Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Relax
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Maha, hiya
Give it to me one time now
Well-ell, no-oh, well-ell
Now
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to sock it to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to sock it to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Ah, ah, ah, come
Whoa-ooh-whoa, aah
But shoot it in the right direction (hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah)
Make makin' it your intention (ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me (hit me)
Hit me (hit me)
Hit me with those laser beams
(Ow, ow, ow)
Laser beam me
Ah, ah, ah
(One two three)
Relax
Don't do it
Relax
When you want to come
Come
Ahhhhh
Whoo!
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
I'm coming
I'm coming, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Relax, don't do it (you should know)
(What's inside me) When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come (hey-ey)
Relax, don't do it
When you want to sock it to it (Way-hay)
Relax, don't do it Love!
When you want to come
When you want to come
When you want to come
Come
Hoo-ah!
Ow, ow
Ow, ow, ow, ow
Get it up
The scene of love
Oh, feel it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
Relax, don't do it (hi-ya, hi-ya)
When you want to sock it to it
Relax, don't do it
Oh, when it's time
When it's time, it's time (Hey!)
Come!
Give it to me one time now
Well-ell, no-oh, well-ell
Now
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to sock it to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to sock it to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Ah, ah, ah, come
Whoa-ooh-whoa, aah
But shoot it in the right direction (hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah)
Make makin' it your intention (ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me (hit me)
Hit me (hit me)
Hit me with those laser beams
(Ow, ow, ow)
Laser beam me
Ah, ah, ah
(One two three)
Relax
Don't do it
Relax
When you want to come
Come
Ahhhhh
Whoo!
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
I'm coming
I'm coming, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Relax, don't do it (you should know)
(What's inside me) When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come (hey-ey)
Relax, don't do it
When you want to sock it to it (Way-hay)
Relax, don't do it Love!
When you want to come
When you want to come
When you want to come
Come
Hoo-ah!
Ow, ow
Ow, ow, ow, ow
Get it up
The scene of love
Oh, feel it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
Relax, don't do it (hi-ya, hi-ya)
When you want to sock it to it
Relax, don't do it
Oh, when it's time
When it's time, it's time (Hey!)
Come!
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anyone up for some rails at the bathroom sink?
cloudyfive wrote:
Totally Dude!! It's so awesome!!
seriously...?
Totally Dude!! It's so awesome!!
springof63 wrote:
I'm a couple of years ahead of you all the way down (born '61) '
'76 is seared into my memory
Thatcher - we're still f'ed from that era
I don't have a favourite decade - I love - and loathe - music from all over - up to the present day. Classical via trance, heavy metal, and most stuff in between
I do like a good chair dance to Relax though
I'd just like to suggest a thought that maybe it's not really about the decade the music came out in that decides which decade a person thinks was the 'best decade for music' and far more about the decade in which a person, either or all of - became a teenager, and/or left school, and/or 'came of age'
Dontcha think?
?
for the record, for myself -
born in '63;
teenager (13) in '76 (the best UK summer ever
) ;
left school in '79 (the year Thatcher got in & F'd it all up);
and 21 in 1984.
Were the 80's the best decade for music?
I don't think so...
Dontcha think?
?
for the record, for myself -
born in '63;
teenager (13) in '76 (the best UK summer ever
) ;left school in '79 (the year Thatcher got in & F'd it all up);
and 21 in 1984.
Were the 80's the best decade for music?
I don't think so...
I'm a couple of years ahead of you all the way down (born '61) '
'76 is seared into my memory
Thatcher - we're still f'ed from that era
I don't have a favourite decade - I love - and loathe - music from all over - up to the present day. Classical via trance, heavy metal, and most stuff in between
I do like a good chair dance to Relax though
I'd just like to suggest a thought that maybe it's not really about the decade the music came out in that decides which decade a person thinks was the 'best decade for music' and far more about the decade in which a person, either or all of - became a teenager, and/or left school, and/or 'came of age'
Dontcha think?
