Yep
You won’t believe this, but at work I love to ‘reply all’ on company wide emails like this too
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Yep
Yes… it’s the Australian Visage, only not as good. It’s repetitive and there’s a whole lot of keyboard wankery going on, but I don’t mind its cold, stark electronics.
I always got the feeling the “legend” of The Boys/Jimmy & The Boys/Ignatius Jones was rather overplayed - very much a case of style over substance. I’m not sure that he would’ve had any form of career without the novelty of a cross-dresser on keyboards and the… umm… interest of Molly Meldrum. I mean, his/their best material was written by Ray Davies, Steve Kilbey or Tim Finn…
Quite extraordinary really (very much indicative of the excesses of the 80’s and/or the limit of his ability) that Jones was signed by Mushroom to a six (!!!) album deal once J&TB ended, and managed to produce only this and one other single…
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We could be two songs away from Sheila E or Refused, it’s never easy to tell.
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Thanks for the info about him, to me he was some guy who’d pop up on tv (Hey Hey, maybe?) from time to time in the 80s.
I chose this cos I follow the YouTube channel it was on, which covers all weird and wonderful electronic/synth stuff from mostly early 80s. It was a cool sounding little tune to see on there.
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He was one of those guys who popped up regularly on Countdown and was pushed hard by Molly, despite a somewhat meagre musical output.
He even popped up in a episode or two of Sweet And Sour if you ever watched that. More recently, I believe he was heavily involved as a designer in the Sydney Olympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies.
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Ok, yeah Countdown and Sweet And Sour I guess.
So @swoodley, after trying to hijack your rock thread I decided it was only fair that I give your top 10 albums a go.
The Cure, dreary but pretty good. The album itself should have been called Lullaby because it nearly put me to sleep.
Lacuna Matata, only got about 5 tracks into it before my son was yelling at me to turn it off. So I did.
Which leads me to Led Zeppelin. Fark me that was hard work. I only got 5 tracks in again before I was yelling at myself to turn it off. So I did.
That’s as far as I’ve made it. I’ll persevere. I’ve got a feeling that I’ll like Lynard Skynard and Bros I can skip because I’ve heard some of their work and that was enough.
I’ll keep you in the loop.
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Eww whoo whoo eww whoo, YES
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I’m impressed…I’m fairly certain that I wouldn’t listen to a Top 10 of yours 
Thanks for the advertising boost for the other thread as well.
Nice subtle dig with the Bros mention…some people will possibly now check to see if I did give them a mention.
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Post it here, might have a listen on 3 weeks leave, I have The BROS album on vinyl
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This is the top ten list I posted
(from this thread)
Disintegration - The Cure
Comalies - Lacuna Coil
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
One More From The Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Synchronicity - The Police
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
A Farewell To Kings - Rush
The Interzone Mantras - The Tea Party
Dark Passion Play - Nightwish
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
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To be fair it was my younger sisters, just kept it for her
Ooh RUSH, band I have not listened to much but highly rated in the USA
Only ever heard of RUSH from watching Trailer Park Boys. Thought they were a made up band just for the show.
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Maybe the next STERN Pinball
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Which ones #1?
Sabbath or the Cure?