Doraemon
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« on: January 12, 2006, 11:49:49 AM » |
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I've just heard the band "Sparks" for the first time (Specifically the song "Metaphor") and I was impressed; they remind me of like a cross between They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads and The Residents. Anyone know anything about this band?
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Benj
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2006, 03:16:34 PM » |
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I've just heard the band "Sparks" for the first time (Specifically the song "Metaphor") and I was impressed; they remind me of like a cross between They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads and The Residents. Anyone know anything about this band? Nope. |
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Derwood Bowen
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2006, 02:40:02 PM » |
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I have. They've been on Dr. Demento a few times, with such songs as "Mickey Mouse" and "Batteries not Included." Search around for them.
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Doraemon
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2006, 04:49:55 PM » |
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I just found out they also did "This Town Aint Big Enough For The Both Us" which is a song I've heard before but I just didn't connect it with them. Infact, for ages I thought it was Kate Bush, a mistake that sould be pretty understandable upon hearing the song.
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Derwood Bowen
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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2006, 07:23:07 PM » |
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So, I guess Sparks made a brand new album. Dr. Demento played a brand new song of theirs on his show today, a song called "Perfume."
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Benj
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2006, 07:31:31 PM » |
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So, I guess Sparks made a brand new album. Dr. Demento played a brand new song of theirs on his show today, a song called "Perfume." Awesome. Who? |
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2006, 07:24:47 PM » |
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Derwood Bowen
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2006, 04:57:09 PM » |
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Well, maybe Doraemon is interested.
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2006, 05:38:52 PM » |
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Well, maybe Doraemon is interested. For your sake, I hope he is. :smt032 |
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2006, 07:52:16 PM » |
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Well I for one am not. :smt078
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What if your dad was made of rainbows?
You would be like OMG thats lame I want dad made out of ninja robots! - We ran out of CD space by Psychostick
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Doraemon
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« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2006, 04:22:21 PM » |
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I've just had a chance to hear the album (Hello Young Lovers) and it's awesome. whoever isn't interested, should be.
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Derwood Bowen
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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2006, 05:20:48 PM » |
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Well, I went to gemm.com and ordered 3 Sparks albums.
A Woofer in Tweeters Clothing (their 2nd album)
Angst in my Pants (their 11th album)
Hello Young Lovers (their 20th and latest album)
Each of those has one song on them which I've heard on Dr. Demento.
Maybe sometime soon I'll get Music you can dance to.
I also found the Sparks audio player on their official website, so I've gotten to hear some of their older stuff. And I could kinda see where you get Kate Bush from "This Town," yet I'm not so sure it's really that close.
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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2006, 02:09:05 PM » |
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Just got to listen to "A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing" and "Angst in my Pants" today. Personally, I think Angst is the better of the 2. Not sure how it'll compare to Hello Young Lovers yet, waiting for that one to show up in the mail.
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« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2006, 03:29:39 PM » |
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And I could kinda see where you get Kate Bush from "This Town," yet I'm not so sure it's really that close. No, I'm not sure either. :oops: |
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