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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:39 pm
it is over.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:39 pm
Moldavia was from Dynasty or Dallas or something.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:39 pm
It is over.
That wasn't very good. They could clearly play their instruments and there were some nice string arrangements but the songs were uninspired, the production muddy and John Waite doesn't have a real Rock voice.
Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:40 pm
I shall give it 2 stars.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:41 pm
I missed half of it, but it sounded like a very well produced product. The height of 70s cynical MusicSICK business.
I quite admired it's efficiency, but not the actual songs.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:43 pm
Anyway, it was heavy going, especially as it trundled on in Juggernaut stylee.
With a bit of paring back and neck-winding-in-of there might'f been something for the more genteel and sensitive listener to get their gums into.
Duex etoiles.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:43 pm
Oh, and it's not a patch on The Scorpions.
I don't know what they sounded like by the mid 80s.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:48 pm
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
When I was choosing, it was a toss-up between this and Sniff 'n' the Tears' first album.
I can't help feeling I made the wrong choice.
Could have been worse…
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:51 pm
There are no wrong choices in the no-holds-barred MMA* Octagon of the running commentary.
*Mish-Mash A-shite
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:53 pm
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
When I was choosing, it was a toss-up between this and Sniff 'n' the Tears' first album.
I can't help feeling I made the wrong choice.
I'm now listening to that Sniff 'n' the Tears album. So far, it sounds like I made the right choice. Right now, I'm on a track that sounds like David Gray sings Dennis Waterman.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:55 pm
Now I'm on a Country song which is quite nice but his voice is annoying.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:56 pm
Having said that, the playing on the album is genuinely great. It's both technically adept and filled with vitality.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:56 pm
I'm starting to think maybe we should do it, after all.
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:43 pm
Is ButtonZ going to vote?
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:54 pm
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Subject: Re: The Babys - Broken Heart (1977). Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:56 pm