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The Fixx — Less Cities More Moving People
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 10:02
 
Perhaps it is even spookier than suggested; consider that when a diamond is exposed to a flash of coherent light (laser source), another diamond in a separate room will emit a pulse of similar frequency...quantum coupling; it seems to prove that everything similar (and maybe everything at all) is connected through some back channel...  I for one am not surprised; I have almost always believed that some Universal Ground-Connector ties and links us; some call it God, Spinoza called it The Universe; call it what you will, Music is a phenomena of electromagnetic radiation and propagation, as is Light, and therefore I bathe and baptize myself in it regularly like a ritual, and therefore it has the power to heal and cleanse me and link me to everything, and — Jimi is playing now, dig it!  

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ch83575 wrote:

Now you have to wonder if you were thinking of this song because the two are related in some deep and fundamental way, or you have just heard this song after that one on the playlist several times before and stored that in your subconscious.  I often find that I know the next song without realizing it.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 10:01
 
Oingo Boing-ish—of its time. Still, very, very good. Great band.

maccafixx
Posted: Aug 18, 2012 - 23:50
 
 dejapete wrote:
The B side of "Less Cities" was "Deeper and Deeper", a way more listenable song. It's faster, with a good rock beat. You should play that one instead. Better yet. Play a track from the new Fixx album, Beautiful Friction. It's incredibly good.
 
Beautiful Friction is an amazing effort from The Fixx.  Very surprised it hasn't shown up on RP yet?

dejapete
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 - 10:32
 
The B side of "Less Cities" was "Deeper and Deeper", a way more listenable song. It's faster, with a good rock beat. You should play that one instead. Better yet. Play a track from the new Fixx album, Beautiful Friction. It's incredibly good.

Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City-or is it just me?)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 07:18
 
My thoughts exactly!  It joins the ranks of songs that should have been:

"Daddy doesn't live in that New York City anymore"
"If you love someone, set him or her free"
"I cannot obtain any satisfaction"


 FrankMc wrote:
The grammarian in me laments that they didn't say "Fewer Cities More Moving People." Great song but a regrettable new addition to a handful of really good songs I have trouble listening to because of grammatical issues.
 



ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 20:45
 
I agree with the sentiment of this tune. Lyrics speak rather loudly. Too bad the tune is a bit clumsy.

ch83575
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 08:58
 
 Jive wrote:
I was thinking of this song as I was listening to the Perry Farrell number that preceded it.
 
Now you have to wonder if you were thinking of this song because the two are related in some deep and fundamental way, or you have just heard this song after that one on the playlist several times before and stored that in your subconscious.  I often find that I know the next song without realizing it.

FrankMc
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 15:46
 
The grammarian in me laments that they didn't say "Fewer Cities More Moving People." Great song but a regrettable new addition to a handful of really good songs I have trouble listening to because of grammatical issues.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 19:07
 
 tomfchzboi wrote:
I love the whole Phantoms album! Thanks Bill for playing! Feel free to play more stuff from the Fixx!

 
I agree with that!  The Fixx was one of my Top Ten favorite bands in the 80's - love them - seen them 2x in concert and met the guys after one of the shows.


fergie348
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 19:07
 
Whoa, serious flashback to high school.  Driving around in my stepmother's enormous Pontiac.  Yes, I was that dork rock loser kid..

{#Dancingbanana}

htowncoog
(Texas)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 12:06
 
 smackiepipe wrote:
Lay that tinny-metalic production blame at Rubert Hine's feet. A lot of his 80s stuff had that shrill high end.
 
Maybe, but Rubert Hine was an amazing producer/arranger.


spiritfla
(Land O Lakes, FL (I still miss Austin))
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 12:06
 
{#Bananajam}

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Apr 09, 2011 - 21:39
 
Seems to have a little Oingo Boingo  'Dead Man's Party'  to it


gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 09:37
 
I had this album as a kid and I always wondered: Is that a nipple on the cover? A pale Hershey's Kiss? A dollop of peach yogurt? What IS that? Oh yeah, I loved this band — still do. Their music always seemed darker than the usual '80s stuff.

Jive
(Toronto, Ontario)
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 18:48
 
I was thinking of this song as I was listening to the Perry Farrell number that preceded it.


smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 11:17
 
Lay that tinny-metalic production blame at Rubert Hine's feet. A lot of his 80s stuff had that shrill high end.

pauleywalnuts
(Ontario)
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 11:16
 
 ziakut wrote:
I like this tune...but it doesn't hold it's age too well. It's kinda disjointed. Not arranged particularly well in my opinion.  Never really liked their production either. 
 
Agreed. I liked this band at the time. I went to see them live in the mid-eighties, but their stuff just hasn't withstood the test of time.


ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 11:14
 
I like this tune...but it doesn't hold it's age too well. It's kinda disjointed. Not arranged particularly well in my opinion.  Never really liked their production either. 

tomfchzboi
Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 11:14
 
I love the whole Phantoms album! Thanks Bill for playing! Feel free to play more stuff from the Fixx!


smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 10:24
 
Excellent blast from my past.

peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 19:16
 
What a great song to follow Tusk! Bill, keep on showing us the light! {#Sunny}


crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 08:37
 
Reach the, er...Beach. It was..a good...er, nevermind. {#Headache}

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 08:36
 
 CaptTofu wrote:
 I loved this song, and have never heard it played on the radio, ever. Until Radio Paradise.
 
Me too. I was a big Fixx fan. Reach the Beach!!



CaptTofu
(Wilton, New Hampshire)
Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 08:19
 
I love this Album. I have the cassette in my basement in a box that I bought back in the 80s in high school. I loved this song, and have never heard it played on the radio, ever. Until Radio Paradise.

crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 08:17
 
 LastChance wrote:

I agree! More Fixx!

