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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Aug 11, 2003 11:18:30 GMT -5
Oh another week, great......
Four of these five were suggestions from Dave's big list. The fifth is saving the day for me.
Soft Cell-From Dave. Only know Tainted Love, and I do like it, a lot. Fave-Tainted Love.
SOS Band-From Dave. Nope, no clue.
Soul II Soul-From Dave. Still drawing a blank.
Soundgarden-Ok, now we are talking. One of the heaviest of the grunge bands. In later days, may have even been considered more metal than grunge. I have read in more than one magazine them being described as Black Sabbath meets the Beatles. Good description, probably why I like them. They had more chords than Sab, but were heavier than the Beatles. I actually like their more popular stuff, whereas most of their original fans gave up on them by that point. Faves-Black Hole Sun, Pretty Noose, Burden in My Hand, Blow Up the Outside World, Spoon Man.
Joe South-From Dave. I know he wrote Hush and Down in the Boonies. That is about all I know.
You?
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Post by lora on Aug 11, 2003 11:25:37 GMT -5
Aw, man. I'm kind of disappointed. I've been waiting all weekend for this post, and I know nothing about any of these acts. Well, not to speak of anyway. I do know Tainted Love by Soft Cell, but I guess that's it. It's an okay song, I suppose.
Hey, Adam. How much longer til Babs is on here?
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Post by Pete70s on Aug 11, 2003 14:13:44 GMT -5
Soft Cell-While not my favorite of the synth-pop acts, they are very good and I play them a LOT at the club! Faves; Bedsitter, Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (MUST be this version! Crowd always goes NUTS when the segue kicks in!), S*x Dwarf (Didn't know if it would get censored so I'm playing it safe. Safe s*x! LOL!)
SOS Band-Take Your Time (Do It Right) was a good tune, one of the last big disco hits of the Studio 54 era.
Soul II Soul-I kind of like that "Back to life, back to reality" song, but it's nothing I'd listen to often.
Soundgarden-Liked them better in their early days. Probably the only Seattle grunge band I really liked. Temple Of The Dog was good too.
Joe South-Known more as a writer than a singer, he had some good hits on his own. Games People Play was probably the biggest (NOT the Spinners or Alan Parsons song). He also wrote "Birds Of A Feather", which the Raiders had their final hit with. I have a 45 of the South version, it's OK, but I like the Raiders better.
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Post by Ken on Aug 11, 2003 14:36:34 GMT -5
Soft Cell - I wasn't big on all the synth bands that emerged in the 80's but this was OK .I have to admit it was kind of catchy. I 've started to hear it again recently
Faves - Tainted Love
SOS Band - The only tune I know is Take Your Time (Do It Right) which I have on a mix tape . Decent disco tune
Faves - Take Your Time (Do It Right)
Soul II Soul - Never really paid much atttention really
Faves - none
Soundgarden - I never really got into them but did see the video for Backhole Sun quite a few times. I guess If I had to pick a fave that would be it.
Faves - Blackhole Sun
Joe South - Remember hearing Games People Play when I was little. I have a video clip of him singing this.I still haven't heard his version of Hush. I didn't realize he wrote Birds of a Feather - hmmm
Faves - Games People Play
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Post by djdave on Aug 11, 2003 16:05:41 GMT -5
Hey--
you forgot to check Friday's post from me and kathyb--we made requests, thank you. ;D (Hint: 3 of the 4 had #1's in 1966.)
I'm not trying to rush you!
Anyway, thanks for including some of my original requests.
Soft Cell--Practically a nameless act without "Tainted love". Plan to get the "Cabaret" CD sometime. Marc Almond's such a cool vocalist!
Faves:
Tainted love (eternal top 1000) (prefer the original album version the most)/Where did our love go (sometimes)
Sex dwarf
What
Entertain me
Frustration
The art of falling apart
S.O.S. Band--Few people will recall they had MANY R & B hits throughout the 80's, many of which were produced by the dynamic duo of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Perhaps my fave today as well.
Faves:
Take your time (Do it right) (Did I L-O-V-E this song in the summer of '80!!!)
Just be good to me
The finest
Tell me if you still care
No lies
Just the way you like it
Do it now
S.O.S. (dit dit dit)
No one's gonna love you
I'm still missing your love
Weekend girl
High hopes
Sometimes I wonder
For your love
Secret wish
Even when you sleep
Soul II Soul--I thought this GREAT retro-disco/hip hop act was gonna be the future of dance music. Alas, it wasn't much. Had 2 of my critical top 10 of 1989 as well; Caron Wheeler's a super vocalist. How "Jazzie's groove" failed to make the US pop chart isWAAAAAA-AAA-AAA-YYY beyond me!!!
Faves: (Surprisingly big list)
Keep on movin' (One of the best records of the last 20 years)
Back to life (However do you want me)
Jazzie's groove
Get a life
Joy
African dance
Feel free
Happiness
Move me no mountain
Just right
A dream's a dream
People
1990-a new decade
Take me higher
Missing you
Soundgarden--Actually, one of the 90's better alternative acts. "Upside" was just as great as the over-rated "Superunknown".
