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| bluejay08003 | Posted: May 10, 2013 - 21:38 This is a most delightful trifle of a tune! The Art of Noise is a perfect name for the act. I can't say it's "outstanding" but it does make me smile. |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 05:38 international Top 20 singles "Kiss" and "Peter Gunn", the latter of which won a 1986 Grammy Award. |
| mrkeeg | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 09:00 This just made my day! |
| LastChance (13,500 feet up (and falling fast)) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 08:57 I usually don't like remakes, but this I like. |
| DearDM (Boston) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 08:56 Love it when they place this at huge concert venues. It resonates well throughout a stadium! |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 21:46 The theme song for Joe Haynes' "Beyond The Edge" show on WKMS back in the day! Dang, this brings back the memories!  |
| SanFranGayMan (San Francisco) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 21:44 Carl wrote: Having grown up with Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" imprinted in my head, I can't get into this. 2. Well, it is different, but so is a root canal. Actually, ok, it rifs well, but let us hear the genuine thing-maybe back to back, so one and all will know what Carl and I are talkin' about here! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 21:43 Cheese of a very high order. |
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 16:50 Memories of riding the bus, on the way to college, staring at the back of 'wig lady's head, assail me, much like the stench of diesel back then. |
| bill-1956 (The Greater Moncure Metro Area, NC) | Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 08:08 kitsch |
| christopherwoods (West Midlands, United Kingdom) | Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 08:05 Ack. I've heard this played on RP half a dozen times... Five times too many. This song's just a little too novelty and it still gets weird looks from people when it plays on the office speakers. Time for this one to come out of rotation. 1. |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 20:20 Having grown up with Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" imprinted in my head, I can't get into this. 2. |
| joelbb | Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 23:36 emmidad wrote: Anyone recognize that riff from the original Star Trek series? No it's not. It's a techno version of "Walking to Mother's", the theme from a late 50s/early 60s detective show named "Peter Gunn". |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 23:34 walchenbach wrote: Perfect selection for your local High School Jazz Band. Pep Band! played at every basketball game for probaly 25 years. The horns had fun! |
| emmidad (Los Gatos, CA) | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 11:15 Anyone recognize that riff from the original Star Trek series? |
| walchenbach (Puget Sound) | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 11:12 Perfect selection for your local High School Jazz Band. |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 11:11 NeuroGeek wrote: Wow. Flashback to early 80's MTV and the video with the creepy kid in it.... ...too..........and dancing....  ......... |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 11:35 bad bad and bad... all three of these bads are the bad bad not the cool bads. |
| NeuroGeek (Just Way Out There) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 11:33 Wow. Flashback to early 80's MTV and the video with the creepy kid in it.... |
| lindergr55 (Albuquerque, NM) | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 12:08 FAB!! |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 12:07 Cynaera wrote: It takes balls to cover a Henry Mancini original, but Art of Noise does a pretty good job of it. Still, I'm a purist - I like Mancini's the best. Just curious - have you heard the original, and if so, what would you rate it, since you gave Art of Noise a ten? I'm a huge Mancini fan, and I like both versions equally. I've always liked the fact that that they got the "King of Twang" himself to do the guitar part: Duane Eddy |
| madaxeman (Scottish west coast) | Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 12:07 If you want to hear the best version, get a listen to The Hellecasters. |
| orquidea (Baquería) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 03:38 I remember the first TV serie The Avenger... Mr Steel and Mrs Pill?...long long tima ago... |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 10:04 Give me the original....5.. |
| slate_dk (Denmark) | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 10:02 Byronape wrote: Watched the tape. It was awesome. I'm going to be getting it transferred to DVD as soon as I can! Now the rest of us want a look see |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 15:21 Byronape wrote: My wife was a dancer when she was little, and one day told me a story about the dance routine her troop had for this song. Something about a hat, a toy gun, and a step-slide. She only remembers one or two of the moves. I keep trying to get her parents to find the tape of her doing the dance, but so far I have not had any luck. That would make my week. Watched the tape. It was awesome. I'm going to be getting it transferred to DVD as soon as I can! |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 09:20 Wow this is irritating. |
| K_Love (Central Florida) | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 09:18 fun! |
| pparry24 (Warrington) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 00:03 could never take to the urban electro beat! |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 00:02 This would be a definite 10 if this were Henry Mancini |
| mrgus | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 07:14 Blast from past. First song I ever tried to play on guitar. |
| hbs47 (SE England) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 07:12 I prefer Duane Eddy's version, this isn't bad though. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 07:10 wanna have some fun sometime? walk into any Guitar Center/Sam Ash etc.. . and start playing this  my current record is 32 others playing along...ROFL |
| chadlymn (Apple Valley, MN) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 07:08 "Who are you geek?" "I'm Farmer Ted" |
| Cynaera (Oh, who cares?) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 13:25 fredriley wrote: Whoever does this song, it always makes me want to get up and strut down the road with head high and shoulders back as if I owned the pavement, like yer man from the Robert Crumb keep on truckin' cartoon. This is a fantastic cover, certainly the best I've heard. A rare 10 from the struttin' Nottingham jury. It takes balls to cover a Henry Mancini original, but Art of Noise does a pretty good job of it. Still, I'm a purist - I like Mancini's the best. Just curious - have you heard the original, and if so, what would you rate it, since you gave Art of Noise a ten? |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 09:42 photolew wrote: Dittos......A classic. Though gotta say the Henri Mancini version is much better...this is like a cheap suit compared to it Cheap suits are much better for dancing. It also helps if you're dancing with a dame who's got more moving parts than a cheap watch. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 09:41 Whoever does this song, it always makes me want to get up and strut down the road with head high and shoulders back as if I owned the pavement, like yer man from the Robert Crumb keep on truckin' cartoon. This is a fantastic cover, certainly the best I've heard. A rare 10 from the struttin' Nottingham jury. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 09:40 spigolli wrote:  beautifully said |
| ferwoman | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 19:39 I'm so glad to hear this! Great mood inducer. |
| ipuppy | Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 18:41 A classic that can be covered by most anyone and still enjoyed. One of my favorites is by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but this one is fine. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 13:36 Peter Gunn sounds like a porn stars name |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 09:06 Cynaera wrote: NOT classic! Geez, kids. Henry Mancini did it first. Everything else is a copy. Get with the program. Well, yeah...but "Peter Gunn" with that awesome backbeat is like a DreamSicle, dudette. |
| run4more (The cave) | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 13:37 I want to say something... I have to say something... No!... Stifle yerself... Rise above that... Aargh |
| chadlymn (Apple Valley, MN) | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 13:37 This song will always remind me of the movie Sixteen Candles! |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 13:33 My wife was a dancer when she was little, and one day told me a story about the dance routine her troop had for this song. Something about a hat, a toy gun, and a step-slide. She only remembers one or two of the moves. I keep trying to get her parents to find the tape of her doing the dance, but so far I have not had any luck. That would make my week. |
| iTuner | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 13:31 spigolli wrote: Loved Spy Hunter growing up. Those damn armored limos. |
| Roto (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 12:52 I got to see Duane Eddy open for Chris Isaak not long after this revived his career for a while. |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 12:49 |
| rowdydaisy (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Feb 26, 2011 - 16:27 Cooler than cool |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 10:00 GUNN THEM DOWN! True is only that this is the (simple) ART OF NOISE...! |