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| 1308.1 | | CBHVAX::CBH | Lager Lout | Tue Jul 04 1995 21:00 | 4 |
| Dunno, but Tracy Thorn is the spitting image of one of the Bishop's
Stortford FC football hooligans!
Chris.
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| 1308.2 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Tue Jul 04 1995 21:05 | 9 |
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...you're half way there William, you've started the note. Perhaps a
good starting point would be 'What you know about them' ?
Graham
BTW, I haven't seen them on the Web, but they're probably out there
somewhere....
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| 1308.3 | | CHEFS::GEORGEM | lived eht pihsroW | Tue Jul 04 1995 21:07 | 6 |
| Lyrical genius;
"Hot dog, jumping frog. Alberkerque"
No apologies for misspelling.
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| 1308.4 | | CBHVAX::CBH | Lager Lout | Tue Jul 04 1995 21:15 | 3 |
| Was that them? I hated that song!
Chris.
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| 1308.5 | | CHEFS::STRATFORDS | Custers Last Strand | Tue Jul 04 1995 21:23 | 3 |
| Was it them who released "When Love Breaks Down"? Awful song.
Stuart
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| 1308.6 | <Some info> | CHEFS::DIVERL | | Tue Jul 04 1995 21:56 | 15 |
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Well, I like Prefab Sprout. I thought that 'Swoon' and 'Steve McQueen'
were very good albums. (Think these were the first 2.)
I must admit that I haven't paid any attention them tho since they
released that very tedious 'Jordon - The Comeback' record.
This must have been '91-'92 ish?
Yes, it was them who released 'When Love Breaks Down'. I think
this is probably their best-known and most successful single.
What did you want to know about them? I don't have a clue what
they're up to now, but I believe they're still together as a band.
Leonie.
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| 1308.7 | Wheels of brain start slowly turning... | CHEFS::DIVERL | | Tue Jul 04 1995 22:04 | 14 |
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and some more, as bits of useless trivia start trickling back into
my memory....
I think they were orignally signed to the Kitchenware label and
were label-mates with and friends of Martin Stephenson (& the
Daintees).
Paddy Macaloon (sp?) writes all the songs.
I'm not aware of any Tracey Thorn connection with them at all??!
The woman in Prefab Sprout is called Wendy something-or-other.
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| 1308.8 | | CBHVAX::CBH | Lager Lout | Tue Jul 04 1995 23:31 | 6 |
| > I'm not aware of any Tracey Thorn connection with them at all??!
> The woman in Prefab Sprout is called Wendy something-or-other.
that was just my terrible memory, ignore the comment!
Chris.
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| 1308.9 | sad admission | CHEFS::STRATFORDS | Custers Last Strand | Wed Jul 05 1995 12:19 | 5 |
| I saw Prefab Sprout at Portsmouth around the time of their first album.
It is right up there in the worst gig top 5. They were truly terrible.
stuart
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| 1308.10 | | MOVIES::VERBIST | | Wed Jul 05 1995 12:46 | 7 |
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I understand the name was from a mis-heard lyric from another (Frank Sinatra?)
song.
That's all I know.
Guy
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| 1308.11 | re -1 I thihk it was a Bob Dylan lyric. | CHEFS::STRATFORDS | Custers Last Strand | Wed Jul 05 1995 12:59 | 1 |
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| 1308.12 | | ZUR01::ASH | Grahame Ash @RLE | Wed Jul 05 1995 15:27 | 13 |
| Well, I should sign up as a supporter of the world's best band. Well, they come
from Newcastle so that's good enough for me! Please, a bit of respect, "Steve
McQueen" is actually my favourite album, by anyone. (I think they had to
rename it something like Four Wheels Straight? (On My Wagon?) for the US, as
McQueen's estate got upset).
I've no idea what they've been up to since Jordan - are they really still
going?
Another 'interesting fact' is that most of the albums were produced by Thomas
"Hyperactive" Dolby.
grahame
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| 1308.13 | 2 great albums | TLSE01::SAAD | | Thu Jul 06 1995 22:55 | 11 |
| I have 2 albums :
- From Langley Park to Memphis
- Swoon
In my opinion, both are great. In Swoon the lyrics are quite
"strange". Hence my curiosity about influences.
Bye
William
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| 1308.14 | | UBOHUB::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Fri Jul 07 1995 13:06 | 5 |
| Swwon - what a great record....that and Steve Mcqueen are very much of
their time tho, reminds me of when I was young and used to enjoy
myself.
mikef
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| 1308.15 | | VIRGIN::ASH | Grahame Ash @RLE | Fri Jul 07 1995 15:26 | 5 |
| Yeah, Swoon's unique. I often wonder if McAloon got a smack for that one and
was told to write 'proper' songs from now on. Nothing they did after that was
as 'different'. Though it wasn't any easier to understand!
g
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| 1308.16 | | UBOHUB::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Fri Jul 07 1995 15:37 | 4 |
| Maybe he got some horn-rimmed glasses and distinct A level passes?
Mikef
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| 1308.17 | Memories.... | CHEFS::DIVERL | | Fri Jul 07 1995 16:24 | 12 |
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I think Swoon is a must for the scratchy old vinyl playlist this
evening!
I saw Prefab Sprout at Cardiff Uni in '85. I think this must have been
a tour to promote the Steve McQueen lp. I can't recall whether they
were good or bad, but I did have a splendid time and bought Steve
McQueen on the strength of it.
Oddly, one of the few things I remember about this gig was one of
my group pointing out that Wendy Smith didn't shave her arm pits.
Leonie.
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| 1308.18 | | YUPPY::OHAGANB | | Tue Jul 18 1995 17:05 | 8 |
| So when's the next recording due? It's been 5 years since Jordan:The
Letdown. Saw them on that tour and sometime in 85 at Hammersmith
Palais, the latter being a bit iffy (a very thin sound), the former
much more polished but still lacking. They simply are'nt a live act.
So, without touring commitments, what's the excuse for the wait.
Polishing off the Zorro album? :-)
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