?
for the record, for myself -
born in '63;
teenager (13) in '76 (the best UK summer ever
) ;
left school in '79 (the year Thatcher got in & F'd it all up);
and 21 in 1984.
Were the 80's the best decade for music?
I don't think so...
Dontcha think?
?
for the record, for myself -
born in '63;
teenager (13) in '76 (the best UK summer ever
) ;left school in '79 (the year Thatcher got in & F'd it all up);
and 21 in 1984.
Were the 80's the best decade for music?
I don't think so...
ice-9 wrote:
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
Let me give my opinion then for balance - a great song from the best decade of music - the glorious 1980s. More please!
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
Let me give my opinion then for balance - a great song from the best decade of music - the glorious 1980s. More please!
bluematrix wrote:
Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Grateful Dead, Rush, U2, Dire Straits, the Cure, to name a few, all put out some of their best work during this time. I had no trouble finding cool shows to go to far from the poppy synth sounds.
Yes, there was good music in the 80-'s; it's just that most of the bands who started getting airplay were one-finger synth-pop garbage. The good stuff tended to come from bands of an earlier era.
Frankie weren't that though...
Oh, and the Cure? Yetch.
Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Grateful Dead, Rush, U2, Dire Straits, the Cure, to name a few, all put out some of their best work during this time. I had no trouble finding cool shows to go to far from the poppy synth sounds.
Yes, there was good music in the 80-'s; it's just that most of the bands who started getting airplay were one-finger synth-pop garbage. The good stuff tended to come from bands of an earlier era.
Frankie weren't that though...
Oh, and the Cure? Yetch.
ice-9 wrote:
But YOU insisted, same as the rest of us.
Respectfully, I grow weary of this mentality in here. Do you think it's any less pleasant for you to read my critique than it is for me to read the meaningless praise? It's depressing, but every single comment here - yours included - is an opinion. To compare them to assholes is fine, but then they're ALL assholes, aren't they? Or let me put it this way: Frankie say, they're ALL assholes...
If we need the comments to be a dreamy waltz through a magical kingdom, I think we misunderstand the purpose of an open forum like this. Playing "Relax" already made it a trudge into the gaping maw of hell for a lot of us.
Then give it a low rating - Bill's stated elsewhere that the ratings *do* affect the number of plays - push the PSD button and move on.
"gaping maw of hell"??
Why the vitriol, and - outside of trolling - how does that contribute at all to a discussion?
But YOU insisted, same as the rest of us.
Respectfully, I grow weary of this mentality in here. Do you think it's any less pleasant for you to read my critique than it is for me to read the meaningless praise? It's depressing, but every single comment here - yours included - is an opinion. To compare them to assholes is fine, but then they're ALL assholes, aren't they? Or let me put it this way: Frankie say, they're ALL assholes...
If we need the comments to be a dreamy waltz through a magical kingdom, I think we misunderstand the purpose of an open forum like this. Playing "Relax" already made it a trudge into the gaping maw of hell for a lot of us.
"gaping maw of hell"??
Why the vitriol, and - outside of trolling - how does that contribute at all to a discussion?
hellsgardener wrote:
I won't call you a hater, we are all entitled to our opinion. Trouble is opinions are like @$$holes - we all have one, but not all of us insist on everyone looking at ours. Stop paying, move on, that's fine.
But YOU insisted, same as the rest of us.
Respectfully, I grow weary of this mentality in here. Do you think it's any less pleasant for you to read my critique than it is for me to read the meaningless praise? It's depressing, but every single comment here - yours included - is an opinion. To compare them to assholes is fine, but then they're ALL assholes, aren't they? Or let me put it this way: Frankie say, they're ALL assholes...
If we need the comments to be a dreamy waltz through a magical kingdom, I think we misunderstand the purpose of an open forum like this. Playing "Relax" already made it a trudge into the gaping maw of hell for a lot of us.
I won't call you a hater, we are all entitled to our opinion. Trouble is opinions are like @$$holes - we all have one, but not all of us insist on everyone looking at ours. Stop paying, move on, that's fine.
