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Gazoo

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« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2005, 10:33:07 AM »
"It's so deep!  It's so wide!"  It's so self-important I want to swallow my tongue!
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« Reply #31 on: April 05, 2005, 10:34:31 AM »
On the other hand, I always quite liked the vivid imagery of "S2."
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« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2005, 10:34:35 AM »
LOL! Yeah, that Sting. Wotta nut.
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« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2005, 10:35:18 AM »
Dave's 2nd Po-leese twin-spin in as many weeks.
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« Reply #34 on: April 05, 2005, 10:35:55 AM »
What's with all the damn Police lately? This is the second Police double-play in the last week. Once, fine but I'm sorry, this is not acceptable. Besides, they'd started sucking by this point. (Props to them for packing it in after this album though. Remarkable self-awareness on Sting's part.)

My, these crankypants are a bit snug, aren't they?
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« Reply #35 on: April 05, 2005, 10:39:27 AM »
Hey, hey, hey, heeeyyyy...
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« Reply #36 on: April 05, 2005, 10:39:50 AM »
OK, if I can't enjoy this Human League track then I hate fun.  I never get tired of pointing out how clumsy that synth riff is, and yet I grin like a child every time I hear it.  And the lead-vocal tradeoff was an inspired arrangement.
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« Reply #37 on: April 05, 2005, 10:39:56 AM »
BOS #2, "Fascination"

If this didn't get your ass out onto the dance floor that year, then nothing would.
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« Reply #38 on: April 05, 2005, 10:40:02 AM »
Quote from: "urth"
What's with all the damn Police lately? This is the second Police double-play in the last week. Once, fine but I'm sorry, this is not acceptable. Besides, they'd started sucking by this point. (Props to them for packing it in after this album though. Remarkable self-awareness on Sting's part.)


Jinx! but kudos on your analysis.
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« Reply #39 on: April 05, 2005, 10:40:46 AM »
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OK, if I can't enjoy this Human League track then I hate fun.  I never get tired of pointing out how clumsy that synth riff is, and yet I grin like a child every time I hear it.  And the lead-vocal tradeoff was an inspired arrangement.


BOS fer me.
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« Reply #40 on: April 05, 2005, 10:42:36 AM »
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OK, if I can't enjoy this Human League track then I hate fun.  I never get tired of pointing out how clumsy that synth riff is, and yet I grin like a child every time I hear it.  And the lead-vocal tradeoff was an inspired arrangement.


I think the bass line compensates for the synth riff, and this is one of those relatively rare dance tunes that also an infectious sing-along.

Another quintessential '83 track: "The Walls Came Down"

I don't think there are any Russians!
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« Reply #41 on: April 05, 2005, 10:43:32 AM »
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OK, if I can't enjoy this Human League track then I hate fun.  I never get tired of pointing out how clumsy that synth riff is, and yet I grin like a child every time I hear it.  And the lead-vocal tradeoff was an inspired arrangement.


Clumsy? it sounds downright out-of-tune, no? And yet it works. We are in complete agreement.
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« Reply #42 on: April 05, 2005, 10:44:18 AM »
And the Katrinas Came Down. But it's still a great f---ing song.
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« Reply #43 on: April 05, 2005, 10:44:59 AM »
As my Brit friends might say: What are they on about?
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« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2005, 10:47:27 AM »
"the 10@10 Rule Book"

which Dave keeps in his, er, database. :wink:
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