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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostI always confuse It Bites with Go West
When Go West had their first hit, 'We Close Our Eyes', in early '85, I was studying for my CSEs so dropped ouut of following the charts for a bit, and that song with King's 'Love and Pride' and Stephen Tintin Duffy's 'Kiss Me' all blurred into one long song.
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For no particular reason, Paul Rudd and Jimmy Falloon recreated Go West's video. It's sort of entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af6L1jBZGYA
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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostApparently after their initial chart bothering pop, they dabbled in prog, and then heavy, and are still relatively active, and took a leaf out of Spandau's book a few years ago by sacking the original lead guitarist/singer.
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Couple of all-Scottish examples: The Cocteau Twins borrowed their name from a Simple Minds song title, while Strawberry Switchblade lifted theirs from an Orange Juice tune.
Pretty Girls Make Graves - who were popular for about half an hour during the noughties - took their name from a Smiths song. I forget which one.
Wet Wet Wet (Scritti Politti) and Lightning Seeds (Prince) both lifted theirs from the bracketed artists' lyrics.
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Plastic People of the Universe - Prague band named after the Frank Zappa song, Plastic People. A band of historical importance, not for their music but for their impact on politics (for details look up Charter 77 and also the Tom Stoppard play Rock and Roll).
And a Scottish counter-example - the Belle and Sebastian* song and album The Boy with the Arab Strap was named after/nicked the name of Arab Strap. Leading to a falling out between the two bands.
* - who themselves are named after a novel and film. Think up some original titles, you lazy sods.
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Originally posted by Auntie Beryl View PostMust be quite a few.
Radio Head was a track on the last Talking Heads album "Blind" in 1988.
And blind was the first track off their last album but the album was called naked.
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Originally posted by Crystal Staples View PostTheir #1 single was knocked off the top by another band in the category, Right Said Fred.
The Sisters Of Mercy, of course, derived their moniker from the title of a suitably-cheery Leonard Cohen choon.
Edit: Death Cab For Cutie just came up on my Facebook feed - so there's another one (from an old Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band song ref).Last edited by Jah Womble; 12-05-2018, 08:56.
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