Anyway, I love the juxtaposition of Pet Shop Boys-ish synth bass over a live horn section - and then that beauty of a chorus hits.
Until I discovered Tracey Thorn I thought no other English singer could match Corinne Drewery for cool understated hurtfulness.
I had a crush on her for a while too: I even got the followup single "Twilight World" for $1.35 at a used-vinyl store only a few years ago.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Justin, Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― gspm (gspm), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)
I beg to differ -- the entire album's great.
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tantrum (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 3 March 2005 03:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 3 March 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 3 March 2005 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 March 2005 10:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 March 2005 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 3 March 2005 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 3 March 2005 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)
Every song is at least excellent, every intro has me saying "i can't believe it's still so marvellous". Favorite song is "Twilight world", probably one of the only pieces of english lyrics that ever moved me.
― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Thursday, 3 March 2005 11:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― David Merryweather (DavidM), Thursday, 3 March 2005 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)
Swing Out Sister, Where Our Love Grows (Shanachie)
The phrase "big in Japan" might've been popularized in song by Alphaville, but it's been a punchline for far longer than that. Been off the charts for awhile but hate to admit that your success is waning? Just claim that you're shifting mass units in Tokyo and that, as a result, you've been focusing your efforts on setting up a tour of pachinko parlors throughout the land of the rising sun so that your fans in Okinawa aren't left wanting. I mean, really, who's going to question you? All jokes aside, however, the Japanese have decidedly diverse musical taste, keeping a lot of artists recording new material when they've been all but forgotten in their native countries; the Japanese love their power pop (Matthew Sweet has admitted to being showered with gifts when he plays), they dig the Britpop (the Trashcan Sinatras did a tour there and exclusively released their Snow EP via Sony Japan), and, yes, they quite like the jazz-pop, too. This brings us to the point of this entire discussion, which is to say that, despite the fact that you probably only remember them for their 1987 single, "Breakout," Swing Out Sister are still rather big in Japan. In a career that's heading toward the two-decade mark, Swing Out Sister have carved themselves a decidedly small niche as creators of the best lounge-pop since the 5th Dimension's heyday. It's been a gradual evolution from pop to jazz to lounge, but, after the too-jazzy-for-its-own-good The Living Return in 1994, the band discovered Burt Bacharach and Jimmy Webb and settled into a comfortable groove channeling the general feel of the best '60s and '70s work of those artists. Singer Corinne Drewery has one of the most soulful voices in the business, and it's a shame that Where Our Love Grows, another wonderful addition to Swing Out Sister's catalog and the band's first U.S. release since 1997, won't get the attention or sales it deserves. It's smooth and silky, sometimes slinky pop, the perfect soundtrack for your next cocktail party; just press play, and Love won't let you down.
― don't stop to ask, Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― BARMS, Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)
I also suspect it is why I have a weakness for moon-faced women with dark bobbed hair.
Could never understood the bit with the braceleted arms in the video, though.
― The Mad Puffin, Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)
can i get a shoutout for the girl in the george michael "father figure" video?
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)
it was nice to hear it at your birthday drinks!
btw JtN i hear you have done very good things with a Go-Betweens song
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)
I was a fairly rockist 14-year-old and emphatically did not like Bros. 'Digging Your Scene' is great. 'Breakout' is OK. 'Shattered Dreams' remains awful.
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― Bernard E. Morris, Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)
But as jazz-pop goes, it's not quite as good as "My Ever-Changing Moods."
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)
I'm thinking a cover of "Year of the Cat" is in their future. She comes in incense and patchouli .....
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)
Funny, that's how I felt the first time I saw the video for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)
SOS - "Breakout"Johnny Hates Jazz - "Shattered Dreams"Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"Curiosity Killed The Cat - "Misfit"
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 4 March 2005 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)
I was never a "When Smokey Sings" fan. I'm glad it was such a big hit (and my classic '80s station plays it A LOT) but the song is a pallid homage. If you're going to bow to Smokey, your lyrics better approach his, and "Lexicon of Love" was the last time Martin Fry even approximated it.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)
See also: "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― John Fredland (jfredland), Friday, 4 March 2005 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 4 March 2005 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)
Sophistopop pwner: Robert Palmer.
