Re: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool (1986)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:08 pm

The verse definitely works better than the chorus.

by Guest Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:08 pm

This is a great single.

yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:08 pm

This is horribly 1980s.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:08 pm

Is this what the Buggles would have sounded like if they'd kept going?

by Guest Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:08 pm

Crimped hair!

happy

by Nightjar Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:08 pm

I think I hated this at the time.

I was, in retrospect, not entirely correct.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:09 pm

Quiet bit.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:09 pm

Back to the verse.

And then instantly back to the chorus. dontpanic

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:10 pm

This song is a total mess.

But it sort of works.

by Nightjar Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:10 pm

I think one of the great redeeming aspects of FGTH is that they were Scousers so were politically radical.

Militant, even... hmm

by Guest Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:10 pm

Right, they put the 2 singles as the first two tracks. Can the rest of the album keep this up?

scared

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:10 pm

Track 3 - Kill the Pain.

by Guest Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:10 pm

I remember it couldn't. But it has been decades since I've listened to it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:11 pm

Started like you'd expect it to.

by Nightjar Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:11 pm

This is great '80s overkill, but with a really good, gritty political message.

by Guest Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:11 pm

This isn't bad..! Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:11 pm

Sounds a bit Simple Minds. dontpanic

by Guest Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:12 pm

Bit trad rock…

by Nightjar Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:12 pm

Fretless bass?

by Nightjar Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:13 pm

Nightjar wrote:Fretless bass?

No, just very slack-Entwhistle-style bass strings I think.

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Eh? eh? eh?