Faves:
Pretty noose
Black hole sun
Burden in my hand
My wave
Rhinosaur
Blow up the outside world
The day I tried to live
Spoonman
Outshined
Loud love
Tighter & tighter
Get on the snake
Ty Cobb
Jesus Christ pose
Rusty cage
Hands all over
Fell on black days
Zero chance
Let me drown
Superunknown
Joe South--A wonderful, laid-back singer/songwriter. Have an album of his on Pickwick records. They don't have any fine music like THIS today, lemme tell ya!
Faves:
Walk a mile in shoes (Woo!)
Games people play
Don't it make you wanna go home
Birds of a feather
All my hard times
These are not my people
Hush
Children
Rose garden
Down in the boondocks
Mirror of your mind
Greatest love
I knew you when
SMASH!!! ;D
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Post by Boogieman on Aug 11, 2003 16:21:02 GMT -5
Coming down with a cold and feel like chewed-up bubblegum, but I feel obligated to comment on the groups you are unfamiliar with. Excuse any errors in grammar, etc. I'm heavily medicated right now Soft Cell  : I'd give them a thumbs up if I'd heard more than the huge smash and the followup that went nowhere. The followup, whose name is long forgotten, I only saw on MTV. Very bland and um, fey. "Tainted Love" is great though. Spent a remarkable amount of time on the charts. Forget the actual total but it was a record to that date. Something about the synth beat and the restyling of The Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go" towards the end. The club mix is far superior to the radio edit. Marc Almond's solo career was not terribly successful. Essentially a one-hit wonder. Favorites = Tainted Love S.O.S. Band  : Always enjoyed this r&b group from Atlanta. Recorded quite possibly my favorite disco song of all time "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and carried it all the way to number 3 in the summer of '80. Churned out a few more minor hits through the mid 80's. Had a sound closer to funk than true disco actually. Favorites = Take Your Time (Do It Right), Just Be Good To Me Soul II Soul  : Critics LOVED this group when they broke out in 1989. A little too slow to please my dancing feet unfortunately. Clearly talented, then...LE POOF. Seems like they won best new artist (or did they lose to Milli Vanilli?). One of a string of artists through the 80's and 90's to be lauded with praise and called the brightest spot on the musical horizon only to disappear without more than a whimper within a year (Big Country, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Arrested Development, The Fugees and their alumnus, Lauryn Hill). Bummer... Favorites = Keep On Movin', Back To Life, Jazzy's Groove Soundgarden  : Vastly overrated and intolerably depressing, cynical and bleak grunge era band. Frankly I think they sucked. You know, I don't like to sugarcoat anything, LOL. Joe South  : I'm confident I've heard his music during my childhood in the 70's but I don't recall any tunes. Must not have made much of an impression either way. So I guess I'm neutral. |
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Post by beatles4ever on Aug 11, 2003 16:39:12 GMT -5
Gee,not a one on there that I really have an opinion about.Is that a first? |
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Post by Railyn on Aug 11, 2003 17:39:21 GMT -5
Today's list.......attack of the few-hit wonders  Soft Cell: According to Richard Blade at Ultimate80s.com, it's the most prolific song of the 80's. I don't know anything else by them. The long version is ok on occasion. SOS Band: Take Your Time is ok. I don't know any others. Soul II Soul: Keep On Movin' is ok, Back To Life is better. Soundgarden:  - my husband says they're Alice In Chains wannabes - I just can't stand them! Joe South: I know Down In The Boondocks, and that's not a great song to me. |
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Post by KittyKat - RIP Luciano on Aug 11, 2003 17:51:53 GMT -5
Soft Cell - I actually have a greatest hits album from them but I never listen to it anymore. "Tainted Love" is one of those songs that everyone (from grandmothers to priests) knows. It still holds up today. Faves: Tainted Love, Where Did Our Love Go?, Say Hello Wave Goodbye, Bedsitter
SOS Band - I love the dance classic "Take Your Time, Do It Right".
Soul II Soul - Great memories from college. I loved "Back To Life" and listened to it ad nauseum when I was 20. A few of their songs still hold up for me today. Too bad success was fleeting for them. Faves: Keep On Movin, Back To Life, Holdin On, Fairplay
Soundgarden - This was my favorite band from 1990-1996. Amazing songwriting and amazing musicians. Chris Cornell's voice is about as perfect as you can get. I have had the pleasure of seeing these guys perform live around 25 times or so and I was never disappointed. I cried a little when they broke up. Faves: Flower, Loud Love, Jesus Christ Pose, Fell On Black Days, Black Hole Sun, Burden In My Hand, Day I Tried To Live, Rusty Cage
Joe South - Don't know him
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Post by KittyKat - RIP Luciano on Aug 11, 2003 17:59:44 GMT -5
my husband says they're Alice In Chains wannabes - Ouch!  Most people who've seen Soundgarden and Alice in Chains play together in concert will tell you differently. Lane and the boys paled in comparison and formed a few years after Soundgarden. ;D |
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Post by Dawn on Aug 11, 2003 18:38:36 GMT -5
Soft Cell - I only know 'Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go', but boy, is that ever a favorite of mine! Absolutely love it! Boogie is right - that song was on the Billboard chart for many weeks before it peaked, and was on for quite a long time afterward.
