Chant Number One used to be my favourite, but now it's between Instinction and Lifeline. Hmm. OK, Instinction, because Trevor Horn always wins.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
hmm
I would like "Gold" a lot more if it was actually a full-on Swing Out Sister song
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
Tell us more about the "punk-funk tension"! Sounds great.
Babygirl, unpack yr sweaters and get FABULOUS in FALL gay homo queer &c 2012
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
It's the bongo bit that bugs me.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
... potentially a good lyric that
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
the part that bugs me is the section in the verse where the melody just has nothing to do with the chord progression underneath it, to the point where it would sound like a mistake if dude didn't sing it exactly the same way every time
and the bongos are totally wasted
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
what's worse – Hadley's vocal, the sax solo, or the death throes of an asphyxiating goat?
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
or the death throes of an asphyxiating goat
Robin Gibb's on it?
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
I just listened to "Lifeline" and I've already forgotten how it went
"Round and Round" sounds like a showtune
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
oh I can't wait until you get a load of the singing on "She Loved Like Diamond."
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
"She Loved Like Diamond"
http://www.collapseboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/neal.jpg
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
"Only When You Leave"... why is this evoking the image of Cory Haim combing his hair, giving his reflection the thumbs up, then jumping into his dad's convertible and driving off to school?
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
Now make it worse, imagine an Essex version of that.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
sad the first response wasn't "why is there a convertible in Cory Haim's bathroom?"
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
imagine Billy Ocean singing it
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, um, fight the power:
http://rokpool.com/files/artist/spandau2.jpg?1341478455
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
just skip to "To Cut a Long Story Short" and save yrself some pain
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
"I need something that shows I'm with it. Anything."
http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/spandau-ballet.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
ugh boxing boots xp
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
"Headache pains bringing you down?"
http://itsnotpossible.typepad.com/trashfan/spandauA2.jpg
Nobody told these fucktards that even in 1985 those clothes were ass.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
"Instinction" sounds like someone completely failing to reproduce the funk stylings of Wa Wa Nee
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
"Introducing Donnie Wahlberg and the rest of...wait."
http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c565553ef01156e59ad36970c-800wi
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
Leningay Cowboys
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Hype Williams would take one look at this and burn his cameras.
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/3/24/1237897304947/Spandau-Ballet-in-New-Yor-001.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Occupy Top Man
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
"Yes, ha ha ha, but we're all professional now. It's 1987, the stock market will never crash!"
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uKYZGRNKPMA/SuGg5yAz6KI/AAAAAAAAAJU/RgawoMm7s6o/s320/spandau+ballet+good+pic.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
I still see so many young women on campus who tuck pants into their boots.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
"Highly Strung" is surprisingly okay compared to the other songs I've heard so far, which means it's only slightly embarrassing sounding
oh wait I just got to the chorus, never mind
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
"I look like Bryan Ferry, right? PLEASE tell me I look like him!"
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oQgeYrso_Cg/0.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
^^This has some post-Dundee fashion influence. xpost
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
isn't it "Highly Strung" that starts with the diplomat/laundromat couplet? In which case i refute yr initial statement.
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
"Hey, HEY! My hairstyle is up here!"
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qXMGsHO78hY/Sc056eBYfTI/AAAAAAAABzE/sNaO5K8ChR8/s400/Spandau+Ballet.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like you could subtitle half of these songs "(Why Would You Do That To A Perfectly Good Saxophone?)"
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
This has some post-Dundee fashion influence
Wha'? Angelo?
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
"Right then, gents, this'll be for the annual report for the stockholders."
http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/120/0980186c375f4213ada847b31069eb13/l.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
lol "True" is on a completely different level from the other songs I just listened to
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
I still see so many young women on campus who tuck pants into their boots.― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:44 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:44 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm amazed young women still want to tuck their pants into Spandau Ballet's boots...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
"I have a new creative vision...monochrome, with mullets."
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6K-7W5q5pGE/T7O0gekNPkI/AAAAAAAADQY/w6HSi3rx9s0/s1600/Spandau%2BBallet.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
Example of same:
http://cache.vevo.com/Content/VevoImages/video/9A6D00272397F3E7AAB6DD74228DB5F7.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
A bit of the outback in those pants and blousy shirt (ealier up there).
Note to blonde: Flashdance look does not work for men.
I like to think they are now bought and kept, living in Monaco for command concerts when the sultan requests their presence.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/11/article-1365327-041730DD000005DC-171_634x366.jpg
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
isn't it "Highly Strung" that starts with the diplomat/laundromat couplet? In which case i refute yr initial statement.― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:47 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:47 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Funnily enough, I remember my mother telling a story about meeting Rachman(notorious slum landlord)'s wife in the laundromat, she was full of sob story about how tough her life was now, scrimping etc now her husb was in jail etc. Then the Rolls Royce came and picked her and her laundry up...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
"Monochrome With Mullets" sounds like a lost Underworld single
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
In which Tony Hadley fails to invent the White Stripes:
http://cache.vevo.com/Content/VevoImages/video/0364C14B6BAEDBD4329D9D37A022A386.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
shurely that's Jim Kerr?
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
wtf is "Communication" going for
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
did you feel it let you down?
http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/nsync.jpg
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like Tom Jones is going to rise up behind me and shout "NO" while smacking me across the head
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
Hadley looks more than ever like Tony Ganios from Porky's.
http://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/5/y/5y9q5su21fyxq9sx.jpg
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link