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cShaggy
(..in the general vicinity..)
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 00:57
 
..avg song from Pet Shoppers..how about "It's a Sin" or "Always on My Mind"..??..

LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 16:43
 
I know this was written from a London perspective, but for me it connects me to my own move westward to be with the woman I loved.

...and you couldn't escape this song in the fall of 84' as it was all over the radio in So. California. 

adrianblack
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 16:38
 
Extreme classic. LOVE IT.

Thanks! 

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 18:37
 
This has no place here.  PSD

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 06:21
 
 beerslayer wrote:
I have absolutely no idea at all why I like this song.  It incorporates just about everything I hate about commercial "pop" music - repetitive beat, inane lyrics, boring chord progression... yet somehow, it works.

 
Yes, this song does work, for some reason, but are there really very many song which do not have "repetitive beats"? 

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 14:01
 
The 80s, in 3.5 minutes.

Classic track, just love it!! 

beerslayer
(Northern California)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 19:09
 
I have absolutely no idea at all why I like this song.  It incorporates just about everything I hate about commercial "pop" music - repetitive beat, inane lyrics, boring chord progression... yet somehow, it works.


le_colonel
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 00:47
 

I'm sorry but to all the people who criticise PSB/this song for being too commercial:

You don't get it.

9.



AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 00:45
 
This is a most excellent song. 

luca77
(Melbourne,Australia)
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 06:32
 
I agree with everybody! Those for AND those against...I can't even decide on a rating...

fgirl
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:22
 
Oh the nostalgia for clubbing and dancing round your hand bag ;0

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:22
 
Wow!  I sure don't hear this much these days.  I hated it in '86, but it sounds OK in 2011 as a decent mid-80's flashback (where I'm strolling through a mall in Fargo NoDak.)

dolumo
(A´burg)
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 00:16
 
 Beclipsed wrote:
You shouldn't play this on Radioparadise. This used to be only on the commercial Crap Radio.
 
You shouldn´t......is a good start of conversation with a 6 to 10yr old!!!!

dolumo
(A´burg)
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 00:14
 
 kcar wrote:

Let me pile on with everyone else: even if I were trapped in a 4 foot x 4 foot cell, forced to listen to the Crappiest of Crap Radio all day, I would CRANK this song up. Every time.

10 of 10.  
 
I agree,fully!

dolumo
(A´burg)
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 00:12
 
a little bit of everything, that is what I like about RP. the song is, one must admit,very commercial pop. But, they were good at it!! Nostalgia.....

kcar
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 00:10
 
 Beclipsed wrote:
You shouldn't play this on Radioparadise. This used to be only on the commercial Crap Radio.
 
Let me pile on with everyone else: even if I were trapped in a 4 foot x 4 foot cell, forced to listen to the Crappiest of Crap Radio all day, I would CRANK this song up. Every time.

10 of 10.  

loungelizard48
(Pemberton Valley, B.C., Canada)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 19:52
 
What part of 'Eclectic' do you not understand...sheesh!
 Beclipsed wrote:
You shouldn't play this on Radioparadise. This used to be only on the commercial Crap Radio.
 



mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 04:22
 
 Beclipsed wrote:
You shouldn't play this on Radioparadise. This used to be only on the commercial Crap Radio.
 
What kind of ignorant bullshit is that? 

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 04:20
 
What !

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 14:21
 
 spigolli wrote:

I suppose you'd also welcome Safety Dance to the RP playlist?

 
I would for the midget images alone.


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 14:20
 
 Beclipsed wrote:
You shouldn't play this on Radioparadise. This used to be only on the commercial Crap Radio.
 
Personally, I love this song, gave it an 8. Must say I agree with the overall point though.{#Yes}

blueice7
(NYC)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 14:18
 
{#Hearteyes}Good to hear!!!


sweet_melody
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 14:18
 
Has anybody noted before how much Madonna's Vogue owes to this song?  Homage or rip off?

spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 11:16
 
 raulman1 wrote:
For those of us who frequented the dance clubs in the '80s, this is a welcome blast from the past.  You kids complaining about this will learn about the value of nostalgia some day . . . {#Bounce}
 
I suppose you'd also welcome Safety Dance to the RP playlist?


Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 11:13
 
 Beclipsed wrote:
You shouldn't play this on Radioparadise. This used to be only on the commercial Crap Radio.
 