S.O.S. Band - Great R&B dance group. A friend of mine had one of their albums back in 1986, and we used to listen to it a lot. Favorites: Take Your Time (love it!), Just Be Good to Me.
Soul II Soul - 'Back to Life' is a really good tune, but it's the only one of theirs I can recall offhand.
Soundgarden - The classic rock/rock stations here have started to play some of their music, and what I've heard so far is pretty good. No titles stand out, though.
Joe South - Very prolific songwriter, and a pretty capable singer as well. Favorites: Games People Play, Walk a Mile in My Shoes, I Knew You When, Rose Garden.
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Post by kathyb on Aug 11, 2003 23:21:02 GMT -5
Soft Cell--Just heard Tainted Love on the radio today, and they actually played Where Did Our Love Go, too. Usually they cut that part out. It was refreshing to hear the whole thing. Unfortunately, that's the only song I know by them. SOS Band--I had the 45 of Take Your Time Do It Right, and I played it all the time. Really liked it. Unfortunately, that's the only song I know by them.  Soul II Soul--I kinda liked this group. Haven't listened to anything by them in years, however. But they had some good songs. Faves: Back to Life, Keep on Movin', Jazzy's Groove Soundgarden--I have the Superunknown CD and like it a lot. I think I need to play it again sometime soon. Good stuff! Joe South--Lotsa childhood memories of this guy. My mom had an album or two by him, and so I heard his music a lot growing up. Faves: Walk a Mile in My Shoes, Down in the Boondocks, Games People Play, Birds of a Feather, Hush, Mirror of Your Mind, All My Hard Times, a few more... |
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Post by 55dodger on Aug 12, 2003 0:16:26 GMT -5
1. Soft Cell - ?
2. SOS Band - Funk group, didn't like them.
3. Soul II Soul - Don't like them
4. Soundgarden - Group I've heard, still not sure about them. Favorites: none yet.
5. Joe South - Better known as a songwriter as opposed to a chart busting singer. Won a Grammy for Song of the Year for Games People Play (my personal favorite by him). Also wrote Rose Garden (big hit for Lynn Anderson) & Hush (Deep Purple's first top 5). Other Favorites: Walk a Mile in My Shoes, Don't It Make You Want To Go Home.
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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Aug 13, 2003 10:37:09 GMT -5
Aw, man. I'm kind of disappointed. I've been waiting all weekend for this post, and I know nothing about any of these acts. Well, not to speak of anyway. I do know Tainted Love by Soft Cell, but I guess that's it. It's an okay song, I suppose. Hey, Adam. How much longer til Babs is on here? Well you know now it'll be awhile until Babs is on here! |
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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Aug 13, 2003 10:39:00 GMT -5
Soft Cell-While not my favorite of the synth-pop acts, they are very good and I play them a LOT at the club! Faves; Bedsitter, Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (MUST be this version! Crowd always goes NUTS when the segue kicks in!), S*x Dwarf (Didn't know if it would get censored so I'm playing it safe. Safe s*x! LOL!) SOS Band-Take Your Time (Do It Right) was a good tune, one of the last big disco hits of the Studio 54 era. Soul II Soul-I kind of like that "Back to life, back to reality" song, but it's nothing I'd listen to often. Soundgarden-Liked them better in their early days. Probably the only Seattle grunge band I really liked. Temple Of The Dog was good too. Joe South-Known more as a writer than a singer, he had some good hits on his own. Games People Play was probably the biggest (NOT the Spinners or Alan Parsons song). He also wrote "Birds Of A Feather", which the Raiders had their final hit with. I have a 45 of the South version, it's OK, but I like the Raiders better. I feel like an ass-I know Games People Play, I don't know why I didn't list it! "Talkin' bout you and me, and the Games People Play, whoa yeah....." It's not like I didn't remember it. |
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: I'd give them a thumbs up if I'd heard more than the huge smash and the followup that went nowhere. The followup, whose name is long forgotten, I only saw on MTV. Very bland and um, fey. "Tainted Love" is great though. Spent a remarkable amount of time on the charts. Forget the actual total but it was a record to that date. Something about the synth beat and the restyling of The Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go" towards the end. The club mix is far superior to the radio edit. Marc Almond's solo career was not terribly successful. Essentially a one-hit wonder.
: Critics LOVED this group when they broke out in 1989. A little too slow to please my dancing feet unfortunately. Clearly talented, then...LE POOF. Seems like they won best new artist (or did they lose to Milli Vanilli?). One of a string of artists through the 80's and 90's to be lauded with praise and called the brightest spot on the musical horizon only to disappear without more than a whimper within a year (Big Country, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Arrested Development, The Fugees and their alumnus, Lauryn Hill). Bummer...
Most people who've seen Soundgarden and Alice in Chains play together in concert will tell you differently. Lane and the boys paled in comparison and formed a few years after Soundgarden. ;D
