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59 minutes ago, Webbo said:

 

taken from https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/gygz74/why-the-return-of-lady-gaga-matters

 

When the Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant used the term "imperial phase" in an early-00s interview, he did so in reference to the group's 1987/88 commercial peak. A period in which three of their four UK #1s hit the top spot — "It's A Sin," "Always On My Mind," and "Heart" — it was, in the former pop critic's words, a time when he felt "we had the secret of contemporary pop music, that we knew what was required." And you'd be hard-pushed to argue. Seemingly able to strike sparks anywhere, there was, to paraphrase the infamous wave speech from Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a fantastic universal sense that whatever they were doing was right, that they were winning. 

As outlined in Tom Ewing's invaluable essay on the origins of the phrase, empires fall and the relative disappointment of 1988's Domino Dancing (UK #7) would signal the end to a period of consistent success that the group would struggle to recapture.

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1 minute ago, RumbleFox said:

I would honestly say Dexys are in my top 5 bands of all time.  They managed more energy and anger than most punk bands put together.  They "meant it".  X

 

And easy to dance to ...   just strut around and punch your arms up and down ..    :)

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2 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 

As opposed to Northern Soul ..    which really stretched you ...   throwing yourself backwards then flipping back up ..   needed a bit of chemical help before an all nighter at Wigan casino ...  

I prefer to stand in a corner, deadly still staring at everyone with utter disdain.  X

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3 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 A couple of what I was on grumble and you would have been like a whirling Dirvish ! ...    :thumbup:

 

Oh sh1t ..   I spelt dervish wrong ...    wait till Peaky spots this in his morning trawl through all the posts ...   I’ll be for it !!

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