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Scritti Politti

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Scritti Politti

Postby Abercrombie-Ai » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:27 am

I think the second New Wave band I got fixated on is Scritti Politti. They had very unique stuff. Cupid and psyche '85 was there best, great material. "Songs To Remember was pretty good too.
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Postby ExRat » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:34 am

Couldn't stand them. Green Gartside's voice had a perfect way of making me go crazy (and not in a good way).
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Postby ezweiseg » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:12 am

I loved Scritti politti!!! Each time I go to bed i pray like Aretha Franklin....What a great line!
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Postby yipyipcoyote » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:55 am

Trivia:

Do you know [i]Perfect Way(version)[/i] from the original UK 12" B-side has never been on CD? It's far better than the 'Way Perfect mix' or the album version.
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Postby Grunch » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:30 am

Early Scritti Politti is now out on CD - a far cry from the later sound they had with Perfect Way. Who knows how long this comp of early recordings will be around. IMO, you'd never know it was them if you weren't looking at the cover.
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Postby neworder » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:17 pm

[quote]Originally posted by Abercrombie-Ai
[br]I think the second New Wave band I got fixated on is Scritti Politti. They had very u
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Postby Rubbeet921 » Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:14 pm

Blimey, I own this album but I can't even include it in my top 15 list! Some tracks are quite good but not infectious enough to get me hooked. I must listen to it now again and see...
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Postby mygreen » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:46 pm

Cupid & Psyche 85 was a good album for me to listen! I know what you mean Rubbeet, I like this group and it's easy on the ears but just not one of my favorites. I don't know if they would crack my top twenty. ok now I feel like one of the judges on Americ
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Postby nowhere girl » Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:32 am

Scritti Politti was one of my favorite bands in the 80s. I had the 12" version of "Wood Beez" and "Absolute", and it was my workout and dance music from probably the mid eighties to the mid nineties. I even used it as the music for a dance I had to chor
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Postby Abercrombie-Ai » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:21 am

"Absolute" is quite infectious, but I might like "Wood beez" a bit more.
He totally triped me out with the words![:D]
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Postby bpdp3 » Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:22 pm

I find Cupid and Psyche one of the most amazing SOUNDING releases from that era. I go back to hear fairly often, actually. For some reason that release (more so than others) really reminds me of the time-period (what I was doing, who I was dating, etc e
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Postby schwenko » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:55 pm

So what is available commercially on CD? Isn't there a new early SP?
Howz 'bout a discography?
Thanks from one lazy, sleepy and cold New Yorker[8D]
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Postby more than this » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:11 am

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Postby Abercrombie-Ai » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:39 am

"Earliy" just came out. It consitsts of their earlier tracks.
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Postby middlesexnj » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:25 am

[quote]Originally posted by Abercrombie-Ai
[br]I think the second New Wave band I got fixated on is Scritti Politti. They had very u
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