Someone once left a tape in my car--Yes, the imagination goes wild!--and on this tape I remember the morose crooning of a deep voice, like Peter Murphy, or something Goth--but in the pre-goth Nu Romantic phase. (anytime before 1986)
One track contained the lyrics:
"ABCDEFGHI..." "zed"
"zed"
and something about how that letter was the ruin of him.
The arrangement contained an arty rythm with xylophone. It's not: dead can dance, psych furs, bauhaus...or is it? the mix was kinda 4AD sounding--but then, the tape was old and muted.
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sounds like bauhaus, church, nu-romantic
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sounds like bauhaus, church, nu-romantic
by furtographer » Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:48 pm
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by Nalas » Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:38 am
That's "(A)" by Associates. It's on an album called The Affectionate Punch. There are two versions of the album -- the first is rougher sounding, more skeletal; can't recall if that version had the xylophones. The second (drastically remixed, glossy in co
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by furtographer » Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:13 am
Wow, we really are dealing with experts in this-here forum! I never thought I'd get a response from something so fleeting.
A muted tape I found in my car in about '87, and then lost.
A muted tape I found in my car in about '87, and then lost.
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