C/D? S/D?

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Way to pull a downer, Terry.

Alba (Alba), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link

search: everything. especially the b-sides.

classic all the way. not one bad song.

scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link

and by b-sides, i mostly mean dub/extendedversions and the like.

scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 20 May 2005 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Bananarama were the biggest-selling all-female group in the world, prior to Destiny's Child, so let's not cry for them!

Really? More than Spice Girls?
Or even The Supremes? (if we include reissues and compilations)
How do The Bangles stack up?

Oh, I hate fun, so obviously I don't like Fun Boy Three either. I'd rather stick with those early Madness records. Now I have "Really saying something" stuck in my head!

Øystein (Øystein), Friday, 20 May 2005 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link

More than the Spice Girls, yes. Banarama's "career" was lot longer and that's what did it.

More than the Supremes too. In fact, a lot of the press about Banarama's success had to do with the fact that they had outsold the Supremes (for about two decades the Supremes were untouchable.)

The Bangles are even close to either of these three.

The total is based on total records sold - albums AND singles, new stuff AND compilations.

Dee Xtrovert (dee dee), Friday, 20 May 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link

they had 14 hits then broke the record with a supremes cover -they had 15+ in uk - the last decade has been very quiet- they've covered wham and abba - i still want to hear them sing bon jovi "living on a prayer" they sang this live during WOW concerts.

keren, Saturday, 21 May 2005 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link

"The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)" is fab.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 06:23 (nineteen years ago) link

I heard Tunnel Of Love for the first time in ages this morning and I'd forgotten just what a great song it was. Classic, as is nearly everything I've ever known Terry Hall to be involved in.

ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 21 May 2005 10:44 (nineteen years ago) link

"waiting" is awesome if you can find it, really great from start to finish.

corey c (shock of daylight), Monday, 23 May 2005 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Does Le Dust Sucker's "Mandate My Ass" sample "Lunatics" or just sound like it? This has been bugging me for a while...

Telephonething, Monday, 23 May 2005 07:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, and utter classic in every way. As if it needed restating.

Telephonething, Monday, 23 May 2005 07:06 (nineteen years ago) link

is the Specials off-shoot, in which case i say 'classic' just because heard some tracks on a friend's dad's cassette which were far from 'dud'...

Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Monday, 23 May 2005 07:20 (nineteen years ago) link

First FB3 album is as shockingly skeletal and sparse as the first Tricky album (and an obvious influence on the latter). Second album is a bit too "produced"/"let's be a Proper Band" for my tastes but has one of the bleakest album closers ever - "Well Fancy That."

Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 23 May 2005 07:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Taught Damon Albarn everything worth knowing.

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 23 May 2005 09:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Along with Chas and Dave...

Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 23 May 2005 09:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Didn't David Byrne produce one of their albums? Anyway, remember these words: it ain't what you do it's the way that you do it.

Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 23 May 2005 13:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Bryne produced "Waiting"

Max Murdoc (Max Murdoc), Monday, 23 May 2005 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Byrne produced "Waiting"

Max Murdoc (Max Murdoc), Monday, 23 May 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Lyric help please. What is the next line in the rap in Farmyard Connection?

Hey diddle diddle / policeman on the fiddle / he sold off the drugs to the man in the middle / He put it on a plane to Heathrow Central / it was picked up by a hippy in a Hertz car rental / drove it into town and split it up in parts / and he sold it to his friends at an ethnic party / they talked about life but missed all the points points points points points points points / they sat cross-legged and passed around the joints and...

Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 4 January 2008 11:27 (sixteen years ago) link

... inhaled the West Indian exports.

Our Lips Are Sealed is my favourite song ever.

Ian Edmond, Friday, 4 January 2008 13:47 (sixteen years ago) link

Ahhh thanks Ian. I could always hear the word West in there somewhere! Waiting is a fabulous record, so varied and ambitious.

Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 4 January 2008 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link

five years pass...

"The Tunnel of Love" this afternoon.

A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 April 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link

four years pass...

Does Le Dust Sucker's "Mandate My Ass" sample "Lunatics" or just sound like it? This has been bugging me for a while...
― Telephonething, Monday, May 23, 2005 9:05 AM (twelve years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

12 years but you're right - I only noticed that now!

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 13 October 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link

Just thought about FB3 yesterday, because the music to the "Wolfshager Hexenbrut" video that's been making the rounds ("Schuttel Deinen Speck") reminded me a bit of "It Ain't What What You Do."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjUV-byB8ls

Christopher Futterwacken (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link

That Peter fox record bangs

MaresNest, Friday, 13 October 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link

I know, I'm obsessed with it!

Christopher Futterwacken (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 October 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link


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