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wayne
Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:48 pm:   

"...and I bought it for you because it's your birthday too"

hullo - thought some of you might be interested in our (london) club night next sat. soz if this just seems like a blatant spam but have just cut n pasted from our website - cheers, wayne.

Saturday 31st July - Uptight's 4th Year Anniversary Celebrations!

Uptight (http://www.uptight.org.uk) is four years old in July(!) so we'll be pulling out all the stops with a final hurrah! at the Infinity Club, Old Burlington Street, London before we return to our spiritual home, The Tatty Bogle, in August.

Doors: 10:00 - 4:00am
Free admission until 10:30 / £4 after
A free drink for the first 30 through the door and an extended happy hour from 10:00-11:30 where drinks will be TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.

full details at:

http://www.uptight.org.uk
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Jerry
Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 03:23 pm:   

I hope there aren't any girls dancing for drinks there, cos if there is....
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Mack Wellsley
Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 04:05 pm:   

yes, Jerry, those trollopes, The Actionettes, better not show their faces or anything else for that matter...
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nicky
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 01:11 am:   

Mine's a marguerita......
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Catherine
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 10:29 am:   

Where did I leave my g-string and pasties??? I'll dance if someone buys me a guinness....
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Jerry
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 11:17 am:   

Mmmmmmm......Ginsters.......!
I love pasties......!
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Catherine
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:32 pm:   

The further lyric in the above - "He told me to close my eyes, my gift would be a great surprise" has suddenly been given ALL SORTS of other meanings....
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Jerry
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 07:06 pm:   

On the subject of New Order, aren't they a fine example of a band being worth more than the sum of it's parts.
Electronic were probably the best offshoot from Joy Division/New Order and their records have dated very badly.Their output sounds like Pet Shop Boys B-sides but not as good.
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cucumber
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 07:53 pm:   

Do you think they'll let me in
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potato
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 07:56 pm:   

sure, just wear the fishnets, i like electronic over the pet shoppers,
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Nicky
Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 10:21 pm:   

I like Electronic and PSB, but this week, i'll be mostly wearing a lovely lace teddy
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jonny
Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 07:59 am:   

I think 'getting away with it' still sounds class - a great single. i recently listened to'raise the pressure' the second lp and there is some good stuff on there but a lot of the songs go on too long or are spoilt by needless (and yes, now maybe dated) dance-music-type experimentation.

monaco, revenge and the other two - perhaps the world could have lived without them...
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michael
Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 08:56 am:   

For You, Out of My League off raise the pressure are favourites.
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wayne
Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 09:43 am:   

forbidden city is a pretty perfect pop song i reckon...
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Matt Ellis
Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 05:11 pm:   

Twisted Tenderness is one of my fave albums and I really wish Electronic would get back together (as if)....
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Alfred
Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 10:22 pm:   

"Get The Message" ranks up there w/anything New Order and the Smiths released. A beautiful single. I'll never forget hearing it on my college radio station in the summer of '91. As usual with Johnny Marr, he uses a chord progression so obvious that it's a wonder others haven't discovered it so that they too can write a song this gorgeous.

As for Raise The Pressure...yeah, "Forbidden City," "For You" and (maybe) "Out of My League" are fine, but even in 1996 the beats sounded dated and tinny, as if Barney and Johnny hadn't heard any new music since 1990.
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wayne
Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 10:42 am:   

never bothered with twisted tenderness - the one song i heard just sounded v guitary n rocky (not that there's anything wrong with this of course - just not what i think electronic best at.)

rest of album in same vein/worth getting after all/etc?
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Jerry
Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 06:50 pm:   

So we're all agreed then.
Still not a patch on New Order
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michael
Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 10:14 pm:   

nor the Smiths Jerry, I suppose tacitly
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wayne
Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 04:46 pm:   

and there's always the fall, of course...
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michael
Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 01:54 am:   

mr pharmacy
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steve
Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 03:05 pm:   

my claim to fame...

i once sold mark e smith a can Lp when I used to work in a record store in Cambridge. he was doing a show that night at the corn exchange and i asked him to dedicate a song to my then girlfriend. that night he sang bill is dead and dedicated it to my beloved.

now i've gone and ruined MES's reputation as a mean old bugger haven't i...
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Jerry
Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 10:50 pm:   

I can beat that.
Topper Headon lives up the road from me.
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Mark Ilsley
Posted on Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 12:10 am:   

I can beat that.
I am Trooper Headon. :)

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