But YOU insisted, same as the rest of us.
Respectfully, I grow weary of this mentality in here. Do you think it's any less pleasant for you to read my critique than it is for me to read the meaningless praise? It's depressing, but every single comment here - yours included - is an opinion. To compare them to assholes is fine, but then they're ALL assholes, aren't they? Or let me put it this way: Frankie say, they're ALL assholes...
If we need the comments to be a dreamy waltz through a magical kingdom, I think we misunderstand the purpose of an open forum like this. Playing "Relax" already made it a trudge into the gaping maw of hell for a lot of us.
bimmerfan739 wrote:
Yes!
Indeed!
the club scene, my 13yr old self was not prepared.
Yes!
Indeed!
the club scene, my 13yr old self was not prepared.
jp33442 wrote:
You had me until you threatened not to pay anymore and you said you nevrr PSD, i call bullshit on that
Why...?
You had me until you threatened not to pay anymore and you said you nevrr PSD, i call bullshit on that
Why...?
It's the end of my workday, at the end of a LONG, tough workweek. I heard the opening notes of this song. Immediately turned the RP player volume all the way up. And my laptop volume to 100. And loved every second of it.
(Good thing I'm working from home today.)
THANK YOU BILL!
(Good thing I'm working from home today.)
THANK YOU BILL!
Queue wrote:
Melanie Griffith!
Yes!
Melanie Griffith!
Yes!
One time I played the 45 of "Relax" on one of those old Fisher Price record players. I felt like I was stripping the record player of its innocence.
ice-9 wrote:
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Not to be shitty - I've been a listener for over 16 years, but I'm thinking of discontinuing my financial support. This is painful.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
I won't call you a hater, we are all entitled to our opinion. Trouble is opinions are like @$$holes - we all have one, but not all of us insist on everyone looking at ours. Stop paying, move on, that's fine.
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Not to be shitty - I've been a listener for over 16 years, but I'm thinking of discontinuing my financial support. This is painful.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
I won't call you a hater, we are all entitled to our opinion. Trouble is opinions are like @$$holes - we all have one, but not all of us insist on everyone looking at ours. Stop paying, move on, that's fine.
Not my favorite from FGTH, but a solid standard. The DLP was a masterpiece, all in all.
Trevor Horn.
And that's about it.
And that's about it.
ice-9 wrote:
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Not to be shitty - I've been a listener for over 16 years, but I'm thinking of discontinuing my financial support. This is painful.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
You had me until you threatened not to pay anymore and you said you nevrr PSD, i call bullshit on that
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Not to be shitty - I've been a listener for over 16 years, but I'm thinking of discontinuing my financial support. This is painful.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
You had me until you threatened not to pay anymore and you said you nevrr PSD, i call bullshit on that
My sixteen years old 
. Goods souvenirs in Brighton, England
. Goods souvenirs in Brighton, England ice-9 wrote:
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Not to be shitty - I've been a listener for over 16 years, but I'm thinking of discontinuing my financial support. This is painful.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
My...
Makes you wonder what people will one day think of the 20's music......
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Not to be shitty - I've been a listener for over 16 years, but I'm thinking of discontinuing my financial support. This is painful.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
My...
Makes you wonder what people will one day think of the 20's music......
jp33442 wrote:
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
Pass heard this song too damn much back in the day
And it was f#@!% awful then too.
You know, I'd like to think that whatever keeps Bill from playing disco would also keep him from playing this vapid drivel, but there seems to be real affection for the 80's creeping into this station lately. Musically, it was probably the worst decade I've lived through. This was not an exception.
Go ahead haters, and tell me I'M a hater for expressing a valid opinion. PSD is not an option, as I listen to the stream through a player.
Frankie say no...
just
no
Proclivities wrote:
Wiki says "Two Tribes" just missed, peaking at 43, and "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" peaked at 48. I thought "Two Tribes" must've done better than that, but apparently not.
This was their only Top 40 song in the US. They did have a bunch of Top 40 hits in the UK and other countries in Europe though.
