* Well, not actually myself, an associate.
** And it's only been about 3 months.
So this is the story, Boy sat in club. DJ playing 'ironic' 80s chart songs and nu-metal. When *kaboom*, magical song comes over the speakers. Sounds very like Dexys: brass, vocal duet thing going on with Kevlike singer and souly woman, masses of instruments swirling around and then falling down a flight of stairs, possibly says the line 'Don't stand me down' in it (no, isn't on that Dexys album).
Aforementioned associate's trail of thoughts: "ooh, this is actually really good, is this dexys? sounds a bit like fpa (memory of orlando review mentioning furthest point away being influenced by don't stand me down) oh, it must be dexys, that sounds like don't stand me down, etc etc etc. ends".
And in his words: "basically it's furthest point away produced by phil spector, with a even godlier chorus and incredible verses"
Appetite suitably whetted I proceeded to hunt out all the rare Dexys songs, in the hope that it'd be one of them. So, it's NOT 'theme from Brush Strokes', Dance stance', 'Soul finger', 'Because of you' or 'Breaking down the walls of heartache' (this last song is MAJESTIC though). And now I ask you. One of you must know what it is, please tell. And if you don't, I'll spend my remaining days trying to recreate this song from memory (by proxy).
― Ian, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Or someone like Deacon Blue? Just the male/female vocal and the
brass thing in the late 80's made me think of them.
― Saskia, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Heaven-17 - "Temptation" ??
are you SURE it's not "Boxerbeat" by jo-boxers?
― john-paul, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
It's definitely not 'Temptation', I'll check these others out though
and show to Boy. And even if its not the song in question, if they
sound anything like "furthest point away produced by phil spector,
with a even godlier chorus and incredible verses" then I'll be beyond
happy.
― Ian, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
fuck, i hope it wasn't the bluetones either. in context they wouldn't
really have fitted, though it was a similar bleh-level. i'm resigned
to losing it forever. oh well.
― Boy., Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
clarification: context was bleh-level, roaringly mediocre pub/club in
Cardiff.
― Boy., Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
a quick google search turned up this:
http://www.thestranger.com/1999-05-06/excellent.html
which is about an album called 'don't stand me down' by...
dexy's midnight runners. available from amazon...
that was easy 8)
andy
― andrew, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
hahah Andrew, why doesn't Everett True just come over to my house and
shoot me?
Why would you even need to own anything else.
― felicity, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)