Friday, October 01, 2010
Sparks - Number 1 Song in Heaven 1979
YouTube via eileenh28 | May 18, 2009
It's like the synths of the time are all representin' - Minimoog, Oberheim TVS, and ARP 2600.
via It's Full of Stars. Anyone see them at Magic Mountain back in the day?
Video description:
"Not one, not two, but three, count 'em, THREE Ron Maels. Three very pretty Ron Maels.
If that ain't heaven, I don't know what is.
The 3 pretty Rons make up for the bad hair day (month? year? decade?) that Russell was having.
Update: Well well well. That Group is no longer interested in taking this video down. You can watch it as much as you want. But you still should buy the record "No. 1 in Heaven", it's very good."
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I never could stand Sparks.
ReplyDeleteThere. I said it. Somebody had to do it.
Good for you, MPS! Keep telling it like it is for you.
ReplyDeleteI liked them in theory better than in practice, but I still remember them fondly. I saw them at Magic Mountain and Disneyland. (I also saw Berlin at MM, very fun.)
I liked when they were on Saturday Night Live and the Polymoog had a sign on the back that said "Ronald," as though it should say "Roland." Also, the former Beatles had some sort of weird connection to them. In the "Coming Up" video, McCartney has slicked-back hair, mustache and keyboard a-la Ron Mael, and in an interview Mr. Lennon remarked that his son really liked "that band with the guy with a Hitler mustache." Beyond that, Sparks was a crappy Queen ripoff.
ReplyDeleteSparks ruled and rule. There. I said it.
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