Burn for You has fond memories for anyone who remembers the 1984 GF as Channel 7 used it on the promo for the game in tge week leading up to the game.
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If weāre doing favourite INXS songs, these would be my two preferred tracks. The first has an icy synth vibe and a glorious transition from bridge to chorus. The second is just a great trackā¦ a fantastic example of Nick Launayās production and from that part of the 80ās before music turned horrible for a few yearsā¦ While INXS were still capable of a few great tracks here and there, they kinda lost me from Kickā¦ too sleek and too much funk emphasis thereafter for me and not enough of the angular pop/rock. The Swing was the perfect amalgamation of the early and what came later.
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Fair to say, if thereās no Andrew Farriss, thereās no INXS.
Really like āTo Look at Youā.
Sounds like Nick Launay was in high demand in the 80ās.
Rob Hirst of the Oils has mentioned him often in various Docos/Interviews.
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Well, he produced three of my favourite Oz albums within the space of 18mā¦
INXS - The Swing
Models - Pleasure Of Your Company
Oils - 10ā¦1
He was only in his early-mid 20ās at the time tooā¦
He also cut his teeth engineering some Public Image Ltd, Siouxsie & The Banshees and XTC singles I really liked a bit earlierā¦
He also did Big Pigās Bonk which I didnāt like much at the time, but which sounded good to me when I heard a song from it recently. When you think about it - given the huge drum sounds that were his calling card - he was absolutely the logical producer for them.
By the time he did Oilsā Earth and Sun and Moon album his (and their) boundary-pushing and arty production style had largely gone and his methods became far more mainstream.
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Any decent House get together in early 80ās had Inxs Donāt Change in the first set of songs on side A compilation Mix tape.
To get the party started!
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This is where the partyās at!
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Fantastic sound.
A good night had thisā¦
Locating the record the next mornā¦
Usually mixed in with a mountain of other EPās of the timeā¦
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The Mentals were a great singles band for a long time. Naturally, they had their biggest hits with their worst material.
This one was a ripperā¦
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This led very nicely into Crowded Houseā¦
Ironically, CH later did a version of thisā¦ which wasnāt a patch on this versionā¦
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This
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Ran into this
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Followed by
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Mind-bending stuff.
TISM - (Heāll Never Be An) Olā Man River (Collingwood Town Hall) - YouTube
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Youāre clearly not a fan of āGuardians of the Galaxyā if you havenāt heard that song for years.
Definitely - really like Donāt Change - such a simple song, but a ripper.
This version wouldnāt get any parties started, but I like it also.
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Hot takeā¦ forget Down Under or Who Can It Be Now, this is Men At Workās best track, and by some distanceā¦
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Best: Overkill
Favourite: Hard Luck Story (lol, youād love the brass on both!)
edit: āAt least thereās pretty lightsā is the most wonderful line, and beautifully delivered.
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