― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
it was nice to hear it at your birthday drinks!
btw JtN i hear you have done very good things with a Go-Betweens song
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
I was a fairly rockist 14-year-old and emphatically did not like Bros. 'Digging Your Scene' is great. 'Breakout' is OK. 'Shattered Dreams' remains awful.
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bernard E. Morris, Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:58 (nineteen years ago) link
But as jazz-pop goes, it's not quite as good as "My Ever-Changing Moods."
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm thinking a cover of "Year of the Cat" is in their future. She comes in incense and patchouli .....
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Funny, that's how I felt the first time I saw the video for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
SOS - "Breakout"Johnny Hates Jazz - "Shattered Dreams"Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"Curiosity Killed The Cat - "Misfit"
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 4 March 2005 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I was never a "When Smokey Sings" fan. I'm glad it was such a big hit (and my classic '80s station plays it A LOT) but the song is a pallid homage. If you're going to bow to Smokey, your lyrics better approach his, and "Lexicon of Love" was the last time Martin Fry even approximated it.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link
See also: "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― John Fredland (jfredland), Friday, 4 March 2005 09:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Sophistopop pwner: Robert Palmer.
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Alba's right (50% right).
Swing Out Sister, "Breakout"UK #7 -- November 1986US #6 -- November 1987
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Speaking of Spandau, how's that "rock" album they released in '86?
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link
My love is like a high prison wall! And you could leave me standing so tall!
― ffirehorse, Friday, 4 March 2005 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
I like the suggestion of it the closer to the album but the overture to the concerts - very "Pimpf"
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
Some people stop at nothingIf you're searching for somethingLay down the law, shout out for moreBreakout and shout, day in, day out
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski),
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 May 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link
big box of swing out sister...
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/swing-out-sister-blue-mood-breakout-and-beyond-the-early-years-part-1-8cd-box-set/
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 6 May 2023 15:04 (one year ago) link
Interview with Corinne on the Ace Records Podcast here -- good listen!
https://soundcloud.com/ace-records-ltd/the-ace-records-podcast-28-corinne-drewery
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 02:27 (nine months ago) link
A bump for the morning!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 14:49 (nine months ago) link
this song always cheers me up
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:19 (nine months ago) link
This strikes me as very fitting for the whole sophstipop aesthetic
― the new drip king (DJP), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:40 (nine months ago) link
those "Breakout" horns are the equivalents of bumps in the morning
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:56 (nine months ago) link
I love "It's Better to Travel" so much. Been looking for more albums that hit that sound (which it seems the band departed from immediately and permanently). So far the closest I've found is "En Cavale" by Isabelle Antena, which hits on a similar glossy, jazzy Sophisti-pop type sound. Any other tips?
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:28 (four months ago) link
Though I am listening to their "Live at the Jazz Cafe" record for the first time right now and... dang! This is really good, and really not what I expected!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:36 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgme2q7GOF0
Dip In The Pool's 'Retinae' definitely has its moments!
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 26 January 2024 20:39 (four months ago) link
Oh yeah, that's a good pull! I like that album a lot too. Kind of a quieter energy to it than Swing Out Sister but it does hold a very similar appeal. Great clarinet on there too!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:45 (four months ago) link
yeah its definitely more 'Twilight World' than 'Breakout'
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 26 January 2024 20:48 (four months ago) link
Ended up checking out Shapes and Patterns because it was their highest-rated album on rym. pretty straightforward and pleasant Burt Bacharach-style music but certainly not as fun or compelling as "Breakout". But interesting to learn about their second life in Japan - "Now You're Not Here" from Shapes and Patterns was a huge hit and they're pretty well-known there
― Vinnie, Friday, 26 January 2024 21:16 (four months ago) link
This Dip in the Pool song rules
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 27 January 2024 04:29 (four months ago) link