They were nuts. But they had passion, anger, clever lyrics (funny little subthemes in the background), with terrific signature bass lines, and a wonderful fusion of FX (synth) and real instruments.
Those Thompson Twins..."Lies" is a definite winner. "Hold Me Now," has more depth, and a bass line that will absolutely remind you of Bryan Ferry's "Dance Away." Who's zooming whom? Two great songs from an iconic, intense group from the 1980s.
LIES
http://youtu.be/PA43ETEU1Vg
-and-
HOLD ME NOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZ9gEKBoYI&feature=related
RadioDAZZ recalls the 1980s.
The music of the 1980s was just an ambient part of my life; I was busy trying to build a career, make a fortune, seek approval (often, through desperate means) from members of the opposite sex; teach college and maintain a potentially (in retrospect) pre-cancerous tan. Yet, even though the music was not foveal (as it had been for me in the 1970s and the 1960s), it was always there, albeit peripherally...the background to the movie of my life. I under-rated and under-appreciated it.
I missed out on The Thompson Twins, Eddie Money, Soft Cell, U2, We B 40, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Joan Jett, Mr. Mister, REM, Paul Young, Howard Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Oingo Boingo, Squeeze, Mr. Big, New Order, The Monroes, Suzanne Vega, Modern English, Bad Company, Aha, Belinda Carlisle (sp?), John Cougar Mellencamp, The Clash, Big Pig, Prince, Blondie (Debbie Harry), The Pretenders, Crowded House, Styx, Kansas, The Go Gos, Bad Company and a host of others, including disco stuff (late 1970s to early 1980s) that deserves a room of its own -- and its own atmosphere of glitter, ear-splitting pump, Southern Comfort, shots at the bar (no guns, just drinking fools) the smells of hairspray, perfume and drugstore aftershave... (sigh)...what a heady melange [that's French!]
There wasn't a great deal of funk in the 80s. The bass was being replaced by some casio keyboardist's left hand. Drums were shallow or tinny. Video performances were taking the ears out of the music and putting the money in the hands of the cosmetologists. But some of the songs were grabbers. And there were some truly powerful guitar and keyboard riffs. Truly.
Here goes DAZZ - trying to make up for his sorrowful neglect of a decade. Yep... http://radiodazz.blogspot.com/
Well...that's enough about me.
Radio DAZZ!
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