So what? Heavy rotation on commercial radio was a pretty long time ago and it's a good song.


a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 11:13
 
 Jack_Jefferson wrote:

I'd rather hear 'Inner City Pressure' by Flight of the Conchords.


 
YES


davedog
(Twin Cities, MN)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 11:13
 
Suddenly I'm 16 again, working away from home for the first time at a summer camp where this "tape" was playing constantly.  Good memories.  

Jack_Jefferson
(Columbus, OH)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 11:12
 

I know it's been said before, but I'd still rather hear 'Inner City Pressure' by Flight of the Conchords.




1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 11:12
 
I really like 'Love comes quickly'       sooner or later, this happens to everyone, everywhere..
It features Andy Mackay of Roxy Music on Sax



Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 03:41
 
 Rooney wrote:
.. I still have it on my MP3...{#Dancingbanana_2}
 
I still have this LP {#Yes}


Glencoe_JC
(GlasVegas)
Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 04:47
 
such variety!
nostalgia hit
thanks Bill
{#Motor}

Radio_Man
(South Carolina)
Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 04:44
 
 apd wrote:

You'll never be a concert flautist.

 

You know you're not in high finance considering second-hand underpants.

Beclipsed
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 14:24
 
You shouldn't play this on Radioparadise. This used to be only on the commercial Crap Radio.

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 14:11
 
I like this.  Reminds me of my traveling days abroad.  I still have it on my MP3...{#Dancingbanana_2}

raulman1
(San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:41
 
For those of us who frequented the dance clubs in the '80s, this is a welcome blast from the past.  You kids complaining about this will learn about the value of nostalgia some day . . . {#Bounce}

dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:37
 
I

hate

this.

katiediddler
(one of the dominoes, hopefully near the back)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:37
 

To each their own, I guess, but I don't even think more cowbell will help this one.



HudValGal
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:37
 
Reminds of a club in Long Island in the mid-80's called 007.  Dancing and having fun.

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:36
 
I played the crap out of that album back in the day...but it makes me shiver today. 2.

Alexandria
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 20:28
 
Yuck yuck yuck! Sorry, but if I wanted to hear this kind of dreck, I'd tune into a local Adult Contemporary (or Oldies) radio station. A perfect example of synth snooze. Zzzzz...

dyharenas
(Cerro Apoquindo)
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 20:39
 
What do I get from this? I get the feeling I´m in a West End wannabe hair salon. It can be entertaining for the 3 minutes you hear a snippet of gossip, smell the hair gel and maybe get a head massage before a hair cut. One you´re out of there, you want to be rid of the whole thing. Like Neruda said in his poem Walking Around, "el olor de las peluquerías me hace llorar a gritos".

AcquaCow
Posted: Jul 25, 2010 - 20:19
 
I rarely/never post, but I have to post just to say how happy I was to hear this playing!!!

Sorcha
(Providence, Rhode Island)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 10:02
 
This song always makes me homesick for a trip to London — I started traveling there in the 80s and I'll always associate the Brit Pop bands of the time with my journeys there.  Going again in a few months, so thanks for this nostalgic reminder.

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 09:45
 
For a long time I thought it was eastern boys and western girls.  I prefer it that way, actually.

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 09:43
 
Oversaturated, yes, cheesy, perhaps, great freekin' song, you betcha!!{#Notworthy}

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 09:41
 
 fredriley wrote:

Hmm. Al Stewart can sing well and write lyrics that tell a story, two abilities that these guys lack. To me the PSB have always been the very essence of Ho-Hum. Inoffensive and MOR, with all the edge of a comfy chair.

 
I have to agree with you there. It sounds like how Al Stewart would sound if he went "strictly commercial".


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 09:41
 
 Blasserman wrote:
So Original, NOT
 



keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 09:33
 
Almost unequaled in capturing the mid 80s vibe.  Now I just need to make up my mind if that's a good thing or not.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 09:33
 
So often Bill follows Morphine's "Whisper" with "Rock the Casbah," I was skewed sideways when this came on. I've always liked this band.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 09:33
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
This sounds so much like Al Stewart......
 
Hmm. Al Stewart can sing well and write lyrics that tell a story, two abilities that these guys lack. To me the PSB have always been the very essence of Ho-Hum. Inoffensive and MOR, with all the edge of a comfy chair.