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Blancmange I recently stumbled across one of Blancmange's videos here in Australia- "Living on the Ceiling". I was taken aback by the coolness of the new wave.  I checked them out on youtube and discovered another great song in the poignant "Waves". I've tried tracking down a copy of any of their CDs, and have come up empty in Australia. It seems they are quite obscure. Does anyone know whether they are worth investigating? I seek the advice of ye org experts.  Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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I don't know a great deal about them, but I do have several of their songs on compilations - 'feel me' and 'that's love that it is' are two that I can recall, though I'm pretty sure there were others. If you like those songs you linked to then you'd probably like these ones as well. I thought they were a fairly run of the mill new romantic act, but since you like that style I'd expect you'd probably find them enjoyable enough.
edit: ah, just remembered the name of track an ex-friend threw on a cassette complilation he made for me - lose your love. I always thought this song held the strong scent of fromage: it's definitely not something that appeals to my tastes, but it is catchy. [Edited 4/30/07 6:21am] | |
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I remember seeing a couple of their videos. They were alright, but I thought they were riding the coat tails of other New Wave/New Romantic acts.  NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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The only song by Blancmange that I like is "Don't Tell Me"--great synth line in that one. "Living On The Ceiling" isn't bad, but I heard Rosetta Stone's cover first which is darker and better suited for the song I think. The other singles I've heard like "Lose Your Love" and "That's Love, That It Is" I thought were awful. | |
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damosuzuki said: I don't know a great deal about them, but I do have several of their songs on compilations - 'feel me' and 'that's love that it is' are two that I can recall, though I'm pretty sure there were others. If you like those songs you linked to then you'd probably like these ones as well. I thought they were a fairly run of the mill new romantic act, but since you like that style I'd expect you'd probably find them enjoyable enough.
edit: ah, just remembered the name of track an ex-friend threw on a cassette complilation he made for me - lose your love. I always thought this song held the strong scent of fromage: it's definitely not something that appeals to my tastes, but it is catchy. [Edited 4/30/07 6:21am] I didn't like "Lose Your Love".  Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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NWF said: I remember seeing a couple of their videos. They were alright, but I thought they were riding the coat tails of other New Wave/New Romantic acts.
I kind of figured. Sometimes artists are obscure for a reason, and I thought perhaps they only had a few good songs. Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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sextonseven said: The only song by Blancmange that I like is "Don't Tell Me"--great synth line in that one. "Living On The Ceiling" isn't bad, but I heard Rosetta Stone's cover first which is darker and better suited for the song I think. The other singles I've heard like "Lose Your Love" and "That's Love, That It Is" I thought were awful.
Haven't heard "Don't Tell Me". Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Moonbeam said: sextonseven said: The only song by Blancmange that I like is "Don't Tell Me"--great synth line in that one. "Living On The Ceiling" isn't bad, but I heard Rosetta Stone's cover first which is darker and better suited for the song I think. The other singles I've heard like "Lose Your Love" and "That's Love, That It Is" I thought were awful.
Haven't heard "Don't Tell Me". I found a link. It's at the very end of this one, around the 6:30 mark: http://www.youtube.com/wa...wwArFtPLnM | |
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sextonseven said: Moonbeam said: Haven't heard "Don't Tell Me". I found a link. It's at the very end of this one, around the 6:30 mark: http://www.youtube.com/wa...wwArFtPLnM I like this one too. 
It seems they're a bit hit or miss. I can see where NWF's idea of them riding the New Wave coattails comes from, though. Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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