Re: Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art of Surfacing (1979).

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:32 pm

This is quite complex, structurally.

by Nightjar Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:33 pm

Sorry.

Missed the start.

I'm all discombulated.

by Guest Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:33 pm

Still, it has cheap charms.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:34 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:34 pm

Ends with the same words it started with.

by Nightjar Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:34 pm

And depressed.

And drunk.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:34 pm

Track 2 - Diamond Smiles.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:35 pm

Video.

by Guest Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:35 pm

Video.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:35 pm

This is one of the ones that could be a Cockney Rebel song.

by Guest Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:35 pm

L to R…

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:36 pm

"Love is for others but, me, it destroys."

by Guest Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:36 pm

Still more sophisticated drumming than AC/DC.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:36 pm

Piano.

by Guest Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:37 pm

Lot of people in that Horse trailer.

I don't think it helps when you can see them mug it up.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:37 pm

Blondie style climax.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:38 pm

So far, the album's working for me.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:38 pm

Track 3 - Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero).

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:39 pm

Dramatic drums.

by Guest Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:39 pm

John Walters the producer of the John Peel Show for decades said his two big mistakes were not getting the Sex Pistols in to do a session, and getting The Boomtown Rats in to do a session.

Or was it the Police?

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