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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Feb 20, 2024 12:17:57 GMT
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Feb 20, 2024 12:34:06 GMT
Catchy, but pretty insubstantial and annoying.
It's probably in the middle of the two options.
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Post by loveless on Feb 20, 2024 12:34:21 GMT
Oh, I think ca. 85-89, Bell and Clarke had a pretty winning formula for the pop confection. These long and winding catchy melodies piling on hook after hook, always making the most of Bell's voice. This one is a winner - nearly as strong as "Sometimes" or "Chains of Love".
I wouldn't die if I never heard this song again (this is their biggest hit, right?), cause it was pretty ubiquitous, and we're ultimately describing the sort of ephemeral empty carbs of a candy bar, but...I'm 100% in favor of it.
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Post by DarknessFish on Feb 20, 2024 13:31:07 GMT
It's a definite hit, isn't it? Vince Clarke's got a bit of maverick synth-pop genius about him, and at this point it was probably the most overtly POP he'd been in his entire career. It's a massively catchy chorus, the kind of thing that you still find yourself singing a decade after last hearing the tune. Erasure were a class chart act, and probably deserve more respect than they get, and that was definitely no pun intended.
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Post by fonz on Feb 20, 2024 15:25:10 GMT
Awful. I really don’t like the histrionic vocals.
I have a pretty limited tolerance to synth pop. I reckon Yazzoo were better; classier; less OTT.
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Post by Charlie O. on Feb 20, 2024 15:28:09 GMT
"Hit", in the absence of a "Footy" option.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Feb 20, 2024 16:12:32 GMT
I don't like it too much, but the vocal melody is decent. The video does it no favours.
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Post by Sneelock on Feb 20, 2024 16:51:37 GMT
"shit" seems strong. I mean, people like it, right? I like Alvin & the Chipmunks. If I told you my favorite Alvin songs and you said they were shit, I'd take that personal, wouldn't I?
he loves her so much that his voice noticeably wavers. not quite as bloodless as most synth-pop of this type and vintage but pretty darned close.
meh.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Feb 20, 2024 16:59:02 GMT
I really wanted to leave it to someone else to trot out the old 'I had to LIVE through this!' line...
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Feb 20, 2024 16:59:20 GMT
believe me, it was fucking awful
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Post by DayoRemix on Feb 20, 2024 17:05:31 GMT
I've warmed to a lot of Synth Pop over the years (DF has been a bad influence), but not Erasure. Maybe it's the overt POP sensibilities, maybe the vocals, do not know..Just cannot stand Erasure.
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Post by Charlie O. on Feb 20, 2024 18:14:04 GMT
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Post by fearlessfreap on Feb 20, 2024 18:27:21 GMT
Can't say I cared for it. The whole mid 80's Erasure, Bronski Beat over the top synthy falsetto disco glam was not what I was listening to at the time, so there's no need to start now. It sounds tailor made for a John Hughes movie and I didn't like those either.
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