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)
Alba's right (50% right).
Swing Out Sister, "Breakout"UK #7 -- November 1986US #6 -- November 1987
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)
Speaking of Spandau, how's that "rock" album they released in '86?
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― BARMS, Friday, 4 March 2005 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)
My love is like a high prison wall! And you could leave me standing so tall!
― ffirehorse, Friday, 4 March 2005 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 06:47 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)
― Lyra Jane (Lyra Jane), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)
― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)
Wait.
UBER CLASSIC.
Second of all, ts: "breakout" vs. basia's "new day for you" is a serious debate for me!
Thirdly, my ctrl-f mixed with my over excitement caused me not to find any mention in this thread of the fact that Swing Out Sister is made up of Andy Connell and Martin Jackson who were once part of the A Certain Ratio AND Magazine!
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)
-- Alfred Soto (sotoal...), July 20th, 2005. (later)
I sampled Bros ages ago in one of my house tunes!
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 25 May 2006 01:47 (twenty years ago)
Go year-ago me.
― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Thursday, 25 May 2006 02:48 (twenty years ago)
― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 25 May 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)
― Chris Bee (Cee Bee), Thursday, 25 May 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)
― JohnFoxxsJuno (JohnFoxxsJuno), Thursday, 25 May 2006 07:31 (twenty years ago)
Is this danceable? Wedding friendly??? I can't rememeber anything but the vocals, horns and cooing in the chorus...
― ZOT! (davidcorp), Thursday, 25 May 2006 08:47 (twenty years ago)
Looking back at Alfred's posts, if someone were to release a "sophisti-pop of the '80s" compilation, I would definitely snap it up. That was some incredibly great music. Robert Palmer was great (at Bryan Ferry levels) when he too was doing "sophisti-pop", but floundered miserably when he attempted to rock out IMO. Speaking of Ferry, he too must be represented in any decent "sophisti-pop" compilation.
― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Friday, 21 July 2006 02:21 (nineteen years ago)
and *god* they were both top 10 who'd have thought?
4 Swing Out Sister Breakout Oct 1986 7 Swing Out Sister Surrender Jan 1987
(dashes off to download SURRENDER)
― pisces (piscesx), Friday, 21 July 2006 07:36 (nineteen years ago)
http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/3/6/5/7/657563_356x237.jpg
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 21 July 2006 07:53 (nineteen years ago)
The happy-go-lucky vocal holy trinity.
― Rev. PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 21 July 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 22 July 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)
― Rev. PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie 2), Saturday, 22 July 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)
That's an understatement, for sure.
I guess I was lucky that VH1 was not part of our standard cable package just yet when this was released
Oh! I wasn't even watching VH1 when this song was first released! I was going by my recollections of what they were playing throughout the early - mid 1990s, back when they had a seemingly limited selection of '80s videos they would play the life out of.
― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:59 (nineteen years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 23 July 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)
― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 23 July 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 24 July 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)
― JTS (JTS), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:21 (nineteen years ago)
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)
― wogan lenin (dog latin), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:31 (nineteen years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:47 (nineteen years ago)
― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:48 (nineteen years ago)
Oh good, someone did.
― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:49 (nineteen years ago)
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:50 (nineteen years ago)
― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:54 (nineteen years ago)
Maybe the clip was taken from one of those "I Heart Swearing at Minor Celebrities" shows and the laughter belonged to that.
― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:56 (nineteen years ago)
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 29 January 2007 18:57 (nineteen years ago)
this just came on smooth fm and knocked me for 6
so ace
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:19 (seventeen years ago)
It's all about the introduction.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:20 (seventeen years ago)
...then the horns kick in.
yeah you were absolutely right in the first post, i thought it was 'west end girls' coming on
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:22 (seventeen years ago)
I think I like this song a lot, though not sure I own it.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:23 (seventeen years ago)
This and "Time and Tide" were the synthetic but fun end of the British jazz-pop movement that started with Everythig But The Girl and Carmel.
