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[CP]

Maybe I cock eyed, but nobody seemed to have mentioned Depeche Mode...

I did mention in one of my post.Got hooked on their debut album "Speak & Spell",almost every single song is solid!!
But, their subsequent releases sucks.


As for soft cell, the aqua man who wears make-up, only liked their "Tainted Love".

[CP]

Nobody remembers TFT - Tears for fear ?

Yes TFT!!!Very unique and original.


And Alphaville's forever young.................STEAM AH!!!

[peter porker]

I did mention in one of my post.Got hooked on their debut album "Speak & Spell",almost every single song is solid!!
But, their subsequent releases sucks.
As for soft cell, the aqua man who wears make-up, only liked their "Tainted Love".

I actually prefer the later albums, starting from Music of the Masses. The sound was mellower and had an edgier sound to it.

As for Soft Cell, I agree that most people would only have had heard of Tainted Love but the aqua man, aka Marc Almond, had a successful solo career and he is a brilliant song writer.

[peter porker]

fans of synth-pop and Brit bands, you should check out Goldfrapp. Brilliant lyrics and wonderful layers of sound texture. They are under the same label as Depeche Mode, by the way...so there's a quality assurance stamp for you....

[desireless]

Maybe I cock eyed, but nobody seemed to have mentioned Depeche Mode...

Oh... Depeche Mode is always there. Recent releases sees their lack of effort in designing album/singles sleeve...

[desireless]

Wah, frankie goes to hollywood was one of my favourite !!!!
Nobody remembers TFT - Tears for fear ?

Hahaha.. I wanna laugh at their video for "Shout". Look at the frontman when he sang "SHOUT... SHOUT... LET IT ALL OUT" You can actually fit in two fists into his wide-opened mouth

[desireless]

Other one hit wonders

Baltimore with oh yi oh  Tarzan boy
Murray heads with One night in Bangkok
FR David with Words
Vanilla Ice with that ice ice kachang?
Carl Douglas with Kung Fu fighting
Rupert Holmes with Pina colada song
Man without hats and Safety dance
The Bangles and Walk like an Egyptian
Mike and Mechanics with Livin Years
Shakins Stevens with his Because I love you
And Don’t forget YMCA by some village people that no longer exist……….

Baltimora died of AIDS in the 90's... silently until a fan pointed him out in the Orbituary.
FR David penned several hits made famous by other artistes. One of such was "Music". Not many knew it was written by him.
The Bangles are not one-hit wonder. They have hits like "Maniac Monday", "Walking Down your Street", "A Hazy Shade Of Winter", "Eternal Flame", "In Your Room", "If She Knew What She Wants", etc... until vocal Susanna Hoffs left them.
Village People.. I always wonder how they became GAY icon...

And yes PP... Holly Johnson is Sero-Positive.. but he won't die yet. If you happen to have FGTH's 1st make of "Relax" video... it's set in a gay pub and it featured and old gay simulating an indecent act with banana and his mouth... ..

[peter porker]

Oh... Depeche Mode is always there. Recent releases sees their lack of effort in designing album/singles sleeve...

your Bros singles collection is really impressive. I thought I was hardcore enough...haha....the Jap edition is really expensive...

I think you will be showing us pictures of your Technics Mark II next....

[The Matrix]

Other one hit wonders

Baltimore with oh yi oh  Tarzan boy
The Bangles and Walk like an Egyptian

Bangles got more hits than 1 lah... Their No. 1 hit song Eternal Flame and no.2 hit song Maniac Monday.

But Tarzan boy one hit the street for many disco when it release as remix in the mid 90s if I not wrong. That's where I doing those pubs hopping stunt work.

Peter, you the British Rocker leh ... too bad din really like those.

Wow CP, Prince and his purple rain ! Remember that period also got The Kings, Queen, is there a Princess ??? And one lady call Sheila E ... woahhhh ...

[peter porker]

Baltimora died of AIDS in the 90's... silently until a fan pointed him out in the Orbituary.
FR David penned several hits made famous by other artistes. One of such was "Music". Not many knew it was written by him.
The Bangles are not one-hit wonder. They have hits like "Maniac Monday", "Walking Down your Street", "A Hazy Shade Of Winter", "Eternal Flame", "In Your Room", "If She Knew What She Wants", etc... until vocal Susanna Hoffs left them.
Village People.. I always wonder how they became GAY icon... 

And yes PP... HollyJohnson is Sero-Positive.. but he won't die yet. If you happen to have FGTH's 1st make of "Relax" video... it is gay theme. it features and old gay simulating the indecent act with banana and mouth. yucks..

haha...if you look at the VP's costumes..you would know why they are gay icons...

Ah yes...the Relax video...that was really something huh? Welcome to the Pleasuredome was shocking as well...given its parade of sideshow freaks..

I always wondered what Holly Johnson meant by 'Relax..Don't do it...when you want to come'...

[desireless]

your Bros singles collection is really impressive. I thought I was hardcore enough...haha....the Jap edition is really expensive...

I think you will be showing us pictures of your Technics Mark II next....

hahaha... My turntable up car long ago... I had hundreds of vinyl records but now most cheap cheap sold to garang guni man liao.. Kept only a few memorable ones.... of a-ha's and some others' mint conditioned records..

Now I only want CD-PRO 2!!!

[The Matrix]

Baltimora died of AIDS in the 90's... silently until a fan pointed him out in the Orbituary.
FR David penned several hits made famous by other artistes. One of such was "Music". Not many knew it was written by him.
The Bangles are not one-hit wonder. They have hits like "Maniac Monday", "Walking Down your Street", "A Hazy Shade Of Winter", "Eternal Flame", "In Your Room", "If She Knew What She Wants", etc... until vocal Susanna Hoffs left them.
Village People.. I always wonder how they became GAY icon... 

And yes PP... Holly Johnson is Sero-Positive.. but he won't die yet. If you happen to have FGTH's 1st make of "Relax" video... it's set in a gay pub and it featured and old gay simulating an indecent act with banana and his mouth... ..

Ah ken, anyone in the music industry looking for your hidden talent ? U practically a historian in music ! Soooooo detail !

[peter porker]

those were the wonderful days...the Thompson Twinses, the Howard Joneses, the the Whams, the Depeche Modes, the Alison Moyets, The Bronski Beats...unlike the nonsense you hear on radio nowadays...

[desireless]

haha...if you look at the VP's costumes..you would know why they are gay icons...

Ah yes...the Relax video...that was really something huh? Welcome to the Pleasuredome was shocking as well...given its parade of sideshow freaks..

I always wondered what Holly Johnson meant by 'Relax..Don't do it...when you want to come'...

They openly said it was something about masturbation. And because of the gay theme in the video, it meant something even more....

So the song was BANNED in SG back in 1987 and early 90's. You can probably hear it on radio but on CD it is illegal.... Don't know what kind of rule is that.. The ban was lifted only in 1997(??).. which was about 10 years later.

[peter porker]

They openly said it was something about masturbation. And because of the gay theme in the video, it meant something even more....

So the song was BANNED in SG back in 1987 and early 90's. You can probably hear it on radio but on CD it is illegal.... Don't know what kind of rule is that.. The ban was lifted only in 1997(??).. which was about 10 years later.

they were actually here in Singapore in the millenium, when they had the millenium party at Sentosa. But it wasn't Holly J. fronting them..some other guy who sounded remarkably like him. Sadly, nobody knew who they were and the response to them was lukewarm.