"My Other Voice"

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Sparks and Moroder. Is there anything really much better?

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 25 June 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

No. That song (and that album) is alternately beautiful, creepy, danceable, funny, and totally inspirational.

― John Hutchison (John Hutchison), Friday, 25 June 2004 01:13 (twenty-one years ago)

No.1 In Heaven is far and away my favourite Sparks elpee, John is rightrightRIGHT, virtually nothing tops it ever.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Friday, 25 June 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm kinda satisfied w/this

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 27 June 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

sparks must've really kept moroder in check...I'm a huge moroder fan but he has some incredibly cheesy tendencies. My Other Voice, which I think is the one song on the LP that Moroder get's songwriting credit before the Bros. Mael, is one of the most beautiful things he's ever done.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 27 June 2004 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

But what makes it work so well is that Moroder keeps Sparks in check, too! The result is that "My Other Voice" is like some detached head singing cabaret -- I love it.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 27 June 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

It is like the exact mathematical bang on opposite to the "bands who are better in theory than practice thread", this is where you get a big glorious dream collab which actually ends up skyscraping way above and beyond what you might have expected and is even better in joyous practise than in (anticipatorial edge-of-seat) theory (I assume, i was minus-two years old when the album came out)

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Sunday, 27 June 2004 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Good point Dan, this is about the only thing of Moroder's I can think of that's just straightforwardly gorgeous, no overdone synth dramatics (and I love those and Moroder too). This Lp's QUITE A LOT BETTER than the Phil Oakey/Giorgio thing, isn't it. Pity.

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 28 June 2004 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

most things are!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 28 June 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Hm, as Sparks can't be celebrated enough, this thread makes me merry.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 June 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

They truly can't be! And I kinda wanted to see this lovely title float around ILM for a bit, too.

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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