Wiki says "Two Tribes" just missed, peaking at 43, and "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" peaked at 48. I thought "Two Tribes" must've done better than that, but apparently not.
Thank you Bill for this return to the 80's best.
The entire double album was excellent!
The entire double album was excellent!
kcar wrote:
For a while he could do no wrong, chartswise.
This still cooks for me.
This was their only Top 40 song in the US. They did have a bunch of Top 40 hits in the UK and other countries in Europe though.
For a while he could do no wrong, chartswise.
This still cooks for me.
This was their only Top 40 song in the US. They did have a bunch of Top 40 hits in the UK and other countries in Europe though.
One of the greatest album titles ever. Sums up the era perfectly.
All that's missing is a gram or two, bourbon and a nice German Hef.
Pass heard this song too damn much back in the day
Old memories from teenage years!
xjebediahx wrote:
This song makes me happy... happy... HAPPY!
you ruined it with that asshat's stupid face. Thanks.
This song makes me happy... happy... HAPPY!
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me (hit me)
Hit me (hit me)
Hit me with those laser beams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me (hit me)
Hit me (hit me)
Hit me with those laser beams
This song makes me happy... happy... HAPPY!
The liner notes in the CD were crazy -- they documented all of the little audio glitches on the album that probably 99.9% of the people who bought the CD couldn't hear.
dancindan wrote:
Don't we all.
I ... explode at the climax.
Don't we all.
cayenne wrote:
Melanie Griffith!
I loved the movie this was in, Body Double. Great throwback! (Where is my gay '80s banana?)
Melanie Griffith!
Luv this one - I dance to this at a local club and explode at the climax.
Awww shhiiii.... here comes!
cloudyfive wrote:
Oh yeah!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!!
seriously...?
Oh yeah!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!!
After all these years, I still love this song. It's held up well!
Frankie says Chill out and just enjoy the song!!!
Legit just put a smile on my face. Needed this today.
I don't actually like this song, but a few bonus points for Zoolander!
However you might feel about this one … it certainly is iconic!
Way back when this was in the charts, I was 18 and working in our local Woolworth's. By a happy twist of fortune, I ended up running the record department. I used to stick this on the turntable, crank it up to eleven, and watch the starched-knickered old biddies in my little Hertfordshire satellite town get VERY upset! Thankfully, our store manager was in his twenties and used to enjoy the spectacle as well, so if anything I was actively encouraged. It was probably helped by the fact that I was having a torrid affair with him, haarrrrr!!!
Diggin' it.
hobiejoe wrote:
Yeah, never old! It strikes every time bull's eye.
Frankie. A missile set to the heart of reactionary outrage.
And evidently still armed and dangerous.
And evidently still armed and dangerous.
Yeah, never old! It strikes every time bull's eye.
seriously...?
Nothing subtle about THIS song! Especially for 1984. LOL!
the haters will hate....
I remember playing this during out party New Years Eve 12/31/1984. Good stuff!
junebaby65 wrote:
LOL. I remember an album review where the writer said, "If you're thinking about purchasing this LP, relax, don't do it."
Such an obvious joke, but a good one nonetheless.
LOL. I remember an album review where the writer said, "If you're thinking about purchasing this LP, relax, don't do it."
Such an obvious joke, but a good one nonetheless.
jp33442 wrote:
LOL. I remember an album review where the writer said, "If you're thinking about purchasing this LP, relax, don't do it."
I could go another 20 years before hearing this song again
LOL. I remember an album review where the writer said, "If you're thinking about purchasing this LP, relax, don't do it."
I could go another 20 years before hearing this song again
The Dandy Warhols do a cover of this,,, hope it next time Bill? 
one of the best examples of " The King's New Clothes " in pop music history
This is most excellent at least, raters come to your senses.
Frankie. A missile set to the heart of reactionary outrage.
And evidently still armed and dangerous.
And evidently still armed and dangerous.