― Eazy, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:29 (seventeen years ago)
This was my mom's favorite song when it came out and it reminds me of her/childhood. I love it but have never heard anything else by SS.
― ENBB, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:34 (seventeen years ago)
For me this is THE perfect song to play on a cold, dreary day when it's hard to feel enthusiastic about anything.
― Michael White, Thursday, 7 August 2008 18:42 (seventeen years ago)
I'm steal in love with you
― I'M JUGGLING MY BALLS HERE (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 16 November 2008 06:48 (seventeen years ago)
If I could keep just 2 pop singles from the 80s it would be this and Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 16 November 2008 13:18 (seventeen years ago)
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― Giorgio Moderator (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 22 December 2008 05:48 (seventeen years ago)
Could this video be the inspiration for Apartment 3G's notorious sweatshop story arc???
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Monday, 2 November 2009 21:00 (sixteen years ago)
omg this youtube comment:
at the risk of sounding classless and believe me I sure can be,,after all I am Irish-Scots,,I do dig this song,,and this woman in particular,,,I give her a 5 on a scale of 10,,,as is typically British,, this stuff is too metrosexual for my tastes,,,but her vocalisation is quite on,,,,I have a lot of their mp3 files
"vocalisation"
― lihaperäpukamat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 November 2009 22:06 (sixteen years ago)
"Breakout" has this amazing ability to erase its sound from my memory moments after listening to it. I like this song but I can never remember a damn thing about it.
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Monday, 2 November 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)
I just realized the Roots sampled this...
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)
DON'T STOP....TO ASK
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 February 2010 01:45 (sixteen years ago)
I haven't listened to this song since it was new, but when it was new, wow did I ever hate it with the force of a billion exploding suns
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 18 February 2010 01:52 (sixteen years ago)
when it was new, wow did I ever hate it with the force of a billion exploding suns
There's a song lyric! Write it down.
Please listen to it again.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 February 2010 01:55 (sixteen years ago)
most sexy Women's Hairstyle in history
― meisenfek, Thursday, 18 February 2010 14:16 (sixteen years ago)
there's something about the way she sounds like she's singing through a forced smile that drives me straight up a wall
up a wall, I tell you
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 18 February 2010 14:47 (sixteen years ago)
up a wall like Gene Kelly doing a running backflip? because that sounds awesome
― sheryl crow but with a very long butt (HI DERE), Thursday, 18 February 2010 14:56 (sixteen years ago)
did I ever hate it with the force of a billion exploding suns
sentry reference?
― m the g, Thursday, 18 February 2010 14:59 (sixteen years ago)
J0hn you think she sounds bad on that song take a listen to early Holly Cole and all will be forgiven.
― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 18 February 2010 15:13 (sixteen years ago)
Almost as awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy3MSWFbuKM
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 February 2010 15:19 (sixteen years ago)
God, this song is awesome.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 April 2011 01:17 (fifteen years ago)
Oh man I rocked this song like 6x in a row on the way home the other day.
― I took you to an impotent restaurant (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 April 2011 01:45 (fifteen years ago)
Corinne Drewery is 100000x beautiful.
― I took you to an impotent restaurant (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 April 2011 02:13 (fifteen years ago)
Yep!
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 April 2011 02:35 (fifteen years ago)
BREAKOUT
― PAJAMARALLS? PAJAMALWAYS! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)
http://media.strategywiki.org/images/thumb/a/ab/Breakout_2600_box.jpg/250px-Breakout_2600_box.jpg
― notes on camping (Pillbox), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)
I remember SUPER BREAKOUT
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:14 (fourteen years ago)
I have a Breakout cartridge and a VCS in a cupboard somewhere.
