Such a great song. Beautiful lyrics and arrangement. RIP Michael Hutchence.
INXS
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Would be one of my island bands for sure. Absolutely love The Stairs by them. What could’ve been without the tragedy that Michael suffered when he got his concussion. Truly an iconic band
Damn bruh. I just listened to this song 5 min ago before jumping on. Classic tune.
Good lord. Other than the guys sawing wood for full minute, I might have fallen asleep. Boomer (or is it GenX?).
Great band. I don't know if they are around anymore, but their new singer was pretty damn good as well.
You nailed it. I liked the song because I was there as a genX and it held some nostalgia for me. It doesn’t hold up at all to new ears and it’s kinda sucks without the smell of Aqua Net, Polo green and Mexican chunk bud in the air.
So bizarre; I'm having my ukulele club play it this week!
Here's a version.
Here's a version.
Great two album run with Listen Like Thieves and Kick.
Bounce back and forth between these two as my favs from these guys:
Love the line "Look at the faces, listen to the bells....it's hard to believe we need a place called hell"
Bounce back and forth between these two as my favs from these guys:
Love the line "Look at the faces, listen to the bells....it's hard to believe we need a place called hell"
I’m of the age that I should have loved them at their height. I kind of threw them away as radio pop at the time. I did like their hits but didn’t go much deeper than that. Years since, I’ve really appreciated how frigging cool they were. Some great albums and yeah, as someone posted, wonder if they would be packing arenas still today
They hooked me with The Swing which came out in the early 80’s; not sure if that was their debut. But I was into the less “polished” bands that had a different sound. The later stuff was good but just didn’t hold the same allure. Probably explains why some of my favorites include The Kinks, Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet, Avett Brothers
As John Cusack said in High Fidelity, he just wanted to make love with a musician.
One of my favorite albums. Outstanding from beginning to end.
The 80's were my age 20's musical decade, and INXS was one of those bands that had a lot of hits that got major radio/MTV play...so like a lot of those acts, I never felt the need to buy their albums.
About a decade ago, a neighbor down the block had a curbside free pile, and laying on top of an old entertainment center was a shoebox full of CD's - so I snagged it. INXS' Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X were inside.
I was very pleasantly surprised at how good the discs were. Kick is fantastic (pretty much a perfect album), and the other two are pretty good too. Much like (example) Dire Straits, INXS is one of the many "blind spot bands" I've (re)discovered since I sort of ran out of the desire to listen to my music collection of 50ish years recently.
You're never too old to find good music - even if the music is 35+ years old.
About a decade ago, a neighbor down the block had a curbside free pile, and laying on top of an old entertainment center was a shoebox full of CD's - so I snagged it. INXS' Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X were inside.
I was very pleasantly surprised at how good the discs were. Kick is fantastic (pretty much a perfect album), and the other two are pretty good too. Much like (example) Dire Straits, INXS is one of the many "blind spot bands" I've (re)discovered since I sort of ran out of the desire to listen to my music collection of 50ish years recently.
You're never too old to find good music - even if the music is 35+ years old.
Great song, great band. Here's the INXS song that hooked me. It was all over MTV in the early 80's.
I saw INXS open for Adam Ant back in ‘83. I was probably bitching about Iowa b-ball back then too!
Damn, you old. Now I get it with respect to your hoops board behavior. To live through the rise and fall of Iowa basketball, waiting decades for that return to glory. I gave up after the Richmond game. You should too.
