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The Ocean Blue — Between Something and Nothing
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chism2
(Suffolk, England, UK)
Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 23:23
 
Clean crisp and uncluttered. Refreshing change from the dreariness. 
agd3
Posted: Feb 24, 2013 - 10:56
 
Got to see The Ocean Blue in the day...nice treat.  Unique sound until this day.

Pedro1874
(Newton-le-Willows, England)
Posted: Nov 22, 2012 - 10:30
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Dunno what it is about this song - maybe it's that catchy guitar, or the echoing vocals, or the infectious beat... Whatever it is, it has my foot tapping and my ears on high-absorb.  Love it!{#Dancingbanana}
 
Feel good music!  RIP Ann.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Nov 22, 2012 - 10:28
 
Always love how sometimes a song like this just comes blasting through with a certain crisp bouncy brightness, inducing a swoon, like a pleasant morning unleashing all its power to give the mood a boost!  These guys were brilliant for this remarkable bit of priceless exuberance, and THANKS for playing them!

kcar
Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 00:50
 
 LSC wrote:
Sounds like a poor man's Echo & The Bunnymen...
 
Yeah, but happier and poppier. The band also reminds me of OMD. 

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 13:31
 
Great oldie.....8..

Pedro1874
(Newton-le-Willows, England)
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 02:35
 
We be definitely dancing to this! always puts me in a good mood

rpdevotee
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 02:00
 
Wow!  Great guitar!!!

Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 18:49
 
 LSC wrote:
Sounds like a poor man's Echo & The Bunnymen...
 
Not a bad call, also saw the Bunnyman 3 times between 1984 and 1988.  One was a bit more successful than the other, weren't they?


kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 18:46
 
8 to 9

Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 18:45
 
Thanks Bill, saw them open for Public Image Ltd in Port Chester, NY 1990.

goandychurch
Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 18:47
 
this totally brings me back to the 80s...feel like I am watching a John Cusack music...

Andy_B
(aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla)
Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 09:36
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Dunno what it is about this song - maybe it's that catchy guitar, or the echoing vocals, or the infectious beat... Whatever it is, it has my foot tapping and my ears on high-absorb.  Love it!{#Dancingbanana}
 

Ditto!

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 13:55
 
This song makes me happy and want to dance!

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 13:22
 
Very tuneful. It has a vague or a strong resemblance to so many other 80s - 90s bands, but I like it. Uptempo and foot tappy. But Bill plays many foot tappy chestnuts. 

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 13:20
 
Dunno what it is about this song - maybe it's that catchy guitar, or the echoing vocals, or the infectious beat... Whatever it is, it has my foot tapping and my ears on high-absorb.  Love it!{#Dancingbanana}

Sasha2001
(Where the last of the union men run free)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 13:19
 
YES! So long since I heard this.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 17:34
 
That's it. This goes from nine to ten  because it needs and deserves it!

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 17:32
 
 LSC wrote:
Sounds like a poor man's Echo & The Bunnymen...
 
Nothing poor about this!

LSC
(Gothenburg,Sweden, Europe, Planet Earth)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 23:26
 
Sounds like a poor man's Echo & The Bunnymen...

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Apr 02, 2011 - 07:49
 
 Stingray wrote:
SAD!
 
Superb Audio Delicacy!


Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Apr 02, 2011 - 07:47
 
Ha ha!
I had a dream last night and in it I was playing this song for someone( I don't actually have it) and have been hoping to hear it here today.
Yippie! 

htowncoog
(Texas)
Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 16:58
 
sweet...it's been a while! {#Dancingbanana}

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 08:25
 
I F'ing love this!!!

ick
(S.E. La Jolla)
Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 06:02
 
 robco1 wrote:

Back then we were all complaining that 80s music was vapid sucky corporate pop drivel and were wishing for the 70's . . . the grass is always greener.

 
That wasn't the music I experienced in the 80's but I can see how people who didn't search for new and interesting stuff could have felt that way.  Especially if they listened to what was the beginning of corporate radio back then. 


stevano
(Florida & Bulgaria)
Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 05:56
 
 Synth80s wrote:
The Ocean Blue's debut album, from which this song hails (don't be fooled by the incorrect picture on RP) is excellent.  This is one of the higher tempo songs — some of the others are more mellow but equally good.  There are some heavy Smiths influences, but they're no knock-off band.  One of my favorite albums from the era.
 
Mine too! And I had just listened to it again the other day.