― Servants of the SBankh (snoball), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:18 (fourteen years ago)
yes but does Corinne Drewery pop out and go
LAY DOWN THE LAWSHOUT OUT FOR MOREBREAKOUT AND SHOUTDAY IN DAY OUTBREAKOUT
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)
I think that was the SNES version
― PAJAMARALLS? PAJAMALWAYS! (DJP), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)
BREAKOUT!
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.atariguide.com/b1/178.jpgSuper Breakout is Breakout in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!
― Servants of the SBankh (snoball), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
...and Corinne's haircut looks kind of like a space helmet, so there you go, connection...
― Servants of the SBankh (snoball), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:34 (fourteen years ago)
DON'T STOP TO ASK
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:08 (fourteen years ago)
NOW YOU'VE FOUND A BREAK TO MAKE IT LAST
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:12 (fourteen years ago)
WOO-OOH-OOH
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:12 (fourteen years ago)
YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:03 (fourteen years ago)
i've been having extended basia/swing out sister moments lately during my personal listening sessions
i love the way the artwork on those atari cartridges makes it look like it concerns some futuristic laser-jai alai game...forgot that atari used that bauhaus font on their stuff at the time
― dell (del), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:06 (fourteen years ago)
I think I now like Twilight World better.
― Male Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Nutsack (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:18 (fourteen years ago)
I went to a head shop with my brother where they sold records in the back, mostly the same selection as a thrift store but w/fewer MoTabChoir records. They were all $5 or less with the exception of a copy of "It's Better To Travel," for which they were asking $35! wtf?
― Male Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Nutsack (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:19 (fourteen years ago)
It's priceless.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:29 (fourteen years ago)
Gos she was hot but that voice...like mayonnaise. Mayonnaise on everything.
― Lawanda Pageboy (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:58 (fourteen years ago)
mayonnaise on sushi -- yum
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:58 (fourteen years ago)
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2012 22:54 (thirteen years ago)
have sent an astral signal to beyonce telling her to cover this
― r|t|c, Monday, 12 November 2012 23:06 (thirteen years ago)
omigod
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2012 23:07 (thirteen years ago)
the only time i've ever been in a photographer's studio (he did fashion photos and actor headshots) he had a mini-stereo with like 5 CDs next to it and BEST OF SWING OUT SISTER was one of them and i thought, "perfect"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 November 2012 23:15 (thirteen years ago)
http://img5.blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ybi/1/3f/48/saitoes335/folder/977032/img_977032_27498212_1?1325041970
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2012 23:18 (thirteen years ago)
Wow, look at this guy:
John "Johnny" Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s he was on at least one album in the UK Charts continuously, without a break, for over 13 years.
http://www.mtv.com/artists/john-thirkell/biography
― cruel silver of hope (Eazy), Monday, 12 November 2012 23:32 (thirteen years ago)
have sent an astral signal to beyonce telling her to cover this― r|t|c, Monday, November 12, 2012 11:06 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
― r|t|c, Monday, November 12, 2012 11:06 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
pk we NEED to launch some kind of viral campaign to make sure this happens.
― jed_, Sunday, 25 November 2012 19:01 (thirteen years ago)
― r|t|c,
can we make this happen or what
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 January 2014 21:41 (twelve years ago)
I will now listen to this song probably no less than four times in a row.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 February 2014 23:39 (twelve years ago)
That was fun.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 February 2014 23:56 (twelve years ago)
Don't stop
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Friday, 21 February 2014 23:59 (twelve years ago)
to ask
I have moved on to Basia.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:03 (twelve years ago)
It'll be Carmel before you know it.
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:04 (twelve years ago)
You know what is a really good song in this vein?
