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Post by CaptainFreedom on May 18, 2016 8:53:32 GMT -5
For those who are interested, on may the 20th, Amazon.uk will release the first three albums remastered along with a fourth CD full of rarities, b-sides, live cuts, unreleased etc from the influential but sadly very shortlived John Foxx/Ultravox! 1976-1978 era: Ultravox! / The Island Years / 4CD box.I had often "ignored" their second release Ha!-Ha!-Ha! (1977), not because it was not good but maybe because the punk sound/attitude was not working for me at the time, and I was still very hung up with the more 80s/pop dominated Midge Ure version. But over the years as I began listening to Ha!-Ha!-Ha! (1977) more often, I have come to think of it as their finest hour, well or ("half-hour" as it clocks in around 30-32 minutes). "We were trying to increase bass frequencies for the synths, subsonic zooms - we wanted to work like sonic terrorists - to make the audience sick." - John Foxx They really went all the way with this one as a band, creative and blending in a great mix of agressive punk sounds with sharp and witty lyrics along with what would probably be one of their most important pieces in the stunningly album closer, Hiroshima Mon Amour. A Song which more or less showcased their shift in musical direction from being seen as just one of the many glam/punk Roxy Music, Eno/Bowie "wannabes" to end up as one of the most influential bands to come out of the late 70s glam/punk era.
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Post by CaptainFreedom on May 23, 2016 6:44:50 GMT -5
I've been hooked on The Golden Calf by Prefab Sprout lately. Great feel good tune and I never get tired of watching the lovely Wendy doing her moves. I think this is the real standout track from an album that sadly were and still is being dismissed as a huge letdown after their classic Steve McQueen (1985). Sure, From Langley Park To Memphis (1988) might not match the quality as whole but it does pack some of the bands finest songs such as Cars and Girls, Nightingales, Hey Manhattan! and The Golden Calf.
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