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by **newwavepopman** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:45 pm

I was just wondering how most in here musically speaking liked better as artists,Payola$ or Scritti Politti? I was trying to put 2 bands that were only popular for a short time.Personally,I liked the Payolas far more than I liked Scritti Politti.As it stands the only good material at least in my opiniion by Scritti Politti was their Warners material.Anything before or after was complete garbage.

Whereas I liked every single album the Payola$ recorded,and they had alot more to choose from.It's too bad that Payola$ lasted for a short time,seeing that they recorded 4 really great albums.And that last Rock And Hyde album was also great as well.

by **SwampThing** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:53 pm

I'm predicting a slaughter here. I'm going with Payola$. The song "Eyes of A Stranger" is one of my favorite new wave songs of all time.

by **newwavepopman** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:14 pm

I am going to say the same thing here on this one too SwampThing.In fact I am going to say it is a no contest as Payola$ should win hands down.

by **Surly** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:51 am

I prefer The Payola$, but I do love Scritti as well. I wish a Canadian label would release all four of their albums on CD; all I have is the "Between A Rock And A Hyde Place" and the Canadian "Millennium Collection" CDs (and of course, everything else on

by **human clone** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:13 am

At the risk of being unpopular I have to go with Scritti Politti.

by **nowhere girl** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:45 am

I'll have to go with Payola$, but I did like some Scritti Politti songs. In the mid-80s, I worked out every day to the extended 12-inch remix of "Wood Beez" and the flipside of it, "Absolute". "Eyes of a Stranger" and the rest of the Payola$ catalog is

by **yipyipcoyote** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:28 am

True. Although 'Cupid and Psyche 85' is one of the best pop records of all time, the early Rough Trade material is not to everybody's taste. And then 'Songs To Remember' is in a completely different pop soul vein.

Still, I'll have to go with the minori

by **Quite Life** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:34 pm

F@!#%!#%!^%g Pleeeease!!!

The Payola$ anyday!

Jukebox song rules!

by **dcs84** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:00 pm

Scritti Politti, Green Gartside had a fine English classical education, and was keen to deconstruct pop music and then rebuild it by convention. Scritti had longevity (from 1979 - 2000), and their music crossed over from punk, through new wave, alternati

by **bruiser** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:39 am

i'm going to have to go with scritti politti. "cupid and psyche 85" was in HEAVY rotation chez moi. i remember thinking the production was like nothing i'd heard before, esp. "wood beez"- there was even an aretha franklin sample in it, and nobody but rapp

by **SwampThing** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:51 am

[quote]I'm predicting a slaughter here.[/quote] I guess I was wrong [:D]

by **Surly** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:31 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by SwampThing[/i]
<br>[quote] Nothing special. Just created some great New Wave music.
<hr height="1" noshade

by **DevoManiac101** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:57 pm

Scritti Politti, I like them more than Payola$.. though both bands I own greatest hits for. The reason why I pick Scritti Politti is because for some reason their songs never get old I can listen to Wood Beez, Perfect Way, Hypnotize Me, Boom! There She Wa

by **more than this** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:04 am

I'm a fan of both groups, but Payolas get the nod. Mo' better music. Of course I only have one Scritti Politti album, so I'm probably being unfair. What can you do? Nobody said life was going to be fair Scritti Politti!

by **Abercrombie-Ai** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:29 am

Definetly Scritti Politti. the new one with their earlier stuff, "early", is choice.

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