chalkywhitestophat. 4:29 Thu Aug 20
Frankie goes to Hollywood
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They're quite good.Especially the bloke with the porno moustache.
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Grumpster
4:30 Thu Aug 20
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Massively gay, but The Power of Love is one of the all time best christmas songs.
Well, a song that came out at that time of year anyway, as Santa isn't mentioned once.
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Far Cough
4:31 Thu Aug 20
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RELAX was a great track
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Darby_
4:32 Thu Aug 20
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Even as a kid I remember seeing that bloke with the perm and the mustache and thinking 'Why would someone want to look like that?'
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White Pony
4:32 Thu Aug 20
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Don't do it.
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Alex V
4:33 Thu Aug 20
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Also gave their name to a very interesting Spectrum/C64 game. A sort of surreal, oblique arcade adventure, I've seen it mentioned a few times in terms of being a key example of early art videogames.
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White Pony
4:34 Thu Aug 20
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*falls asleep*
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Annony
4:38 Thu Aug 20
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Welcome to the pleasure dome is excellent. The spitting image wrestling video of Reagan and Chernenko was quality.
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Leonard Hatred
4:40 Thu Aug 20
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Power of Love is one of the best records of all time.
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Gavros
4:43 Thu Aug 20
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(In Alan Partridge mode) Idea for a programme: frankie (ie Holly Johnson) goes to Bollywood, Nollywood and all the other "woods" in both a travel programme and an expose about attitudes toward gay people in developing countries.
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defjam
4:44 Thu Aug 20
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White Pony 4:34 - Ag!
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Pancho
5:01 Thu Aug 20
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Thought Frankie lived in Vegas now?
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Lily Hammer
5:12 Thu Aug 20
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The porno moustache man's name was Paul Rutherford, and he had one of the best acid house tracks of all time:
"Get Real"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu8YqH-oG5U
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zico
5:13 Thu Aug 20
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I seem to remember that Relax was in the charts for quite some time and never really did anything. Then DJ Mike Read decided to ban it. Of course any publicity is good publicity and it shot to No 1. Guess they have the interfering Mike Read to thank for their success to an extent.
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yngwies Cat
7:28 Thu Aug 20
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I was always fond of their cover of Born to Run. Rather amazing bass playing on that tune.
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Takashi Miike
7:40 Thu Aug 20
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the blockheads recorded the first version of relax before horn altered it
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Raymond Duck
7:41 Thu Aug 20
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Two Tribes was the first record I ever bought. Still sounds great now
Great video with the Reagan ruck
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Bungo
7:48 Thu Aug 20
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Loved this. Gary Moore all over it.
Probably my favourite guitarist of all time.
https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=50tabZ33Nhk
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mallard
9:05 Thu Aug 20
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I remember them, having simultaneous no.1 and 2 in the same week.
Never really my cup of tea, but we're at the forefront of homosexual artists back in the eighties.
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isolated hammer
9:15 Thu Aug 20
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A pioneering group. Gary Numan waz the catalyst for Synth pop, but they took it into a completely different direction with astonishing results.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:19 Thu Aug 20
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Couldn't this have gone on the transfer thread?
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