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Looking for the name of a song / band for 35 years |
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kenethlevine 
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 Posted: October 14 2018 at 14:57 |
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I have asked a friend who...gasp...has a preference for this type of music.
ps I do like Ultravox, one of my favorite groups of that era
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Andis
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Posted: October 16 2018 at 08:37 |
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The human league? Can't place the song but the sound is very close.
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SteveG
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Posted: October 17 2018 at 04:12 |
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Oh well, what's another 35 years.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 17 2018 at 04:48 |
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I would’ve guessed something in the vicinity of Ultravox/Midge Ure but no cigar I suppose.
Btw I moved this to general music discussion as this obviously isn’t about a prog artist. Good luck though! |
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kenethlevine
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Posted: October 19 2018 at 14:21 |
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My friend into this style ran it by several partners in crime as well...no idea
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Dellinger
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Posted: October 19 2018 at 20:59 |
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Now, this is something unheard of... the guys on this forum not being able to identify a song / album that someone is asking help for. I've seen people identifying music with far less information... even when the information was inacurate.
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Lewian
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Posted: October 20 2018 at 05:50 |
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Well, chances are this is an obscure band that maybe only had one single or one album that didn't sell. There are millions of those out there and chances are that this forum would only identify a small part.
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wiz_d_kidd
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Posted: October 20 2018 at 08:29 |
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And I believe that it may be an artist who normally performs in his native (non-English) tongue. There are parts of this song that don't sound like English, and the English parts have a heavy accent. I've tried translating some of the English phrases into various northern-European languages in the hopes of hearing something akin to the vocals on the song, with no luck. I think it will take some work from our European prog'sters to help identify the piece. So yeah, obscure band... non-English (maybe?)... limited distribution or radio play. Gonna be tough!
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: October 20 2018 at 08:53 |
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To me it sounds like Frankie Goes To Hollywood as its synthpop with those overcrooning vocals but i don't they they were yet in existence.
80s new wave is one of my favorite forms of pop music and i created a comprehensive list on Rate Your Music. Being tired of trying to find one, i made one that attempts to represent EVERY album that was lumped into the new wave of the 70s and 80s. I know it's a huge undertaking but maybe you can sift through it and maybe an obscure band or two will ring a bell. Edited by siLLy puPPy - October 20 2018 at 08:55 |
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Lewian
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Posted: October 20 2018 at 18:59 |
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Silly puppy you are just amazing!
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: October 20 2018 at 20:03 |
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^ who told you that i could lick my own private parts?
Edited by siLLy puPPy - October 20 2018 at 20:07 |
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Lewian
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Posted: October 21 2018 at 12:07 |
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Oh by the way I gather you classify my fav non-prog band Comsat Angels as post punk and therefore not new wave? They have a number of albums that are far more new wave than post punk though, following your description (beginning from Land - to the chagrin of many of their fans but I'm fine with that).
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siLLy puPPy
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OK, i'll investigate that. There are many bands that staddle the line between post-punk and new wave. My list is all inclusive. Which albums would you say fit the description?
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Lewian
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 05:25 |
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Land - Seven Day Weekend - Chasing Shadows. They were then prevented from using the name "Comsat Angels" in the US and released an album "Fire on the Moon" under the name "Dream Command", that should also fit here. When they went back to the Comsat Angels name in 1992 it was post punk again.
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YESESIS
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Posted: October 22 2018 at 19:28 |
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Could be like a 'local band' or something. Would explain why the lyrics seemingly can't be found on the internet.. and no one seems to have heard the song before.
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Posted: October 23 2018 at 05:57 |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: October 23 2018 at 07:22 |
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Actually, i investigated and found i already have them on the list! One of those that straddles post-punk and new wave. There are many bands i have here that i've never heard. Part of the reason i made it was to make an easy to navigate database. |
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: October 23 2018 at 07:23 |
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Well, at least the man lived his life with a real mission at hand
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Quinino
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Posted: October 23 2018 at 07:56 |
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Wouldn't Gene Loves Jezebel qualify for this ? |
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Cristi
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Posted: October 23 2018 at 07:56 |
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LOL
I've never had fixations like these, thank God :))))
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