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I still haven’t found that song I’m looking for, but here are eight other ’80s songs I’ve come across while looking for that song

Posted in music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2018| 1 Comment »

I’m still looking for a post-punk song that I heard about a month ago (and I’d still appreciate any suggestions you might have). While searching, though, I’ve come across a number of cool ’80s songs and bands that were new to me, and that I thought you might also like…

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Help me track down a song!

Posted in music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 20, 2018| 2 Comments »

About a week ago, while at Chicago’s Beer Temple, I heard a groovy song that I didn’t recognize. Since then I’ve been trying to track it down, to no avail. Please help me find it!

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Faev snogs DOUBLE: Suede, “So Young” & The Smiths + Derek Jarman, “The Queen Is Dead,” “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out,” & “Panic”

Posted in music, tagged , , , on September 1, 2013| 1 Comment »

That video is so cribbing from Derek Jarman:

The Jarman video is much better, but I still like the Suede song.

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Faev snogs redux: Seu Jorge covering Kraftwerk’s “Das Model”

Posted in music, tagged , , on August 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I only just learned about it a few weeks ago:

Related (duh): Faev snogs: Kraftwerk, “Das Model”

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Faev snogs: Tom Waits, “Hang Down Your Head”

Posted in music, tagged , , , on August 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I feel a little unclean linking to a VH1 Storytellers version, but it’s Waits so OK:

The album version is après le jump.

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Faev snogs: The Replacements, “Unsatisfied”

Posted in music, tagged , on July 26, 2013| 3 Comments »

I may have already featured this one on faev snogs. No matter:

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Faev snogs: Nina Simone, “Fodder in Her Wings”

Posted in music, tagged , on July 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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Faev snogs: Kraftwerk, “Das Model”

Posted in music, tagged , on June 25, 2013| 1 Comment »

English-language version after the jump (and it’s worth clicking just to see the adorable knit doll image of the band).

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Faev snogs: The Romantics, “Talking in Your Sleep”

Posted in music, tagged , , , on June 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Used to roller skate a lot to this one, at birthday parties. As it turns out, there are two versions—the original one by the Romantics:

… and a cover by Bucks Fizz:

Not sure now which one I heard at the roller rink. Both feature charmingly low-rent videos, though the Romantics one is kinkier.

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Faev snogs: Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper, “Schoolgirl Psychedelia”

Posted in music, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 9, 2013| 2 Comments »

I first heard this song on a radio program my pal John Dixon taped for me, then spent a decade trying to identify it. I played it for employees at Reckless Records and everything. Jeremy M. Davies finally figured it out, as I documented over at HTMLGiant.

Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper is also Angela Faye Tillett, aka Death By Chocolate. Wherever or whoever she is now—thanks for this song!

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