Hated this when it came out, still do. This is the sort of crap you hear in the UK on the radio, not usually on RP.
ich besuchte in den 80ern mal einen Kumpel in Atlanta, der dort Praktikum in einer Siliconbusenfabrik machte (ohne Scheiß).
Es war sehr heiß und wir wollten mit so Träger Shirts in ne Disko. Mußten dann wieder heimfahren und normale T Shirts anziehen, da keine angemessene Bekleidung.
Prüdes Amerika. Wieder in der Disko kam irgendwann mal der Song und alle Mädels vom Service stiegen auf die Bar und tanzten dazu
und zum Schluß alle hoch mit den Shirts und zeigten dann was sie zu bieten hatten...
Das Lied ist porno in jeder Hinsicht ;-)
Es war sehr heiß und wir wollten mit so Träger Shirts in ne Disko. Mußten dann wieder heimfahren und normale T Shirts anziehen, da keine angemessene Bekleidung.
Prüdes Amerika. Wieder in der Disko kam irgendwann mal der Song und alle Mädels vom Service stiegen auf die Bar und tanzten dazu
und zum Schluß alle hoch mit den Shirts und zeigten dann was sie zu bieten hatten...
Das Lied ist porno in jeder Hinsicht ;-)
Something I've picked up on after hearing this one too many times: how the singer holds on the words "to it" in every verse. Really doesn't want to let them go
below72 wrote:
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
If you thought the 1980s was "a total lack of creativity", you really were not paying very much attention. This song certainly does not exemplify the entire decade.
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
If you thought the 1980s was "a total lack of creativity", you really were not paying very much attention. This song certainly does not exemplify the entire decade.
Maybe not the very best, but it was were the ones we loved in the East German times, because it was the sound of the free West!!!
Interesting. I found an old mp3 player over the weekend that had this album on it. I powered it up, and it still worked, so I played this album for the first time in about 15 years. Forgot how much I like it (even though it is pretty dated).
garbage
no better than Milli Vanilli
no better than Milli Vanilli
below72 wrote:
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
Yea, there was a lot of that genre, but there was also some amazing music being made too (as there was in all decades) you just had to look farther than your top 40 radio stations.
Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Grateful Dead, Rush, U2, Dire Straits, the Cure, to name a few, all put out some of their best work during this time. I had no trouble finding cool shows to go to far from the poppy synth sounds.
And going even further to other genres, think of the great jazz stuff being made from the likes of Weather Report and super band Return to Forever. Go even further to world music and country and you'll also find quality stuff.
It's easy to overgeneralize and overlook the good music in that decade because the commercial stuff was, well pretty commercial, as it is today where much of the auto-tuned radio fodder sounds the same.
But today it's also easier to find the good stuff because we have stations like this one to educate us away from the musical sheep. Muchos gracias to Senor Bill!
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
Yea, there was a lot of that genre, but there was also some amazing music being made too (as there was in all decades) you just had to look farther than your top 40 radio stations.
Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Grateful Dead, Rush, U2, Dire Straits, the Cure, to name a few, all put out some of their best work during this time. I had no trouble finding cool shows to go to far from the poppy synth sounds.
And going even further to other genres, think of the great jazz stuff being made from the likes of Weather Report and super band Return to Forever. Go even further to world music and country and you'll also find quality stuff.
It's easy to overgeneralize and overlook the good music in that decade because the commercial stuff was, well pretty commercial, as it is today where much of the auto-tuned radio fodder sounds the same.
But today it's also easier to find the good stuff because we have stations like this one to educate us away from the musical sheep. Muchos gracias to Senor Bill!
Aud wrote:
This would be hard for men with ED issues.
Played this as a dance club dj.
Got really dirty looks from "old" people as they were leaving.....
so I started dancing for them.
This would be hard for men with ED issues.
below72 wrote:
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
Tell me, is it really strenuous to give yourself a blowjob, or does it get easier after trying hundreds of times?
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
Tell me, is it really strenuous to give yourself a blowjob, or does it get easier after trying hundreds of times?
