Thursday, November 08, 2007

An Early Clue to the New Direction

From 1986, it's The Housemartins and their reedily annoying tender love operetta "Sheep."



A coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded to the first reader who divines the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
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12 comments:

  1. David Rasmussen11/08/2007 6:17 PM

    Most derivative band ever?

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  2. Anonymous11/08/2007 7:03 PM

    Hmmm...two possibilities:

    Totally sexless music videos

    or

    More examples why white people shouldn't dance

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  3. steve simels11/08/2007 7:21 PM

    All good guesses, and I'm gonna steal them for future lists.

    But wrong!!!!!
    :-)

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  4. Anonymous11/08/2007 7:26 PM

    How I stopped loving and began hating British Rock & Roll. All true. Musical acts like the Housemartins stand for everything I dislike that has come out of the British Isle in the last 26 years. Lifeless, sexless and without a soul. The last great act to come out of England was the Pretenders and they were led by a hot babe from Akron, Ohio. Hi Steve!

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  5. Anonymous11/08/2007 7:28 PM

    Bad white-boy soul?

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  6. steve simels11/08/2007 7:35 PM

    The last great act to come out of England was the Pretenders and they were led by a hot babe from Akron, Ohio. Hi Steve!

    I have a sneaking suspicion I know who this is....
    :-)

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  7. NYMary11/08/2007 8:12 PM

    How about the mediocre first bands of people who went on to better bands?

    (Zumpano would also work in this regard.)

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  8. Anonymous11/08/2007 8:56 PM

    how about...

    songs with titles that have been used before?

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  9. Anonymous11/08/2007 9:00 PM

    I beg to differ about Zumpano being mediocre!!

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  10. Slig11/08/2007 10:37 PM

    Songs about animals (at least nominally) by bands named after animals (martin, a type of bird; although I don't know what a housemartin is)?

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  11. steve simels11/08/2007 11:06 PM

    Heheheheheh....

    That's a big negatory...

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  12. NYMary11/09/2007 4:59 AM

    Kid C,
    Well, I like Zumpano myself, but there's no question that the New Pornogrpahers are far superior.

    As are the Beautiful South, but then I don't mind the Housemartins, either.

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