Luxury Pop (part 2)

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So, I thought I might have to do a follow up blog after the last one! F*ck me you lot are picky! 'Wot no Sade?' 'Where are ABC?' etc etc. Time to put the Luxury Pop vibe into perspective once and for all. Let's break it down;

BANDS I LEFT OUT LAST TIME

ABC. Although part of me thinks they're 'Proto-Luxury' becasue of the date of the album, there's no mistaking the fact that Mr Fry and co make perfect luxury pop. Imagine a bar of Imperial Leather soap in song form...



Next up has to be The Style Council. I discarded them at first (I guess I thought they were more blue eyed soul than Luxury) but there's simply no denying how perfect Weller's brand of pop actually is....



Curiosity Killed The(Rescue)Cat...



Now, The Blow Monkeys. Here is a comment from the You Tube page. It says it all really...

'Terrific tune. It was a period of time during the 80's when soul music was blue-eyed bands. The sound was mature. England reinvented the soul music of the 70's with a very elaborated sound. Every period of time into the history of rock music is fascinating because it teaches a lot of. The problem today is that many people don't appreciate many good things and the reason is the poor intellectual societies that we have even in America'

Nicely put huh?! Luxury is definitely a British pop phenomonen. Anyway, here's the track....



Don't know about you but I fancy getting a job in the city, doing loads of coke and voting Tory.

Aztec Camera?! F*ck yes!



BANDS I'M NOT LETTING IN

Level 42. Although Mark King played bass for Swing Out Sister, they are just too 'Mondeo funk' for my liking. Here's some more about Mondeo Man...

'...We all know this bloke, right? Conservative at heart, New Labour by invention, upwardly mobile, a homeowner and a family guy, but, you know, not a total toolbag. Mondeo Man was the acceptable face of petit-bourgeois small mindedness..'



Harsh but you know where I'm coming from right?

Sade. This is tricky. She's smooth as an otter's codpiece but she's just a little bit too RnB/jazz for this category. Luxury is more about bands really. Oh I don't know, I'll happily change my mind about her if someone puts forward a decent argument...



Lloyd Cold and The Commotions. A bit too late and a bit too indie.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood are on the periphery but their roots are in dance pop really. The whole bondage/leather/military vibe isn't Luxury really either...



ONE HIT WONDERS

A few classics from the cannon, and then I REALLY do need to go and do some work...








Anyway, I've essembled a Luxury Pop playlist on MySpace if you want to have a listen.

CAT FACT NUMBER 84...

It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.

Happy Holidays everyone!