Grew up on this in UK. Pure 1980s; love it!
Played this as a dance club dj.
Got really dirty looks from "old" people as they were leaving.....
so I started dancing for them.
planet_lizard wrote:
Indeed. All Hail the Horn. Astonishing production.
For a while he could do no wrong, chartswise.
This still cooks for me.
Indeed. All Hail the Horn. Astonishing production.
For a while he could do no wrong, chartswise.
This still cooks for me.
should be followed by genesis' land of confusion
worth it for the flashback, but not sure how many times I could listen to it again
I loved the movie this was in, Body Double. Great throwback! (Where is my gay '80s banana?)
great song when riding your bike on an awesome road...
I like this but I love Umphrees McGee "Frankie Zombie" better
I love this song, it was great in the 80ties and is still great now.
And the scandal because of the video, geez, it was Breaking News on all news stations.
And the dance floor was ALWAYS full to the brim!
Together with Bronski Beat was this the FIRST band who was openly gay! What a SCANDAL!
But great were the days, when scandals like this were existing and could get peoples hackles up.
The only scandal nowadays is, when Kim Kardashian breaks a finger nail!
And the scandal because of the video, geez, it was Breaking News on all news stations.
And the dance floor was ALWAYS full to the brim!
Together with Bronski Beat was this the FIRST band who was openly gay! What a SCANDAL!
But great were the days, when scandals like this were existing and could get peoples hackles up.
The only scandal nowadays is, when Kim Kardashian breaks a finger nail!
below72 wrote:
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
The 1980's - too bad they happened during my lifetime 
I love that I made this comment back in June. I had forgotten that I wrote it, heard this tune again just now and thought the same thing. Geez - the 1980's - a total lack of creativity. Pounding kick drum, electro, techno nonsense for 9 years straight. I thank the great northwest musicians for changing the tide in the early 90's
This is one of those were reading the lyrics really adds nothing to one's understanding of the song....but they are graphically (no pun intended) funny, just for the repetition. I'd like to read this slowly in 'fake literary voice' to someone.
planet_lizard wrote:
Indeed. All Hail the Horn. Astonishing production.
That's it. The lyrics are simple and a little annoying. The performances are good. But how they're put together. I rate this song highly even though it's not worth much.
Hit me
hit me
Hit me
hit me
Hit me with your laser beams!
Indeed. All Hail the Horn. Astonishing production.
That's it. The lyrics are simple and a little annoying. The performances are good. But how they're put together. I rate this song highly even though it's not worth much.
Hit me
hit me
Hit me
hit me
Hit me with your laser beams!
I have strong memories of this travesty at the time of its hyped up stardom ( being British) I hated it then and with the due course of time I can comfortably state I still dispise it.. In my humble opinion a strong case of the " Kings New Clothes "
When it started I thought it was Two Tribes in which case it would have been a Cold War relic, but it's just a relic 
Not a bad one though
Not a bad one though
A great song with some very sound advice
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Much better than most of the crud in the charts nowadays.
. Much better than most of the crud in the charts nowadays.
I heard a podcast with Quentin Tarantino one time that in Pulp Fiction, the scene in the hotel room with Bruce Willis and his girlfriend that he really wanted her shirt to say "FRANKIE SAYS RELAX" but Frankie said no. But Frankie did let it be used by Ross in Friends. Frankie later said he regretted that a lot.
The 1980's - too bad they happened during my lifetime
neither a classic or a relic Bill, but glad you played it
1902canoe wrote:
Indeed. All Hail the Horn. Astonishing production.
FGTH is to the '80s what Seal is to the '90s.... it is ALL about Trevor Horn! There is something about his stuff that is just so darn catchy! 
Indeed. All Hail the Horn. Astonishing production.
FGTH is to the '80s what Seal is to the '90s.... it is ALL about Trevor Horn! There is something about his stuff that is just so darn catchy!
yeah
Haven't heard this in ages!! I ought to bust out the vinyl EP I bought way back then!
