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Strawberry Switchblade or Ugli Fruit Knuckledusters?
Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by Nightjar Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:05 pm
This is a very interesting album.
It represents a catastrophic, yet, IMO, weirdly fruitful collision of factors.
A coalescence of the ambitions of two Glasgow girls from different sides of the tracks to Pop greatness and the inevitable record company sell-out (before they'd had even a chance to snuggle rumpus it up of their own accord) after one semi-successful elpee.
All the songs had already been written (and more) before the dismaying demise of professional and personal friendship affairs between young Jill and Rose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG1hFvyvIPc&list=PLQg0Ot_YBuEY-yOJk8w-juHyacYKC6X-G
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Switchblade_(album)
It represents a catastrophic, yet, IMO, weirdly fruitful collision of factors.
A coalescence of the ambitions of two Glasgow girls from different sides of the tracks to Pop greatness and the inevitable record company sell-out (before they'd had even a chance to snuggle rumpus it up of their own accord) after one semi-successful elpee.
All the songs had already been written (and more) before the dismaying demise of professional and personal friendship affairs between young Jill and Rose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG1hFvyvIPc&list=PLQg0Ot_YBuEY-yOJk8w-juHyacYKC6X-G
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Switchblade_(album)
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by Nightjar Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:15 pm
I guess that I'm saying with this post that I don't really mind what others say about.
Even if they choose to ignore it.
Even if they choose to ignore or slight it.
It's basically cr*p or good on its own merits/failures.
Little room for subjectivity...
As my old art tutor said, it's all about targets - not what you - the objective observer believes is right aesthetically or morally - but what you objectively feel the other person has sought to achieve and, thus, whether you think they came anywhere near it.
Knowing loads of stuff as a critic or arbiter helps of course.
Even if they choose to ignore it.
Even if they choose to ignore or slight it.
It's basically cr*p or good on its own merits/failures.
Little room for subjectivity...
As my old art tutor said, it's all about targets - not what you - the objective observer believes is right aesthetically or morally - but what you objectively feel the other person has sought to achieve and, thus, whether you think they came anywhere near it.
Knowing loads of stuff as a critic or arbiter helps of course.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by Nightjar Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:35 pm
I'll be reviewing this tomorrow at 7:53pm exactly tomorrow.
It will be part of an ongoing series of 'I don't give a f*g what any of you's think' series.
It will be part of an ongoing series of 'I don't give a f*g what any of you's think' series.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:36 pm
I like what I've heard of Strawberry Switchblade. I've always like jingly jangly Pop. 
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by Nightjar Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:19 pm
I'm going to do a running commentary in any event.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by Nightjar Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:20 pm
You could ban me of course.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:53 pm
It's started! 
Track 1 - Since Yesterday.
Track 1 - Since Yesterday.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:53 pm
The huge great big hit incorporating part of Paco Rabanne's Bolero in H Minor.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:54 pm
"La la la la la la la la la."
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:55 pm
I like that it sounds like something from a children's show but is also melancholic.
And has hints of that Marianne Faithful song.
And has hints of that Marianne Faithful song.
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by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:55 pm
Counter melodies.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:56 pm
That is a perfectly executed piece of Pop.
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by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:56 pm
Track 2 - Deep Water. 
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:57 pm
Who's singing this? Is it the short one?
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by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:57 pm
I seem to be the only one doing this. 
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:58 pm
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by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:58 pm
Vocals need to be louder in the mix.
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Re: Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
by Nightjar Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:58 pm
Oh, I forgot. 
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