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INXS — Kiss The Dirt
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iTuner
Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 22:41
 
7 becomes 8. Good tune. 
Segue
(Almost Paradise)
Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 16:34
 
Always underwhelmed by INXS but time treats them well and RP makes anything sound good in the mix.

DavidS_UK
(Central England, UK)
Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 14:31
 
Ages since I heard a good Inxs track, thanks for this one; I have given it a 7 but it may yet go up...

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 11:41
 
that's a good one.

i love this song.

stahlwerk
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 01:53
 
This is my favourite misheard lyrics song:

Falling down the Mountain
Anarchists and Ducks

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 12:52
 
Was pretty sure this was Listn Like Thieves when I heard it.  These guys really did have a "sound" which they repeated over and over and over and over and .......

drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 10:05
 
Thanks!  This song brought back some specific good memories and feelings.

overlandrover
(Norfolk... Nelson's County!)
Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 09:47
 
Wow.  This is the first time I've heard this on "the radio".  Refreshing to hear it again after all these years.

I used to listen to this album a lot, but I don't necessarily think this is their best....
...and better was to come on "Kick" and "X".

This one's easily worthy of a seven - no less.    

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 09:43
 
Definitely dig this tune - been a LONG time since I've heard it - good memories!

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 15:39
 
 Synth80s wrote:
This was the last INXS album that I really identified with. "Shabooh Shoobah" and "The Swing" were both monsters and both very formative for me. "Listen Like Thieves" was the transitional album that set them up for the massive fame that really came with "Kick." I like the later albums as well, but it didn't feel as quirky and original as the early albums.

Today INXS may be written off as something from a far off time and land (and their current pursuits to don't so them any favors) but for most of the 1980s they could do no wrong. I really wish we would have had the opportunity to see how they could have evolved with a healthy, happy Hutchence, but it wasn't to be.
 
i agree with your first paragraph word for word!! same for me!

and feel the same way about your 2nd.  

Synth80s
(*Beautiful* Southern California (cough, choke, honk))
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 09:09
 
This was the last INXS album that I really identified with. "Shabooh Shoobah" and "The Swing" were both monsters and both very formative for me. "Listen Like Thieves" was the transitional album that set them up for the massive fame that really came with "Kick." I like the later albums as well, but it didn't feel as quirky and original as the early albums.

Today INXS may be written off as something from a far off time and land (and their current pursuits to don't so them any favors) but for most of the 1980s they could do no wrong. I really wish we would have had the opportunity to see how they could have evolved with a healthy, happy Hutchence, but it wasn't to be.

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 08:47
 
 Proclivities wrote:

I saw PIL around 1990 or '91, in NYC - they had quite a talented, well-rehearsed band, which enabled Lydon to run all over the stage being "theatrical".  I can't speak for all of their shows, but that one was quite good. 
 
Thanks for that live review—I've always kind of admired them, and like some of their songs, but generally couldn't make it all the way through any of their albums without dumping out. 

Radio Paradise has deemed only 1 cut of theirs worthy, and it's the last on this "Greatest Hits" package:



Track Listing
1 - Public Image
2 - Death Disco
3 - Memories
4 - Careering
5 - Flowers Of Romance
6 - This Is Not A Love Song
7 - Rise
8 - Home
9 - Seattle
10 - The Body
11 - Rules And Regulations
12 - Disappointed
13 - Warrior
14 - Don't Ask Me


Rumor has it they're coming back for more fun—

>>John Lydon, the guy that used to front the Sex Pistols and go by Johnny Rotten, has announced that his band Public Image Ltd. will release a new album titled This Is PiL at some point in 2012. NME reported yesterday that the Lydon-fronted art-punks have been working on the album for the past two years. It will be their first since 1992's That What Is Not.

Lydon talked to BBC 6Music about the album, where he said he had to tour for two years to raise funds to cover the recording costs.

"I was always full of ideas, but I had to wait until I had enough money to release an album," Lydon told the BBC. "Everybody thinks I made such a fortune with the Sex Pistols. Well, unfortunately that is not true."



iTuner
Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 21:04
 
 MiracleDrug wrote:
these guys could do NO musical wrong for a brief moment in time...
 



Well said

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 06:20
 
 vit wrote:
Hard to kiss the dirt when your feet can't touch the floor. 

Ouch. Black humour at its best.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 06:19
 
these guys could do NO musical wrong for a brief moment in time...

claire_k
(mainland Europe)
Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 00:14
 
5->6->7 and the song isn't finished yet... 8 for now

Alexandra
(Hopefully, departing the Gem City VERY soon)
Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 05:21
 
{#Good-vibes}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 10:32
 
 treatment_bound wrote:
Can you enlighten me on just what a PiL show was like circa the mid-80's?  For some reason, I picture sloppiness personified.

 
I saw PIL around 1990 or '91, in NYC - they had quite a talented, well-rehearsed band, which enabled Lydon to run all over the stage being "theatrical".  I can't speak for all of their shows, but that one was quite good.  I didn't ever get to see INXS though.  Good tune, this one.


Asmith
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 10:27
 
My favorite Inxs song of all time.

vit
Posted: May 02, 2011 - 10:27
 
Hard to kiss the dirt when your feet can't touch the floor.

On a side note I heard these guys tried to get back together and called Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, etc.) to see if he'd replace their lead singer. He laughed and laughed before he declined.

