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Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat (1986).

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:13 pm

Sounds like mid-1980s football music.

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:13 pm

drum banana

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:13 pm

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:13 pm

Pile Driver

Is this a Status Quo cover?

Sounds more like Black lace cover…

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:14 pm

This is rubbish. Excited

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:15 pm

The tune is faintly embarrassing.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:15 pm

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:16 pm

Nightjar wrote:The tune is faintly embarrassing.

The lyrics are no picnic either.
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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:16 pm

It's like a dumb version of Ghost Riders in the Sky.

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:17 pm

The way the verses segue into the chorus is appalling.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:17 pm

Track 5 - Walkin' Home Alone. pet

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:18 pm

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:18 pm

Oh God, a slow one.

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:18 pm

Walkin' Home Alone

Sounds like the music to Dick Spanner. happy

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:19 pm

It's like one of those awful jazz/reggae songs Sting did in the '80s.

An Englishman in New York and all that tripe.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:19 pm

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:20 pm

The lyrics are like Lou Reed at his most insultingly desultory.

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Post by Nightjar Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:21 pm

Nightjar wrote:The lyrics are like Lou Reed at his most insultingly desultory.

That bit about the dog left outside, without... a bone?

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:21 pm

Lyrics are a bit clever ain't then?

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:22 pm

Track 6 - Drive, She Said.

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