This --->>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGj1_tV4WVo
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:12 (twelve years ago)
My grandma really likes this song
― imago draggin' (The Reverend), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:20 (twelve years ago)
Really lovely entry here from TPL by Lena
http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/swing-out-sister-its-better-to-travel.html
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 October 2014 15:35 (eleven years ago)
Then Play Long goes out on the town with some rebellious Northerners: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/swing-out-sister-its-better-to-travel.html
― agincourtgirl, Monday, 20 October 2014 15:36 (eleven years ago)
Ha, jinx!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 October 2014 15:40 (eleven years ago)
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 15:03 (ten years ago)
I've posted this elsewhere but Corrine totally owns this ACR track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXc8k9DFm8&index=9&list=PL0fA4aAteWJEnhIKXzmkvQSseZXxZ0H9m
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 20:23 (ten years ago)
I'm still amazed at how they're a going thing.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:32 (ten years ago)
best song ever
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 November 2015 16:36 (ten years ago)
Their pledgemusic is one of the laziest I've ever seen: we might make a record eventually, in the mean time pay to see us doing coursework about and try and come up with ideas.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:25 (ten years ago)
"Doing coursework" wtf autocorrect? *dicking*
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:26 (ten years ago)
I spent a lot of time dicking about the time of my first year at university.
― Eins zwei PoliSci (snoball), Sunday, 22 November 2015 20:22 (ten years ago)
hey there's a stravinsky rite of spring sample at the beginning of track 4 of this album!
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:14 (nine years ago)
Oh god, this song is so classic it isn't even funny.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 20:00 (nine years ago)
I heard 'Breakout' while shopping but I must have misheard the lyrics because I spent about a year googling variations on 'oh freakout' and 'well so do I' without success. then someone bumped this thread and I had a big aha moment when I looked it up on youtube. thanks ilx!
― schrute dwyte (unregistered), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 20:11 (nine years ago)
I don't care how bad the horns have aged. Love this tune.
― Chantilly Bass, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 20:20 (nine years ago)
the three remixes at the end of the reissue are really fun
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 20:35 (nine years ago)
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 12, 2012
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 January 2017 02:08 (nine years ago)
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 June 2017 22:16 (eight years ago)
xps the horns are actually OK on this. There are other late 80s songs where the horns have really aged.
― Zings Can Only Get Better (snoball), Friday, 9 June 2017 22:24 (eight years ago)
Great song. Best bangs in music too, and still looking great at 57
― the article don, Sunday, 11 June 2017 10:30 (eight years ago)
the better song is 'You On My Mind' from the next album.
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:47 AM (eleven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 11 June 2017 10:56 (eight years ago)
this song lifted my spirits today at Wawa
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:07 (eight years ago)
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 12, 2012 5:54 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 24 August 2017 15:27 (eight years ago)
I fucking love the horns on this - without them, the song wouldn't be anywhere near as good.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Thursday, 24 August 2017 15:47 (eight years ago)
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 January 2019 12:42 (seven years ago)
Omg the bomb diggity. I often hete it at work.
― nathom, Sunday, 27 January 2019 14:39 (seven years ago)
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:56 (six years ago)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 10 May 2020 22:24 (six years ago)
Is the Breakout revive a response to the Outbreak! thread?
In any case this was a joyous and great song and I applaud any reason for basking in its bouncy wisdom
― Rodent of usual size (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 10 May 2020 22:29 (six years ago)
don't stop to ask!
― sing a song of skip spence (unregistered), Sunday, 10 May 2020 22:38 (six years ago)
Love this song
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 May 2020 01:05 (six years ago)
slackbot is responsible. we are all the bot.
― Yerac, Monday, 11 May 2020 01:32 (six years ago)
the intro always makes me imagine huge, glistening skylines and cityscapes being built
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 11 May 2020 16:36 (six years ago)
Found out the version of this 12" I own has 3 unique mixes on it according to a rando review on Discogs. My interest was prompted after reading the liner notes to the new Durutti Column reissue where they talk about Andy Connell joining the DC live band.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 11 May 2020 18:38 (six years ago)
My god, what a song. And to whichever herbert upthread suggested the horns have aged badly - no way!
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 11 May 2020 20:22 (six years ago)
the entire album's great.
