vastar iner
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 14, 2016 19:10:25 GMT 1
Perhaps you'd like to include the Manics in this category too? No. They were never any good. Clash ripoffs to Then Jerico ripoffs.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 17, 2016 17:59:06 GMT 1
It was a great dance tune then, and remains so now. And I love the catchphrases - "naughty, naughty, very naughty"; "anybody got any versa ?"; "lovely"; "a great philosopher once wrote".
It's a 10/10 from me.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 18, 2016 12:11:29 GMT 1
overplayed, over rated trash, I can't tell if its a novelty record that just isn't funny or a serious song that's just sh*te
1/10 because of one bit of clever word play
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 18, 2016 12:20:27 GMT 1
overplayed, over rated trash, I can't tell if its a novelty record that just isn't funny or a serious song that's just sh*te 1/10 because of one bit of clever word play It's a cross-over dance anthem that's meant to make you feel good, whether you take E's or not. Preferably not. If I were going to a rave or whatever and the DJ has to play dance music, I'd rather hear music like this than awful looped samples. (I hope the woman I'm seeing now doesn't see this.. But she knows our musical tastes strongly differ)
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 18, 2016 12:25:50 GMT 1
Maybe I missed the memo, I was 8 when it came out so it was a discovery out of context many years later, I don't know their other songs and missed the buzz upon release, maybe it was a breath of fresh air and it has good memories attached to it for many but I can safely say as a outsider looking in taking it as a stand alone track, I would need severel E's to be persuaded to voluterily listen to it again
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Post by TheThorne on Apr 19, 2016 7:42:52 GMT 1
Check out 'Make It Mine' it was the one that had the most crossover between dance and indie , less pop than this or 'Move Any Mountain' youtu.be/M8gulG-SizAI loved ' Hypereal' as well which sampled Evil Dead youtu.be/kOdXQ0Y-MKI
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 19, 2016 9:54:50 GMT 1
They deleted Ebeneezer Goode while it was still #1 so it might have ended up as a bigger seller had they not done so. Singles sales were low at the time and it only sold about 280K in spite of spending 4 weeks at #1.
They then released Boss Drum just a few weeks later.
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Post by borneoman on Apr 19, 2016 19:23:46 GMT 1
I think it's a great dance track, just the backing track is good enough to make you dance, probably they were trying to be controversial when coming up with the title but it's far from a novelty song... the Shamen were not as good as The Prodigy, but they released a bunch of decent singles 7/10 for me
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Post by rubcale on Apr 22, 2016 18:00:17 GMT 1
Although I like dance this is not my sort of music - I would describe this as a novelty record but it's actually not bad and it did create a lot of interest at the time.
A reasonable 6 for this.
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