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Fischer Z Marliese......skinny tie power pop
Posted by johnsimpson1965 on 28 January 2011 - 3:01pm.
Heard this today for the first time in yonks so had a furtle round on U tube and thought i`d share it. Bit of a stalkerish song if you listen to the lyrics but the audience seem to go nuts for it......
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Almost forgot
I used to love that song back in the darker reaches of adolescence... I'm not sure if I ever worked out what it was about, but then I was always a rather slow child. Great record - the only other song I recall by them was the wonderful "Limbo" - will see if a link can be found.
Limbo
Hopefully, this will work...
I always liked 'The Worker'
'Bought a 69 Capri failed the MOt what a waste of time'!
"Perfect Day" was the one for me
Skinny ties? check
Powerpop? check
Ripping off the Beatles and the Who? check
It's the Pleasers!!
The Pleasers
There were a few around like them at the time. Late 77- early 78. The Look, The Stukas, Advertising and The Boyfriends to name the few I can remember off the top of my head. We affectionatly christened it THAMESBEAT.
ADVERTISING - LIPSTICK
Tot Taylor's of Compact fame first band.
Skinny ties? check
The best power pop band in the world were
The Rubinoos
and I will accept no argument in this matter.
This is indeed
a fact.
Another fact is The Records - Starry Eyes is the best ever power pop single.
The Rubinoos
The second single I ever bought..
It's an amazing world
So Long by Fischer Z was such a big hit in Australia that thirty years later you can hear it on oldies radio stations alongside The Eagles and Dire Straits yet I don't think it was a hit anywhere else.
So Long - It was a hit?!
Bloody hell I never knew that - love this song and that I have it on 7" is one of the reasons that I never want to get rid of the vinyl.
Reading the first post again there was a bit of a stalker theme with the band though.
According to Wikipedia
These were it's only significant chart placiings...
So Long" b/w "Hiding" (1980) — UK #72, AUS #15, NL #12
A fishes head
it took me ages, that one.
Mayday Mayday
Great track from his solo album The Iceberg Model.
Great album if you can find it.
A nice co-incidence
This months Now Hear This has a John Watts track on it. Very good it is too with a great sweary bit