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ladyislingering · 05-17-2013, 06:30 PM

First off, here's my "Song of the Day" for 05/17/13 -

I can't find the studio version anywhere, so here's a really nice live version from '77. I dedicate this to my boss' boss, my boss, and my boss' right hand man. You fuckin' pigs.

Pink Floyd - "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" (Live, 1977)

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I'm sure you'll like this song. Somebody was asking me today about an example of a Sparks song that mixes their sound with dance and this came to mind.

The Greatest Show on Earth - Sparks - YouTube

While I'm not especially partial to "Terminal Jive" as a whole, I always liked that track. Sparks experimented with electronic/disco sounds, and it ended up working quite well for them. Ron Mael wrote an entire album for Telex, in fact. Not surprisingly, it was called "Sex".

Here's a couple tracks:

Telex - "Brainwash"

Spoiler for Dark and silly - it's the Maelian way.:

Telex - "Exercise is Good For You"

Spoiler for More weirdness...:

Telex - "Drama Drama"

Spoiler for This sure ain't Broadway.. C'est epouvantable!:

Ron and Russell also wrote for Noel. Nobody really remembers her, or knows who she is, or actually cares, but here's the song that not a whole lot of Sparks fans ever want to talk about.

Noel - "Dancing is Dangerous"

Spoiler for Disco disco disco.:

While we're still in a disco groove, I want to throw this in, because I'm not ashamed to admit my love for the bros Gibb.

Andy Gibb - "Shadow Dancing" (12" extended)

Spoiler for RIP Andy.:

Here's a cover of a classic I posted a couple days ago. I'll be apologizing to my mother on her deathbed for the amount of times I played this dumb song when I was younger.

Shaun Cassidy - "Da Doo Ron Ron"

Spoiler for He looks like such a little douche, I kind of want to smack him.:

That's all for me today.