Inorgs
Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 01:17
 
sitting in the heat of Adelaide it seems perfect-nice choice Bill

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 08:01
 
 peacockangel wrote:I saw the Kick tour in Chicago ~ they played everything including the Lost Boys soundtrack stuff

~ PIL opened

Can you enlighten me on just what a PiL show was like circa the mid-80's?  For some reason, I picture sloppiness personified.

 



Spud
(Newcastle, Australia)
Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 00:49
 
I saw them live at the Gladesville Tavern (Sydney) in May of 1981, I  thought to myself wow who is this guy, he reminded me of a version of Mick Jagger the way he owned the stage and strutted around.  It was a great show.

kurtster
(Area code 216)
Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 03:42
 
 peacockangel wrote:
AMEN. they were such an underrated band, and i think michael was one of the best frontmen ever.

I saw the Kick tour in Chicago ~ they played everything including the Lost Boys soundtrack stuff

~ PIL opened


 
Loved that movie and the music.  Especially liked Echo and the Bunnymen's cover of People are Strange.


peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 15:15
 
 cjones3b wrote:
I LOVED INXS in the 80's and still do.  They were so much fun live.  I sure miss Michael. 
AMEN. they were such an underrated band, and i think michael was one of the best frontmen ever.

I saw the Kick tour in Chicago ~ they played everything including the Lost Boys soundtrack stuff

~ PIL opened


jarrudy
(Rocky Mountains)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 15:11
 
 cjones3b wrote:
I LOVED INXS in the 80's and still do.  They were so much fun live.  I sure miss Michael.
 
AMEN. they were such an underrated band, and i think michael was one of the best frontmen ever.


cjones3b
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 16:15
 
I LOVED INXS in the 80's and still do.  They were so much fun live.  I sure miss Michael.

Brestois
(Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 16:15
 
Yeeehaaa! Thank you Bill.

djengs
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 15:28
 
 horstman wrote:


Is essentially just another mindless opinion. Anyone with "TEX" in their username bespeaks ignorance.

Kinda like our leader, George the idiot.

INXS are no more corporate than U2. And both were good bands in their time. Unfortunately for us, Micheal succumbed to his fears.
 

Please- if you are going to call out ignorance, don't embody it. George was pretty pathetic, though.

sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 15:26
 
Shine Like it Does{#Sunny}

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 15:25
 
 guthrieandme wrote:
I can't believe how much I miss INXS and Hutchence.  Their music always makes me feel so good!
 

my friend's sister did it with him when they were on tour.. he kicked her ass right out afterwards. i think he was kind of a douche.

regardless i've always loved their music, regardless of how suburban and blonde it makes me feel.


sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 15:25
 
I think INXS is one of the most underrated bands of the 80's. They had at least 3 really good albums top to bottom and that is more than most bands can say!{#Yes}

Zep
Posted: Dec 25, 2009 - 11:59
 
80s crunchy goodness!
 

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 06:25
 
 chyk5 wrote:
Anyone ever hear any cuts from "The Swing" album on RP? That, for me, was their best work; much overlooked at the time.
 
first CD i ever bought - my fave too! although Shabooh Shoobah is its twin, i still play them both frequently ... there are only six INXS tracks on RP, none from their first three albums


jeremyfogg
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 16:21
 
Then the Beatles, Bill you got it goin on!

jeremyfogg
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 16:19
 
Its great to hear an old INXS tune followed up by something cool like Supergrass!

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 16:12
 
 guthrieandme wrote:
I can't believe how much I miss INXS and Hutchence.  Their music always makes me feel so good!
 

Yeah.

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 14:37
 
 kangoid wrote:


Right. Naked. With no suicuide note. Look up autoerotic asphyxiation.

 
Thanks for the education. Seriously. I will never look at situations like this again. Makes me appreciate (and miss Michael) all the move.

And then we hear about David Carradine.

Drug abuse is so much more preferable (and socially tolerated).


guthrieandme
(Bend, Oregon)
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 14:23
 
I can't believe how much I miss INXS and Hutchence.  Their music always makes me feel so good!

nevar23
(Georgia)
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 14:23
 
I needed to hear this right now. Thanks, RP!

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 14:22
 
Luv me sum INXS! I especially like the title track to this album!{#Bananajam}

LATaurus
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 14:21
 
cool - not one of the overplayed INXS songs!

chyk5
(Florida)
Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 14:10
 
Anyone ever hear any cuts from "The Swing" album on RP? That, for me, was their best work; much overlooked at the time.

phineas
Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 11:54
 
Solid, solid 8.

jameyp
(New York via Austin)
Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 09:29
 
IT'S THE YEAR OF THE HUTCHENCE!!!

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 19:00
 
cheap jokes about Michael's death disappoint me.. INXS is quality music


kangoid
(Dana Point, CA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 14:56
 
horstman wrote:


Dude,

He was found in his hotel room, naked, with a belt around his neck which he was hanging from.

If that ain't suicide, don't know what is.



Right. Naked. With no suicuide note. Look up autoerotic asphyxiation.

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 14:02
 
kangoid wrote:


Succumbed to his fears? His death wasn't a suicuide...more like pleasure gone overboard...


Dude,

He was found in his hotel room, naked, with a belt around his neck which he was hanging from.

If that ain't suicide, don't know what is.


kangoid
(Dana Point, CA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 13:10
 
horstman wrote:


INXS are no more corporate than U2. And both were good bands in their time. Unfortunately for us, Micheal succumbed to his fears.


Succumbed to his fears? His death wasn't a suicuide...more like pleasure gone overboard...
jbtidwell
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 13:07
 
perfectly crafted pop, without being overproduced
IMHO