Westham67
3:06 Sun May 20
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Used to throw a few shapes whilst carving carpet to Level 42 in Kings nightclub
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Alex V
2:38 Sun May 20
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What question?
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One McAvennieeeeee
2:24 Sun May 20
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Alex. If you were down the pub with your mates and this question come up, is that how you would answer it?
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eusebiovic
2:07 Sun May 20
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I remember liking them up until around the World Machine album...but after that I kind of lost interest
Lessons In Love was a good tune but the rest of that Running In The Family album was terrible.
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Alex V
1:28 Sun May 20
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My take on them is that they were a band with a unique hybrid sound that never really fit any classification. Too poppy to be jazz funk, too unpretentious to be new romantic, too cheesy to be taken seriously, too bland to be artistic. Easy band to hate for all that, but I think that's what makes them unique - within 5 seconds of a track starting you could tell it could only be them, for better or worse.
Listened to a podcast about songwriting and King said the band used to just turn up and string a few of his basslines together and jam around them, and that was pretty much the entirety of their songwriting process. You can tell.
Pete Ray Biggin, their drummer in their latter years, has a great offshoot called the PB Underground. He posted this about 11 days ago, which to me is a continuation of the legacy...
https://youtu.be/oq1iUBBYxD8
The only other modern connection I can see stylistically is with the New York muso's band Snarky Puppy.
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Hammer and Pickle
12:26 Sun May 20
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chim chim cha boo 11:24 Sun May 20
BOOM BOOM, SHAKE DA ROOM
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13 Brentford Rd
12:25 Sun May 20
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Blimey I agree with Branded.
The UK stuff was not a patch on the yank's.
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BRANDED
12:13 Sun May 20
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I always thought of them as home counties black music. Nicely bland and white with not an ounce of funk.
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Takashi Miike
11:59 Sun May 20
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Sven Roeder 11:33 Sun May 20
no
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zebthecat
11:34 Sun May 20
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chim chim cha boo 11:24 Sun May 20
Whoever first thought huge baggy pleated trousers were a good look needs shooting.
Mind you I was crusty hippie punk at the time, glass houses etc
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Sven Roeder
11:33 Sun May 20
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These were another of those puffy shirted new romantic ladyboys that infested the 80’s weren’t they?
No surprise to see Northern Sold in the front row in his blouse and eye makeup
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chim chim cha boo
11:24 Sun May 20
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Absolutely the shittest fucking band in the world.
All you Taccini, Farah, wedge-haircut cunts from back then who also pretended to row through 'Oops upside your head' need to take a good long hard look at yourselves. You were every bit as embarrassing as idiots throwing Bananas onto the pitch at black players. Maybe even worse.
When I rule, you cunts are getting tried for crimes against fashion. No, fuck that- crimes against humanity. How you managed to procreate is a mystery or is a testament to the charity of womankind.
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13 Brentford Rd
10:44 Sun May 20
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Saw them at Zero 6 Sarfend doing a PA when I was 15.
Only decent tune us Starchild.
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zebthecat
10:41 Sun May 20
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This was my favourite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9Zez_ADgw
They did go a it crap when Mark King forgot what bass is for (I am a bass player) and the main bass line moved to the keyboards.
Bootsy is the man.
Or Lemmy
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BRANDED
10:27 Sun May 20
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An Alan Partridge fave
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Bungo
9:59 Sun May 20
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Still out there, still doing it. On tour again this autumn.
Really good now with a three piece brass section. Whole band is tight as a gnat's chuff. Excellent young drummer in there too with Pete Ray Biggin.
Clearly they focus mostly on the latter hits, but they do also wheel out a few older numbers for the hardcore fans.
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Aalborg Hammer
8:44 Sun May 20
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The track "it's Over" came out when my first wife and I were splitting up so very poignant...a good band
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jfk
2:08 Sun May 20
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This was better
https://youtu.be/02wNUMlhGxA
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Darlo Debs
1:23 Sun May 20
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love Livin it Up and Something About You
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Northern Sold
1:16 Sun May 20
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Living it Up and Hot Water top choons...
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