By: pyramid termite
be sure and check it out, then - it's a wonderful pastiche and affectionate parody of 60s psych pop - they nail it better than anyone else i've ever heard, with good melodies
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Decani: “I regret to inform you that you're full of it.” Yeah, there's some good stuff on White Music, but there's also plenty of aimless stuff. Go 2 is slightly worse, and Drums & Wires is finally...
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Decani: "Yeah, you probably thought the same thing about Dexys Midnight Runners too, right?" Until someone did a post about them here, yea. There do seem to be a lot of UK artists who are big over...
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Isn't Slade best known for some weird non-Christmas track in the US? Run Runaway
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I guess at this point I'll just come out and say that XTC are a terrible, boring, bland pop band that couldn't make an interesting or stirring song to save their livesI regret to inform you that you're...
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Didn't know that they were still around; thought that they were a long-gone one hit wonder. posted by octothorpe at 5:21 PM on November 30 Yeah, you probably thought the same thing about Dexys Midnight...
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I guess at this point I'll just come out and say that XTC are a terrible, boring, bland pop band that couldn't make an interesting or stirring song to save their lives they were one of those, "i guess...
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XTC are a terrible, boring, bland pop band that couldn't make an interesting or stirring song to save their lives, and that relied so heavily on overproduction and cheesy gimmicks that they only could...
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Koesolitz: I guess at this point I'll just come out and say that XTC are a terrible, boring, bland pop band that couldn't make an interesting or stirring song to save their lives, and that relied so...
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XTC are a terrible, boring, bland pop band that couldn't make an interesting or stirring song to save their lives, and that relied so heavily on overproduction and cheesy gimmicks that they only could...
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Nothing That's New is a charming example of how good they could be. There is a risk I will post more.
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I guess at this point I'll just come out and say that XTC are a terrible, boring, bland pop band that couldn't make an interesting or stirring song to save their lives, and that relied so heavily on...
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Dexy's had a No.1 with Geno in the UK as well as Come On Eileen...although it was in their first slumboy soul band incarnation. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels is an amazing album.
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Mrs. Pterodactyl: For a little while I was uncomfortable listening to "One by One" off that same album because of the intro wherein a church organ plays and somebody distinctly coughs during it. That...
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God I love the Tubthumper CD so much. When I was in eighth grade I thought Mary Mary (No virgin me for I have sinned; I sold my soul for sex and gin) was like the greatest thing I had ever heard. I...
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I am a fan of "Come on Eileen," which has some smashing lyrics. But I wish Dexy's was also known for work like this. And their song "Celtic Soul Brothers" was reportedly the inspiration for Roddy...
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davebush: “‘Come on Eileen’ finishes a close second behind my most despised hit song of all time - Robert Palmer's ‘Addicted to Love’.” It's almost painful for me to read this. How can you compare the...
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