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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2008, 10:25:27 AM »
Whoa, here's the song Mike will regret missing--Pretenders, I Hurt You. Total bustout. And one of three songs from Learning to Crawl that had never appeared in a 10@10. Now just two--Thumbelina and Watching the Clothes.

And here's another!  BOS #2 Bronski Beat!

BOS from me!  Bustout of the week on my chart.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2008, 10:27:15 AM »

And one of three songs from Learning to Crawl that had never appeared in a 10@10. Now just two--Thumbelina and Watching the Clothes.


I doubt we'll hear "Watching the Clothes" until some future HFH 'When Good Artists Go Bad' set.  But I love "Thumbelina" & often have wished for it.

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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2008, 10:28:34 AM »
Now this is really turning into a set Mike will regret missing.

3rd straight BOS vote for "You're the Best Thing"
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2008, 10:30:13 AM »
BTW, the new and improved DB will be done today, anyone besides Gaz & Urth want me to mail it to them direct?  Geoff will get it linked shortly after I send it to him.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2008, 10:36:38 AM »
BOS #4 to JJ, "YCGWYWTYKWYW", the 4th song so far that has 2 or fewer prior appeances in the Db.  Quite exemplary for an 80's set on a Monday from Dave.

ETA: love the interplay between the horns and the bass on this.  Graham Maby rules!
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #20 on: May 12, 2008, 10:37:17 AM »
BOS #4 to JJ, "YCGWYWTYKWYW", the 4th song so far that has 2 or fewer prior appeances in the Db.  Quite exemplary for an 80's set on a Monday from Dave.
Wow.  This is one of the best of the 80s for me.  Very surprised to hear it isn't a frequent flyer.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2008, 10:38:13 AM »

And one of three songs from Learning to Crawl that had never appeared in a 10@10. Now just two--Thumbelina and Watching the Clothes.


I doubt we'll hear "Watching the Clothes" until some future HFH 'When Good Artists Go Bad' set.  But I love "Thumbelina" & often have wished for it.

And the Oklahoma sunrise
Becomes the Amarillo dawn



I was thinking much the same thing -- look up "filler" in the dictionary and you'll find "Watching the Clothes".  "Thumbelina" rocks.

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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2008, 10:38:24 AM »
BTW, the new and improved DB will be done today, anyone besides Gaz & Urth want me to mail it to them direct?  Geoff will get it linked shortly after I send it to him.
Send it to me too please. The set sounds OK but I still just don't have much of an 80's connection.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2008, 10:39:13 AM »
Now this is really turning into a set Mike will regret missing.

3rd straight BOS vote for "You're the Best Thing"

I was going to hope for H&O, but that Style Council track scratched the itch nicely.  BOS2 to that, 3 to Joe Jackson, 4 to Thompson Twins, justifying Mshray's crystal ball.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2008, 10:39:51 AM »
"...and you can take that to the bank!"

Here's my Thompson Twins!  BOS #5, not nearly a bustout, but I loved this album back then.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2008, 10:43:36 AM »
And now..."Owner of a Boring Part".  Or at least that's what the Tenor Sax part was called when we played this in the Band.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2008, 10:44:29 AM »
screeching to a halt with "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" (sorry Yessongs!), but at least it isn't "Leave It" which is the real Katrina. 

Surprisingly enough, Dave hasn't played this for 3 1/2 yrs!
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2008, 10:44:53 AM »
Ending on a down note, the oft-heard Owner of a Lonely Heart. (Trevor Rabin did this band no favors, outside of a few million albums sold.) Still a pretty great set considering the year. Thumbs up.

ETA: I guess it just seems oft-heard, since it's still in the KFOG rotation. But I stand by my estimation of Trevor Rabin.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2008, 10:50:09 AM »
Whoa, here's the song Mike will regret missing--Pretenders, I Hurt You. Total bustout. And one of three songs from Learning to Crawl that had never appeared in a 10@10. Now just two--Thumbelina and Watching the Clothes.

And here's another!  BOS #2 Bronski Beat!

BOS from me!  Bustout of the week on my chart.

Just noticed that the BB tune does appear once in the DB, nearly four years ago--July 23 of '04. Still quite the rarity--and sharing the BOS vote at that. Methinks this will be heard more often.
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Re: 12 May 2008--it's 1984
« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2008, 10:51:51 AM »
Ending on a down note, the oft-heard Owner of a Lonely Heart. (Trevor Rabin did this band no favors, outside of a few million albums sold.) Still a pretty great set considering the year. Thumbs up.

ETA: I guess it just seems oft-heard, since it's still in the KFOG rotation. But I stand by my estimation of Trevor Rabin.

Yeah, I was gonna add that, just because Dave hasn't played it for years, doesn't mean I haven't heard it more than I needed to in the meantime.
"Music is the Earth, People are the Flowers, and I am the Hose."

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