What are you listening to, right now................
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@broughie said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 I can honestly say that the song does nothing for me. The video is cool but I didn’t grow up with the early 80s British music.
I don't think it's British, but even if it was I don't think it's representative of British music from that era. It's more a novelty song.
I don't mind it but I don't think many heart it as much as @MN5 appears to.
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@broughie I don't think its anything like UK music from the 80's except for the synths. It's more Kraut NeuMusik
It's shite whichever way you look at it.
@MN5 more popular in EnZed than the UK
The fern is very divided on this one.
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I saw Bonobo at Ally Pally in London a few years ago and on top of being epic it was one of the loudest things I've ever experienced with bass so deep it made you feel a bit wobbly.
So apparently he had a residence in the Royal Albert Hall this year and when his sound tech / trumpet guy was there late one night he heard this young musician Anna Lapwood practicing on that humungous organ that dominates the back of the hall. He asked her to play some Bach and next thing they wrote a piece for her to play in one of their songs next evening. I can't begin to imagine how loud this whole thing must have been but wish I'd been there.
She really is all kinds of awesome.
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Here's the sound tech hearing her that night -
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@broughie All 3 Upvotes come from individuals whose user name starts with an 'M' as does the original poster
One of them is definitely a fluffybunny, the other two I’m 50/50 on.
As for myself well I think the fern is pretty unanimous on that.
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@broughie said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 I can honestly say that the song does nothing for me. The video is cool but I didn’t grow up with the early 80s
BritishCanadian music.In the early 80s British music ruled the world
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@broughie said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 I can honestly say that the song does nothing for me. The video is cool but I didn’t grow up with the early 80sBritishCanadianQuebec music.They also had a pair of lesser-known hits, incl. “Pop Goes the World” and this one, featuring puppets, before Ivan quickly went solo and became quickly forgotten.
Anybody else heavily into his La Belle Province contemporary Mitsou?
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@antipodean You can always count on my upvote for Rammstein.
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@Tim not sure if you have access to BBC iPlayer but they have pulled out and old compilation show “Synth Britannia at the BBC”. All TOTP and Grey Whistle Test performances.
Old Roxy, Depeche Mode, New Order doing Ceremony, Japan, Sparks……
The type of shit I think you’d enjoyMay even be on YT. I haven’t checked.
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@Crucial I remember watching a documentary by that same name.
There was a very good mix series called "Synth Heroes" by Dazed Digital.
This mix by a UK session musician who has played with big names (McCartney) is very good:
