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Thought it would be good to get a more detailed idea of what people like...

voted for Lovers on Main street ---love the ending

runners up are Suburban love and Television---bad a$$ songs!! The whole album is actually great, probably my favorite of the earliest work.

I've always liked 'Performance' because it sounds so dirty and funky.... and David's voice is so suggestive and raw....

I know it's a cover but when I listen to Don't rain on my parade I want to be a rockstar!!!

I love Adolescent Sex , and the funky vibe of The Unconventional ^^

Lovers on Main Street brings back very fond memories of an afternoon in a car; enough said.

Poisoned_Apathy wrote:I know it's a cover but when I listen to Don't rain on my parade I want to be a rockstar!!!

Funny that, because whenever I watch the video I want to be a rock star!!! I love the way David stumbles around in that rock-starry way...hehehe.

Poisoned_Apathy wrote:... and the funky vibe of The Unconventional ^^

The whole album is really quite funky if you think about it isnt it?

heartofdavid wrote:Lovers on Main Street brings back very fond memories of an afternoon in a car; enough said.

Haha....really? Excellent.

"I wish you were black" Awesome melody and keyboard sounds! I actually love this whole album- Second place would be Television- I love it's intro!

-Kera-

'Wish you were Black', god, it sounds like it was written by someone ten years older...the structure is so sophisticated.

And much as I love it, I've always found 'Television' hard to listen to because it's so intense and disturbing.

I always wanted to do a disco version of this...

kinki wrote:The whole album is really quite funky if you think about it isnt it?

Yes, I think so too. Wish you were black , Suburban Love , Lovers on main street... Listen to those guitars and bass lines!

Poisoned_Apathy wrote:

kinki wrote:The whole album is really quite funky if you think about it isnt it?

Yes, I think so too. Wish you were black , Suburban Love , Lovers on main street... Listen to those guitars and bass lines!

It is a fabulous album!!!! probably my favorite right now if not forever.......

Indeed it is, but Im reading 'The Last Romantic' at the moment, and it was so panned when it came out....NO-ONE, but NO-ONE thought it was any good at all....

kinki wrote:Indeed it is, but Im reading 'The Last Romantic' at the moment, and it was so panned when it came out....NO-ONE, but NO-ONE thought it was any good at all....

It takes a special person to appreciate this and all the other albums----a SMART PERSON---of which WE populate THAT category!!!!

All the other lot are stupid nobodys!!!!

Yeah, I find it truly amazing how they could get continually hammered by the "expert" critics(I use the term loosely of course---after all, I am the Queen of Sarcasm ) That is okay though, they HAVE respect where they want it....................

krausy wrote:All the other lot are stupid nobodys!!!!

Which would include David and Steve, who both have said they consider the first two albums mistakes. *lol*

I always have wondered why they are so dismissive about them; I think for a new band they already had a distinct sound. Maybe it wasn't quite the sound they wanted, but the songs are good, they still hold up.

I agree. I suppose at the time, the style wasnt considered cutting edge enough for the fickle fashion driven music industry, and was considered too 'rocky'. But to me the style is highly distinctive, and I remember thinking that the first time I heard it. It didnt even seem that 'rocky' to me - more 'undefinable' and original, something very rare in the world of music these days I think.....