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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Kimono Props |
| Date | Sat, 09 Aug 2003 13:30:23 -0500 |
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Oh geez -- not just the Pet Shop Boys -- Sparks (along with Sylvester) had a
major influence on the whole Hi-NRG sound that dominated gay discos for
years. Pumping music track, played electronic, with eerily high falsetto
vocals. Both Erasure and Jimmy Somerville appeared on Sparks's PLAGARISM
album and those are just two of a legion of artists in Europe whom Sparks
influenced. What's really a trip is that Keith Forsey (Billy Idol's
producer) plays drums on the whole thing -- and he really could keep those
beats going for ages - a human drum machine, as Ron Mael once commented in
an interview.
Mike Bennett
NP -- The Go-Betweens -- 16 LOVERS LANE (just reissued on Beggar's Banquet)
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: GODSCOMIC@aol.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Kimono Props
>Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 13:01:31 EDT
>
>I don't think I've read any mentions here of my favorite Sparks albums, No.
>1
>In Heaven.
>
>The Giorgio Moroder production may be dated, and the disco rhythms probably
>don't appeal to fans of The Big Three, but it really is one of the smartest
>disco albums ever released. The lyrics to Tryouts For The Human Race crack
>me up
>each time.
>
>May have even paved the way for The Pet Shop Boys, which I guess is a crime
>in some books (not mine, of course).
>
>
>
>Dean
>
>~ If I had a million thumbs I'd twiddle, twiddle. But I just have two ~
>
>http://hometown.aol.com/godscomic/
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