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:56 PM (fifteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
so true
― geoffreyess, Monday, 7 September 2020 23:44 (five years ago)
the debut? Yes!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 September 2020 23:49 (five years ago)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, May 10, 2020 6
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:12 (five years ago)
otm
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:41 (five years ago)
It got a mention on Corrie the other day.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:51 (five years ago)
i probably said this before, but 'Communion' is also a really lovely song. could imagine david sylvian or someone singing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVcBBuyyoXU
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:23 (five years ago)
(not that corinne doesn't already do a great job)
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:25 (five years ago)
If Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader is the nadir of pop culture and Dancing In The Moonlight by Thin Lizzy is its zenith, then this song is balanced perfectly at its centre
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:38 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CB4cnOaHg
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:14 (five years ago)
don't know when that interview was but she is stuck with that haircut for life! still looks good on her though
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:42 (five years ago)
It's from 2018.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:31 (five years ago)
Enormously annoyingly performed tune imo
― cpt otm (darraghmac), Friday, 5 February 2021 01:25 (five years ago)
too many adverbs
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 February 2021 01:27 (five years ago)
The thread asking whether my post was C or D is thataway
― cpt otm (darraghmac), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:00 (five years ago)
love this song
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:18 (five years ago)
This song is basically perfect BUT I think that semi-rapped bridge does walk the line of awkwardness-approaching-cringe just a little bit.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 09:41 (five years ago)
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 April 2021 01:43 (five years ago)
hell yeah
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Sunday, 11 April 2021 02:01 (five years ago)
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:08 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox),
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:14 (four years ago)
I remember being very depressed by the video as a little kid, thinking, 'Is adulthood really that bland, that this is happiness, this is fun, this is BREAKING OUT?'
If it were made now it'd show the unmistakeable highlights of adulthood such as binge-watching a tv series, eating at a new restaurant, ordering clothing online...
― dell (del), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:35 (four years ago)
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, July 3, 2021
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 January 2022 02:03 (four years ago)
breakout
― OneSecondBefore, Monday, 31 January 2022 20:34 (four years ago)
I've been really into this band's first album lately. It's like an entire album of 90's anime opening themes. I guess its sound may even have been the inspiration for a lot of those themes.
― OneSecondBefore, Monday, 31 January 2022 20:35 (four years ago)
'blue mood' is a jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrtFz2MD3o8
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 31 January 2022 20:41 (four years ago)
Some people stop at nothingIf you're searching for somethingLay down the law, shout out for moreBreakout and shout, day in, day out
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 1 July 2022 22:47 (three years ago)
Breakout
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 July 2022 22:49 (three years ago)
LAY DOWN THE LAW AND BREAK ITWHEN DREWERY COMES HOME
― Andy K, Friday, 1 July 2022 22:55 (three years ago)
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/25/how-we-made-breakout-by-swing-out-sister-interview
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 25 July 2022 14:28 (three years ago)
I’d fallen off a horse and fractured my skull. I was incapacitated – I couldn’t move – so with nothing to do but recover, I started scribbling down loads of notes.
!!!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 July 2022 14:42 (three years ago)
"Theme (From It's Better to Travel)" reminds me of the Orb's "Spanish Castles in Space"
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 25 July 2022 20:54 (three years ago)
"Theme" really isn't what I expected from Swing out Sister:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNHvQqqELVU
I wonder if they played it as an overture in concerts? Or if it was the two blokes in the band trying to show that they could do film soundtracks. It sounds like a mixture of incidental music from Star Cops crossed with battle music from a SNES game.
The lead singer's mother is apparently "the doyenne of England's hedgehog ladies":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_Care
― Ashley Pomeroy, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:15 (three years ago)
I like the suggestion of it the closer to the album but the overture to the concerts - very "Pimpf"
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:18 (three years ago)
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski),
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 May 2023 14:46 (three years ago)
big box of swing out sister...
