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Genuflection's of 80s Music, Part 1:
'Two Tribes' 12" version by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The most volcanic aspect of this
double-pulse aural hammer is, of course, the table on the rear of the 12" mix (with
Reagan/Gorbachev on the front) depicting in ultra 80s cold war clinicism the effects of a
global thermonuclear war with entries ranging from 'Deaths from radiation
poisoning/fallout' to 'Deaths from starvation' to 'Blast Deaths' and to the bonechilling
'Deaths from Synergies' (the strange planet-murder born of the unknown inter-relationships
of all these things).
...and the picture of the chick in the 80s t-shirt holding the baby.
What a mix.
These pimply teen morons sweating away in cargo pants in clubs to cheap disposable techno
think they're at the forefront of something new.
Fuck them.
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Genuflections of 80s Music, Part 2: 'Dear
God' by XTC
Andy Partridge (XTC) is an
uber-cool 80s legend with cool glasses and haircut and sang 'Dear God' in a melodic
monotone that spoke deeply of the trance-like practice of modern organised religion. The
use of the child in the song and video was masterful and very groovy. Virgin records
fucked them about a bit, and America did that puritarian thing it does so well by getting
all upset about popular music questioning the relevance of organised religion and the role
of a God in 'Dear God' from (I think) 1986's 'Skylarking' album.
Which is strange for a country premised on libertarianism and freedom of speech.
XTC is totally awesome and mega influential to lots of other bands (cf. Blur). They
deserve an ornate temple in 80s pop Babylon. If you do not know them, find them and
listen...'Dear God' will fuck you up just a little.
DS
Dear God,
I don't know if you noticed, but...
your name is on a lot of quotes in this book,
and us crazy humans wrote it -
you should take a look.
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Skylarking (XTC)
@ Amazon.com
(average 5 star customer review - top LP)
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Genuflections of 80s Music, Part 3:
Together in Electric Dreams (by Georgio Moroder and Phil Oakey)
"I only
knew you for a while I never saw your smile 'Til it was time to go Time to go away (time
to go away) Sometimes it's hard to recognise Love comes as a surprise And it's too late
It's just too late to stay Too late to stay CHORUS: We'll always be together However far
it seems (Love never ends) We'll always be together Together in Electric Dreams Because
the friendship that you gave Has taught me to be brave No matter where I go I'll never
find a better prize (Find a better prize) Though you're miles and miles away I see you
every day I don't have to try I just close my eyes I close my eyes CHORUS repeat and ad
lib to fade" |
Electric Dreams Australian Video Cover
(click to enlarge)
Note ubergroovy 80s glitter for title
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In a
particularly awesome score, Doctor Salami found
a Japanese tape version of the 'Electric Dreams' soundtrack in a St Vincent DePaul Society
bin on Glebe Point Road in Sydney, Australia!
It looks totally 80s cyberpunky!
Check out the scanned
cover...(click to enlarge)
And then there were the
original lyric inserts! Volcanic!
click to enlarge and see Japanese and English lyrics! |
   
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Read Doctor Salami's fulsome
comments about the film 'Electric Dreams' in Genuflections of 80s
Film
You can get the 'Electric Dreams' soundtrack on CD from Amazon.com
(avergae 5 star customer rating)
You can also listen to or download 'Together in Electric Dreams'
(MIDI)
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