Kajagoogoo New Album (free download) !

[SomebodySomewhere]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blitz Boy[/i]
<br>Do we really need THIS comeback?

I don't know how big were "the too shy-shys" in the USA, but here in Europe they didn't even reach level enough to clean Duran Duran's shoes.[/quote]


Some bands should stay in the '80s and this is one of them, although Kajagoogoo really sped up their death warrant by booting 2 members in the span of 2 years and not replacing them with anybody. Especially since one of the booted members was Limahl -- who was apparently 80 or 90% of the reason people were buying their records.

FWIW, they were two-hit-wonders in the USA ("Hang on Now" floated around the bottom of the Hot 100, peaking at #78.) The UK hits, "Ooh to Be Ah," "Big Apple" and "The Lion's Mouth" weren't released. "Turn Your Back on Me" and "Shouldn't Do That" were, and flopped.

They had some good hooks and a couple good songs. Poor lyrics, but some good hooks and songs. Limahl could sort of carry a tune. But it took his solo career for me to realize what an absolutely shitty songwriter he was. His only listenable singles -- "The Neverending Story" and "Inside to Outside" -- were written by outside songwriters. The ones he penned himself were total junk. That includes "Only for Love," which was only a hit because of career momentum, not because it had anything going for it melodically.

[Doctor Doctor]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blitz Boy[/i]
<br>[quote]
oi! [:(!]
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Doctor, hold me now: let's say "most time-dated" instead of "horrible". Better symptoms nows? [;)]

First-era Spandau Ballet had a lot to say in that dressing contest, too.
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Nah, they did seem to embrace the attire trend more than many did at the time. Howard Jones has a lot to answer for too though. [:D]

I think we're all guilty. Although I was only a kid, so I had no choice in what my parents dressed me in. [:p]

[Doctor Doctor]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blitz Boy[/i]
<br>[quote]They did have quite a few hits in their home country, their first five making the top 25, but things did go rather quiet after Chris left; their second album spent only three weeks in the chart and their third didn't even chart.
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Well, out of their home country was just "Too shy", "Too shy" and more "Too shy", one of the most overrated songs of the new wave era, in my poor opinion. And when we finally could get to forget "Too shy"... we had to stand an even higher dose of Limahl's "Neverending story" [xx(]

Yes, if you are trying to guess, I don't dig this band, no... [:D][:D][:D][:D]


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I gotta agree with these sentiments.
Even Stock Aiken and Waterman probably made better songs than Too Shy.

[b]"Can't you see I'm burnin?"[/b]

[djcraig]

As long as we're on the subject of bands that I couldn't care less about and wish would just go away, Asia has a new album out...

Hope this is a thread killer.



<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[SomebodySomewhere]

[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>As long as we're on the subject of bands that I couldn't care less about and wish would just go away, Asia has a new album out...[/quote]

Unlike Kajagoogoo, these guys should have gone away in 1983.

Seriously, they had one of the top-selling albums of 1982 (and a great single with "Only Time Will Tell"), expectations were, of course, very high for the followup -- and "Don't Cry" is the best they can come up with? Everybody listening to them cried after that, because it was even further downhill from there.

[rotator]

"Ooh To Be Ahh" was an O.K. track...

it just gets so hard to care when these paper thin bands reunite.

[Barmy]

I'll wait for a better price.

[Minty]

Liking what I'm hearing so far! Solid!

Never been big on these guys (I can tell neither are most of you), but I've always liked "Too Shy" and "Turn Your Back On Me".

[latebar]

Finished downloaded it. Great album!
the thing is, i cant tell who sings what in which track, Limahl or Nick Beggs. They sound so alike!

Anyone can help?[:D]

[bosten]

If u go 2 the web site,they say this album was recorded with just
Nick,Stuart & Steve. No Limahl or Jez.
The web site stated that the official new album with all original
members:Limahl,Nick,Stuart,Steve & Jez is slated 2 come out in
2009.

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[Minty]

I take back what I said, now that I've come around hearing it in full, some of the later tracks are appalling. [xx(] Still, I guess we can call it a 'decent' (if not very welcome) comeback. [:)]