 
Me, too! Reach the Beach!! {#Dancingbanana_2}

Vandy005
(dreaming of Jeanie in Cocoa Beach)
Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 05:39
 
 Cruzan wrote:
Brilliant Mix from the end of TUSK to the beginning of this..........
I got it.
Well done.

Keep up the good work!

{#Drummer}
 
Couldn't agree more thought I was at the club the way those two melded togther...   {#Notworthy}

Cruzan
(AUSTIN, TX)
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 09:56
 
btw,
how about adding RED SKIES to the playlist?


Cruzan
(AUSTIN, TX)
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 09:53
 
Brilliant Mix from the end of TUSK to the beginning of this..........
I got it.
Well done.

btw, this weekend I met friend of a friend who lives in Dallas and has a small record company. he is an RP listener too

Keep up the good work!

{#Drummer}

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 09:51
 
A nice segue from this would be Peter Schilling's Major Tom.

Chicka, chicka, bomp, chicka, chicka, bomp ...


LastChance
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 09:50
 
 htowncoog wrote:

Yes please, more of The Fixx!

 
I agree! More Fixx!


htowncoog
(Texas)
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 09:50
 
 JoBo wrote:
Bill:  Nice segue from Fleetwood Mac - Tusk!!  The Fixx has been a favorite of mine from way back when.  May we hear more Fixx?
 
Yes please, more of The Fixx!


JoBo
(California)
Posted: May 14, 2009 - 15:43
 
Bill:  Nice segue from Fleetwood Mac - Tusk!!  The Fixx has been a favorite of mine from way back when.  May we hear more Fixx?

spiritfla
(Land O Lakes, FL (I still miss Austin))
Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 12:51
 
I always liked this tune...groovy..

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 12:50
 
 scraig wrote:
What ever happened to these guys...they couldn't have been more on top of the world in the 80s.
 
...i'm not sure, but i hear show of hands when i listen to this...

vivakitty
(The Girl Who Wrecks Your Dreams)
Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 12:49
 
 Darkmatter wrote:
The song might be quite forgettable, but the segue from "Tusk" was nothing but fantastic!
 
I concur.


scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 12:48
 
What ever happened to these guys...they couldn't have been more on top of the world in the 80s.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jan 08, 2009 - 18:33
 
Nice to hear more lesser known Fixx.

Bridieboo
(Halifax, NS)
Posted: Jan 08, 2009 - 07:36
 
Nice one! {#Dancingbanana}

TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Dec 07, 2008 - 17:12
 

So what's the concensus?

More cities less moving people?

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Dec 07, 2008 - 17:12
 
had to come by and give some love for The Fixx

Pazzat
(Winchester, England)
Posted: Aug 28, 2008 - 02:37
 
AndyFarang wrote:

Or maybe even "too" far....ahem.....
Sorry!



AndyFarang
(Bangkok)
Posted: Dec 27, 2007 - 00:01
 
Pazzat wrote:


Maybe pedantry can go to far...



Or maybe even "too" far....ahem.....
Darkmatter
(Sweden)
Posted: Dec 27, 2007 - 00:00
 
The song might be quite forgettable, but the segue from "Tusk" was nothing but fantastic!
naturalinferior
(Colorado, USA)
Posted: Nov 25, 2007 - 14:33
 
Pazzat wrote:


Thank you. I was worried that I was the only pedant on here. 'Fewer' would still scan, so it must have been ignorance on their part.

I refuse to go to supermarket express checkouts that are for 'Six items or less' on the same grounds; and I would never eat something that claimed to have 'less fat and less calories' in it. Maybe pedantry can go to far...


I realize that you're probably just being silly, but:

If strict rules of grammar were applied to poetry or lyrics, the result would be...well pedantic and boring. Music is more about emotion, less about minute formal details.

(As far as the supermarket goes, that's just plain neurotic.)

Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!)
Posted: Nov 25, 2007 - 14:29
 
Roverfish wrote:
Anyone hear "Tusk" in the background bassline and percussion? I'm probably losing it...

Well, I guess if I were losing my mind, I'd have the talented Bill alongside me to spin the tunes.

Still a pretty good tune. Thanks for the segue.
Pazzat
(Winchester, England)
Posted: Oct 25, 2007 - 04:34
 
kephra wrote:
Fewer cities. Not less. Fewer for things you can count. Fixx it, dammit.


Thank you. I was worried that I was the only pedant on here. 'Fewer' would still scan, so it must have been ignorance on their part.

I refuse to go to supermarket express checkouts that are for 'Six items or less' on the same grounds; and I would never eat something that claimed to have 'less fat and less calories' in it. Maybe pedantry can go to far...
dingomuse
(Vancouver)
Posted: Sep 23, 2007 - 19:33
 
This became my favourite tune off this album, but I was generally disappointed with everything that came after Reach The Beach. Beach is my favourite album of all time. Brooding - yes. That was where I was at then.
Tonedeaf
(Earth)
Posted: Jun 21, 2007 - 11:40
 
kazuma wrote:
This was an interesting CD. Nothing really stood out for me at the time, but I really enjoyed it as a whole and listened to it quite a lot, especially at night.

Good to hear this one.


I'd have to agree with this assessment. There was just something about this album as a whole that clicked with me. Wasn't really the lyrics, mostly just a mood/feel. Kind of a brooding time in my life (fresh out of high school), between girl friends, no job...


appst89
(North Wilkesboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 21, 2007 - 11:40
 
Pure 80s Gold!!
Welly
(Lotusland)
Posted: Jun 21, 2007 - 11:38
 
Love the message!