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Lament wrote:Oh wow, I didn't think anyone would actually listen to all eight of them!

It's funny, New Order, The Cure, Depeche Mode, and Duran Duran (to a much lesser extent) were all bands I was very well-versed in (and in the case of the first three, went through obsessive phases with) before I discovered Simple Minds' back catalog. After falling in love with SM's 1980-1984 output, I never felt the same way about any of those acts again.

Either way, that's pretty awesome that you took the time to listen and post some thoughts. You're a good man, PryTo.

I was able to give this a listen this morning. Definitely not my cup of tea (I don't like the singer at all), and the bands I can most readily connect to them are not really in my musical wheelhouse. The fact bass and feel of some of those songs also reminds me a bit of some War era U2, if it was just a little more synth oriented.
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stip wrote:The fact bass and feel of some of those songs
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fat bass, excuse me
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That's a mean nickname for Alex, Stip.
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I could never really get into: Foo Fighters, Radiohead (although I like Thom Yorke), Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I could never really get into: Foo Fighters, Radiohead (although I like Thom Yorke), Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel.
I'm right there with you on the first and third ones.
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i really dislike the Beach Boys
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bodysnatcher wrote:i really dislike the Beach Boys
but what do you think of their fact base?
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The Beach Boys have the finest first base of all time.
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stip wrote:fat bass, excuse me
theplatypus wrote:That's a mean nickname for Alex, Stip.
I got a chuckle out of this.
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The Foo Fighters are no more interesting or "cool" than Bon Jovi.
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I think even the Foos would admit that.
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Thin Lizzy and the Blue Oyster Cult are phenomenal bands with rich and engrossing catalogs.
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A friend of mine tried to sell me on BOC last year. I listened to a few of the albums several times each, but in the end they just didn't do it for me.
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Spectres wasn't bad, if I remember correctly.
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Secret Treaties is one of the best rock albums I can name.
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Any record whose opening song announces "I want to do it to your daughter on a dirt road," and then plans international espionage, is pretty great.
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It looks like Secret Treaties, Agents of Fortune, Spectres, and Mirrors are the ones I've heard.
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I don't care for Agents. Specters is pretty great soft pop, but Treaties is like Kiss meets the Flaming Lips, with a touch of Zep
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