Comments on: THE EQUALS - “Baby Come Back” http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: reorceesohync http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-405581 reorceesohync Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:57:43 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-405581 Good Day Members: Hope To Contribute ========================================================================================================================================== I Know People :-) See What I Mean: http://refersoft.com ========================================================================================================================================== Good Day Members:

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]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-319693 Marcello Carlin Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:16:09 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-319693 Isn't it "I shouldn't not be a-flirting"? Isn’t it “I shouldn’t not be a-flirting”?

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-319515 Tom Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:04:49 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-319515 <i>"I shouldn't not be not flirting"</i> - is this the only triple negative to get to #1? “I shouldn’t not be not flirting” - is this the only triple negative to get to #1?

]]> By: Lena http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-178416 Lena Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:58:52 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-178416 It's got a good beat and you can dance to it! I like this a lot. It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it! I like this a lot.

]]> By: Doctor Mod http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28527 Doctor Mod Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:00:03 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28527 No, there isn't very much to it, but it does have a prodigious amount of energy. It's an interesting hybrid of a lot of different genres (Caribbean, American, British)--as might well befit the group's racial/ethnic mix--and yet it's difficult to discuss because it doesn't fit neatly into any one particular category. A harbinger? Probably yes. Harbingers generally fall short of being the "authentic" item. I doubt that this would pass the litmus test for reggae--yet the accent and a few other little hints are there. And these inklings of the "real thing" can act as aural appetizers for what is to come. "Israelites" follows closely in its wake. No, there isn’t very much to it, but it does have a prodigious amount of energy. It’s an interesting hybrid of a lot of different genres (Caribbean, American, British)–as might well befit the group’s racial/ethnic mix–and yet it’s difficult to discuss because it doesn’t fit neatly into any one particular category.

A harbinger? Probably yes. Harbingers generally fall short of being the “authentic” item. I doubt that this would pass the litmus test for reggae–yet the accent and a few other little hints are there. And these inklings of the “real thing” can act as aural appetizers for what is to come. “Israelites” follows closely in its wake.

]]> By: Doctor Casino http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28487 Doctor Casino Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:35:14 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28487 ...or not, I just listened to this again last night and was kind of bored. There really <i>isn't</i> very much to it. Of course when I first heard it I couldn't get enough - so I suppose your bubblegum connection is right on target... …or not, I just listened to this again last night and was kind of bored. There really isn’t very much to it. Of course when I first heard it I couldn’t get enough - so I suppose your bubblegum connection is right on target…

]]> By: Doctor Casino http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28386 Doctor Casino Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:05:45 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28386 I'm surprised no one else has chimed in on this song, which is absolutely wonderful (although it may run a bit too long without bringing in enough new tricks). Instantly memorable and infectious, with those clear, ringing, just sorta surf-y guitars delivering the goods over and over and over. They also, I think, make the song sound somehow more modern than it is - I wasn't surprised when I learned it was from 1968, but if you'd told me it was from ten years later I'd have not batted an eye. There's something almost new-wavey about the whole thing - I could see Stewart Copeland covering this as Klark Kent, if it was a little more snotty. I’m surprised no one else has chimed in on this song, which is absolutely wonderful (although it may run a bit too long without bringing in enough new tricks). Instantly memorable and infectious, with those clear, ringing, just sorta surf-y guitars delivering the goods over and over and over. They also, I think, make the song sound somehow more modern than it is - I wasn’t surprised when I learned it was from 1968, but if you’d told me it was from ten years later I’d have not batted an eye. There’s something almost new-wavey about the whole thing - I could see Stewart Copeland covering this as Klark Kent, if it was a little more snotty.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28308 Tom Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:58:21 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/08/the-equals-baby-come-back/#comment-28308 The first paragraph in this review is a good example of me groping desperately after a (very tenuously) musicological explanation for something I can hear quite clearly! The first paragraph in this review is a good example of me groping desperately after a (very tenuously) musicological explanation for something I can hear quite clearly!

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