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Just on the HMV site and the bands you may care to try if you like the Boomtown Rats are....



  • ABC

  • Joe Jackson

  • The Jam

  • Bob Geldof

  • Status Quo

  • Heaven 17

  • Re-Flex

  • Ultravox

  • The Stranglers

  • Kajagoogoo

  • Big Country

  • The Beautiful South

  • Squeeze

  • Showaddywaddy

  • Adam Ant

  • Magazine

  • XTC

  • Altered Images

  • Dexy's Midnight Runners

If you like any of the above bar Geldof, they don't recommend you try the Rats!  Pretty impressed that Squeeze are there but Kajagoogoo, Status Quo & Showaddywaddy!  Give me a break.   I suppose I do have records from about half of them.


For the record, if you look up Blondie, T.Rex and The Vapors they do recommend you try the Rats.  I think the reverse is more true than some of the above.


The Bowie try these is very impressive, almost on the money for me ....


Lou Reed
Roxy Music
Brian Eno
Iggy Pop
T. Rex
Pulp
Syd Barrett
Slade
Pink Floyd
Queen
Suede
Talking Heads
Elvis Costello
Elton John
Björk
The Arcade Fire
Steely Dan
Radiohead
The Smiths


 


But the Geldof list is rather sad...  (Racey & Rocky Sharpe, mmmmm)


Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
U2
The Boomtown Rats
Ron Sexsmith
R.E.M.
Robert Plant
Jann Arden
Racey
Henry Valentino
Japan
Geier Sturzflug
Hubert Kah
Spider Murphy Gang
Karel Gott
The Gun
Dschinghis Khan
Marianne Rosenberg
Mother's Finest
The Comedian Harmonists
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Geier Sturzflug
Hubert Kah
Spider Murphy Gang


Karel Gott


Dschinghis Khan


Marianne Rosenberg


The Comedian Harmonists





 


WTF?!?


I wonder how this thing works...


The first three are German Eighties bands - they were known as being part of the "Neue Deutsche Welle" thing - early eighties, German lyrics, punk or post punk inspired.


Karel Gott is a Czech singer who sings (sang) in German a lot, both him and Marianne Rosenberg are singers of something that is called "Schlager"-Musik - quite corny and trashy. Dschingis Khan also belong into that area - Eurovision Song Contest, etc.


And the Comedian Harmonists, well, they're a vocal ensemble from the twenties! They were all superb singers, some songs were a-capella, many with just piano. German lyrics only.


Musically, there's NO connection at all with BG! ^^ Well, except many Germans like BG as a musician, and these bands/artists are all German/sing German.


 


And I've never heard of these ones:


Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
Jann Arden
Racey
The Gun
The Comedian Harmonists
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Have I missed something important?



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Katharina wrote:



Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
Jann Arden
Racey
The Gun
The Comedian Harmonists
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These two were 70s/80s Rock 'n' Roll revivalists. 


Racey had a couple of hits (Some Girls & Lay Your Love on Me) and did the original Mickey by Toni Basil (called Kitty written by Chinn/Chapman of Sweet/Mud fame).


Rocky had a couple of hits (Rama Lama Ding Dong/Shout Shout knock yourself out) around that period as well.


Mud, Alvin Stardust, Rubettes, Glitter Band, Showaddywaddy and Darts were of the same ilk.


Poor Geldof.  He'd love to be compared with Dylan, but is compared to the dregs.


 



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Showaddywaddy and Racey, now that is extremely sad indeed! I wonder what Bob (and indeed the rest of the Rats) would make of that!!!!!

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Bob and Karel Gott?

Oh my, I just imagined Bob singing Lady Carneval a run down community center in Moscow.

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