Synth80s
(*Beautiful* Southern California (cough, choke, honk))
Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 13:35
 
The Ocean Blue's debut album, from which this song hails (don't be fooled by the incorrect picture on RP) is excellent.  This is one of the higher tempo songs — some of the others are more mellow but equally good.  There are some heavy Smiths influences, but they're no knock-off band.  One of my favorite albums from the era.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 13:32
 
CaptTofu wrote:
I love this song! 80s music seemed so much more upbeat than a lot of the dirgey, de-balled, whiney music we have these days. The guitar in this song sounds very Echo and the Bunnymen-esque.
I had to check in to be sure it wasn't. Saw Howard Jones in concert a couple of weeks ago, still crafting high energy synth-pop magic.


Ja300Mes
(North Fork)
Posted: Nov 11, 2010 - 20:24
 
Never heard of the band or the song before, but knew it was 1980-something within the first 10 seconds or so...it defines the sound of the decade. Not a bad thing, mind you.

warderblu
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 12:08
 



peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: Jun 21, 2010 - 08:40
 
Succeed

kdogg73
(Dayton, OH)
Posted: Jun 05, 2010 - 15:36
 
Last of the eighties.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 13:18
 
SAD!

FARO_ACUSTICO
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 19:02
 
Aqui hay alguien más, amigo.... Saludos
 Egrey wrote:
Oye, Luisja, mira. http://www.radioparadise.com/rp2-content.php?name=Forums&file=showtopic&topic_id=8826
 



drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 04:59
 
What terrific interplay between the drums and guitar during the chorus

 CaptTofu wrote:
I love this song! 80s music seemed so much more upbeat than a lot of the dirgey, de-balled, whiney music we have these days. The guitar in this song sounds very Echo and the Bunnymen-esque.
 



Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 04:53
 
i"m gonna have to bump this to a 9 just because it makes me feel so good!

johnnyrock70
(Newport, RI)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 15:20
 
URI 1990-92 @ The Bon Vue, there was a band called "Five Gone Mad" that had this song *down*.

They also did a mean Mexican Radio and a bunch of Echo tunes.

Listening to this, I close my eyes and I can almost feel the crowd bouncing around me, see the Barbies hanging from little nooses above the stage, and smell the sweet ozone of the fog machine.


robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 15:16
 
 CaptTofu wrote:
I love this song! 80s music seemed so much more upbeat than a lot of the dirgey, de-balled, whiney music we have these days. The guitar in this song sounds very Echo and the Bunnymen-esque.
 
Back then we were all complaining that 80s music was vapid sucky corporate pop drivel and were wishing for the 70's . . . the grass is always greener.


lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 18:52
 
 smackiepipe wrote:
There was a time back between 89-92 when this song ended up on every mix tape I made for anyone. Great memories.

 
me too {#Hearteyes}



CaptTofu
(Wilton, New Hampshire)
Posted: Nov 28, 2009 - 08:18
 
I love this song! 80s music seemed so much more upbeat than a lot of the dirgey, de-balled, whiney music we have these days. The guitar in this song sounds very Echo and the Bunnymen-esque.

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 08:56
 
This isn't an 80s band that I'm familiar with, but, oh boy, is it an 80s song! And I'm enjoying it!

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Oct 17, 2009 - 12:17
 
A warning to anyone who might want to buy the CD pictured here "Waterworks" based on this song:  this song is not on Waterworks.


smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 08:12
 
There was a time back between 89-92 when this song ended up on every mix tape I made for anyone. Great memories.


csutto
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 20:57
 
Sounds like Haircut 100 to me. 

ugly
Posted: Aug 09, 2009 - 20:02
 
This is so sweet. It reminds me of being younger. It sounds so damn delicious after all these years. I had completely forgotten about Ocean Blue. I had a cassette tape mix that someone made for me that had this song on it. Lovely things to ruminate....

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 12:44
 
 salice wrote:
Anyone remember New Fast Automatic Daffodils?

New FADs to their mates
 
Yes, their song "Stockholm" is terrific IMHO.

htowncoog
(Texas)
Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 12:44
 
Awesome!{#Dancingbanana} Oh, the memories.


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 14:01
 
{#Bananajam}

salice
(51st state)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 08:19
 
 gutboy wrote:
cowbells!!! daMMIT I said MORE COWBELLS!
 

Anyone remember New Fast Automatic Daffodils?

New FADs to their mates

Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 08:18
 
 cvandoren wrote:
This was sone of my favirite Albums that nobody (in my crowd) had ever heard of. It was real solid all the way through and I still listen to it today. Usually in my "80's Alternative" playlist on my audiotron.
 

Cerulean (sp) is another good one by this band.