Comments on: WEEDY EIGHTIES WHITE PEOPLE SINGING ABOUT SOUL STARS 2: Spandau Ballet: True

By: Geir H

Geir H — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:57:31 +0000

Judging synth based music from how it sounds live is pointless.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:22:11 +0000

Not saying of course that all music from that era was naff, the Cure, Stranglers and Madness to name just three groups of exceptional musical ability from that time. A good yardstick for any band or artist is how they sound live, the above mentioned groups were better live than recorded. I never heard Talk Talk live but the production quality of their recordings on vynil was phenominal.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:54:22 +0000

Okay, where in my post do i say that they didnt write their own music?

By: Geir H

Geir H — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:22:23 +0000

Uhhhh.. The New Romantics acts actually wrote their own songs - as opposed to today’s teenyboppers. You don’t know what you are talking about.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:20:40 +0000

Spandau ballet.. Fuck sake.. The name says it all.. May as well call themselves Belsen Flamenco or Auschwitz Jitterbug, new romantics were a scourge on the eyes and ears, a fashion and sound that was cynically crapped endlessly out by record producers that wouldnt know good music if it came up and poked them in the arse with a fender strat.. I thought about buying an ouzi and rid the world of new romantics but after many hours soul searching decided against it as i knew i had an aversion to prison food and being some fat nasty bastards bitch.. I knew that if i waited a few dreary months the saddos that loved new romantic would get bored and find another new fashion…

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:19:53 +0000

Of course Gary Kemp could have been listening to his Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy tapes.

The single most irritating thing about this most irritating of songs is that Tory Hadley is actually singing “Mar-VAIN.” Was this a shortlived Brylcreem wannabe?

By: geekpie

geekpie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:10:07 +0000

i need your stories about weedy 80s new romantics: http://www.daveches.co.uk/80s

(because they were ace)