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/swing-out-sister-blue-mood-breakout-and-beyond-the-early-years-part-1-8cd-box-set/
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 6 May 2023 15:04 (three years ago)
Interview with Corinne on the Ace Records Podcast here -- good listen!
https://soundcloud.com/ace-records-ltd/the-ace-records-podcast-28-corinne-drewery
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 02:27 (two years ago)
A bump for the morning!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 14:49 (two years ago)
this song always cheers me up
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:19 (two years ago)
This strikes me as very fitting for the whole sophstipop aesthetic
― the new drip king (DJP), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:40 (two years ago)
those "Breakout" horns are the equivalents of bumps in the morning
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:56 (two years ago)
I love "It's Better to Travel" so much. Been looking for more albums that hit that sound (which it seems the band departed from immediately and permanently). So far the closest I've found is "En Cavale" by Isabelle Antena, which hits on a similar glossy, jazzy Sophisti-pop type sound. Any other tips?
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:28 (two years ago)
Though I am listening to their "Live at the Jazz Cafe" record for the first time right now and... dang! This is really good, and really not what I expected!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:36 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgme2q7GOF0
Dip In The Pool's 'Retinae' definitely has its moments!
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 26 January 2024 20:39 (two years ago)
Oh yeah, that's a good pull! I like that album a lot too. Kind of a quieter energy to it than Swing Out Sister but it does hold a very similar appeal. Great clarinet on there too!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:45 (two years ago)
yeah its definitely more 'Twilight World' than 'Breakout'
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 26 January 2024 20:48 (two years ago)
Ended up checking out Shapes and Patterns because it was their highest-rated album on rym. pretty straightforward and pleasant Burt Bacharach-style music but certainly not as fun or compelling as "Breakout". But interesting to learn about their second life in Japan - "Now You're Not Here" from Shapes and Patterns was a huge hit and they're pretty well-known there
― Vinnie, Friday, 26 January 2024 21:16 (two years ago)
This Dip in the Pool song rules
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 27 January 2024 04:29 (two years ago)
If you've never heard the remix of 'Twilight World', you should prepare yourself for a very, uh, interesting non sequitur breakdown about a minute and a half in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DNHAJvXqjk
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Friday, 31 May 2024 19:10 (two years ago)
Lay down the law, shout out for moreBreakout and shout, day in, day out
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 April 2025 22:36 (one year ago)
Otm
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 April 2025 22:51 (one year ago)
Find a way
Say what you want to say
― I pity the foo fighter (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 20 April 2025 01:31 (one year ago)
https://i.imgur.com/RY8JxCf.gif
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 April 2025 13:13 (one year ago)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfem7abSu4rgHeugBoLDImAxoilMn2M7wMm8APJWscVA&s=10
― I pity the foo fighter (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 20 April 2025 14:31 (one year ago)
― The Luda of Suburbia (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 January 2026 01:21 (four months ago)
This was the thread where I learned about Dip in the Pool
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 23 January 2026 01:28 (four months ago)
is it just me or does this song sound like absolute ass on Spotify?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 23 January 2026 14:27 (four months ago)
never mind it was me! it sounds fine now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 25 January 2026 13:58 (four months ago)
classic
― trm (tombotomod), Sunday, 25 January 2026 17:44 (four months ago)
my wife hates it
― trm (tombotomod), Sunday, 25 January 2026 17:45 (four months ago)
Sounds like you need to lay down the law and shout out for more, tombot.
― calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 25 January 2026 17:54 (four months ago)
Don't startTo ask
― Bertolt Blecch (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 January 2026 02:02 (four months ago)
*stop
― Bertolt Blecch (Neanderthal), Monday, 26 January 2026 02:03 (four months ago)
It brought down the Berlin Wall
― the way out of (Eazy), Monday, 26 January 2026 03:53 (four months ago)
thought that was mostly hasselhoff?
― austinato (Austin), Monday, 26 January 2026 12:11 (four months ago)
I worked at a big art museum for a while, and sometimes a couple of us would be moving a really large painting and we would need to coordinate our movements. If we wanted the other person to swing their side of the painting around, we would say "swing out, sister."
― Cow_Art, Monday, 26 January 2026 13:00 (four months ago)