I happened to hear this tune at a hi-fi store on vinyl through a Linn/Audio Research/Ruark setup that runs >$20k. Whether you like the lyric/style of this tune or not, the dynamics and production of the first 5 cuts of this album are outstanding, especially to hold up so well on such a revealing system as the one described above.
Not that it applies much when listening over RP... This kinda sucks without the full range of a big rig.
Originally Posted by mrtyler:
It's a simple song with a simple message (abstinence)
Abstinence? You have got to be kidding! The song I'm listening to says: "Relax, don't do it, when you want to come." Are you really confused about what that means? I always found it funny that such an obscene song could become a mainstream hit.
Anyway, the sound of this album was very influential at the time, even if the songs themselves are a bit thin. A nice bit of pop history, I think.
This isn\'t eclectic, intelligent, or anything like it. This truly sux. \'Ol Holly is probably laughing in his/her grave that anyone even remembers this bit of tripe from the 80\'s!
\"Two Tribes\" was much better...
My Goodness !!!! (has absolutely nothing to do with this)
Had this of course in the 80's, but never noticed the climactic "splish" sound effects 8O
Anyone remember the episode of Perfect Strangers when Balki and Larry are stuck in quicksand and Balki is telling Cousin Larry to Relax. Then Balki starts singing this song
That episode is classic!! 
That episode is classic!! i find it hard to relax when this song is playing. 
LOL. This station still surprises me. This is another tune that, used sparingly, definitely adds value to the mix.
Originally Posted by guiguy:
Pleeeeze spare us from this again---a big black thumbs down in an otherwise fine set.
Just "Relax" :D Obvious, I know. No offense. I just have always found this to have a catchy sound. And anyway, who DOESN'T need to be reminded to "relax" anyway, right? ;)Originally Posted by mrtyler:
It's not Shakespeare, but it isn't drivel either. It's a simple song with a simple message (abstinence -- this song was recorded at the beginning of the AIDS crisis by a predominantly gay band), but sometimes that's important.
Compare this to "War" (which FGTH has covered and which gets played on RP occasionally), for example. Sometimes a message is so basic and yet so important that you have to have a song that repeats it 1200 times in a row.
nice post.
This song can be lots of things depending on my mood: powerful, bombastic, dangerous, timelessly cool...
But it always pumps (clap) me up.
Pleeeeze spare us from this again---a big black thumbs down in an otherwise fine set.
refreshing fun nostalgic very 1984 :D
Originally Posted by yessrinc: This may be "eclectic" but hardly is "intelligent". Now I'll relax.
It's not Shakespeare, but it isn't drivel either. It's a simple song with a simple message (abstinence -- this song was recorded at the beginning of the AIDS crisis by a predominantly gay band), but sometimes that's important.
Compare this to "War" (which FGTH has covered and which gets played on RP occasionally), for example. Sometimes a message is so basic and yet so important that you have to have a song that repeats it 1200 times in a row.
Hadn\'t heard it in awhile. I hope I dont anytime soon. My rating states my opinion \"Ho-hum\"
Originally Posted by dmax:
frankie says "Ferry Cross the Mersey" was a good track from this album.
frankie concur
Originally Posted by Whack-a-Mole:
Yeah Frankie, I have been meaning to upload some of the other great tracks from this album. This track got a lot of airplay but RP did play the War cut and that is really nice.
(heard earlier, didn't have chance to pop in and vote it)
I uploaded a few.. I like the power balad at the end.. "Power of Love" but it was set to "probably not" :( in the upload list.
I was very surprised when I started looking for some of the more diverse of the groups I've listened to, and that there weren't that many tracks from some..
Upload away... OR.. send in a request for some of the other songs (personally I also love Welcome to the Pleasuredome, Two Tribes, The Last Voice (sobering reality of the day) etc.. and "Bang" was always fun to end a cassette tape with back when I used to convert cd's to tape because car cd players were too expensive.. :)Bleck bleck bleck!
I think it just did.. What a great \"blast from the past\"...
Holy Moly!!! When did this get added to the playlist?