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Things I miss: Englishmen in Suits singing, with saxophones

I’m back in Mountain View ( more on that later ) and at the Tapioca Express on Villa and they’re playing “Captain of Her Heart”.

I loved those smooth-singing Englishmen of yesterdecades:

  • Spandau Ballet ( “True” )
  • When In Rome ( “The Promise “)
  • Orchestral Manœuvers in the Dark ( “If You Leave” )
  • Double ( “Captain of Her Heart” )

I think that idea is just about due for recycling into the current time. If Interpol mark the return of Joy Division, I should think my request is about 2 years from being granted.

Update

The keen-eyed Social Bobcat spotted my misattribution like a ground-squirrel for supper in his native mountainous terrain. OMD sang “If you Leave”.

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6 Responses to “Things I miss: Englishmen in Suits singing, with saxophones”

  1. the social bobcat Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 5:11 pm

    i don’t know the second song but the other two are great tunes, i don’t care how much of an 80s geek that makes me

  2. steven Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 5:54 pm

    @bobcat:

    “I’m sorry but I’m just looking for the right words to say / I know they don’t sound the way I plan them to be…”

  3. TheHector Says:
    June 28th, 2007 at 8:55 am

    I don’t know these names … and after the 60’s psychadellia thing, I think I’d rather wait until you lend me you iTunes one more time (along with earbuds and everything).

    I know one thing though: nothing, and I mean NOTHING, beats the black’s vocal anguish of an enslaved soul — I am listening at Sam Cooke RIGHT NOW.

    cheers mate,
    -h

  4. the social bobcat Says:
    June 29th, 2007 at 4:31 pm

    ah, i know that song but i thought the name of the band was When In Rome

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_in_Rome_(band)

  5. the social bobcat Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 11:45 am

    if i might add in another ‘english with saxophones’ point:

    courtesy of a coworker of mine, i have some Pet Shop Boys on my computer now. “To Speak Is A Sin” has all of the necessary song prerequisites

    it’s weird, i never said to myself ‘hey i really think i need to check out the Pet Shop Boys catalogue’ but now that i have it to listen to, it’s a bit more well-produced and deep than i would have thought. “West End Girls” was not the beginning and end of their good work, so it would seem.

  6. Leslie Says:
    July 17th, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    She Wants Revenge also does a very good Joy Division impression/ripoff. :-)

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