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HUman League
Formed in the late 70s but came into their own in the 1980s
Phil Oakley said he was a big fan of Abba in the 1970s... is it just a coincidence that his band ended up .... like Abba... with two attractive girls up front... one blonde ... one brunette.
But they went their own way and were brilliant and innovative.... they even made it in America.
The blonde in Abba ... the blonde in Human League... why am I so obsessed with blondes ?
go here
http://www.mediafire.com/?pr2dolfs8zecv78
slide show of Susanne (only 14 meg )
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Phil Oakley said he was a big fan of Abba in the 1970s... is it just a coincidence that his band ended up .... like Abba... with two attractive girls up front... one blonde ... one brunette.
But they went their own way and were brilliant and innovative.... they even made it in America.
The blonde in Abba ... the blonde in Human League... why am I so obsessed with blondes ?
go here
http://www.mediafire.com/?pr2dolfs8zecv78
slide show of Susanne (only 14 meg )
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Really liked them before the Heaven 17 guys split from them as well. Quite ahead of the field at the time.
I... like this... thread...
...:)
Since 1978, The Human League have released nine studio albums, four EPs and twenty-seven singles.
They have had four albums and eight singles in the UK Top Ten, one of which was #1 (No2 in the US) and they have played over 350 live concerts.
The band have sold more than 20 million records worldwide
Somehow 20 million LP sales does nt seem that many... when you think that Lloyd Webber sold over 40 million+ LPs just of Phantom !
Strange comparrison
saw then in derby on the same tour
not sure why theres another thread on thl, there was one just the other week...
Depeche Mode
Soft Cell (brilliant)
Toyah (more stage presence than anyone - very underrated)
Siouxsie and the banshees
Orchestral Manouvres in the dark
Hazel O Connor
The Tourists (Annie Lennox)
Culture Club
Duran Duran
Ultravox
Mari Wilson
..Great days ...
i too saw hazel o conor.... great artist
plus squeeze, teardrop explodes, dexys, siousxie, and the photos... (they were good!)
maybe that was just a punk thing ?
She was actually in the TV studio with the sex pistols that famous night with Bill Grundy
It was Bill making a pass at Suzie that started all the fracas !
it certainly wasnt contempt, she is very grateful to her fans, punk wasnt happy poppy stuff so smiling was only empoyed when it was required! lol.
I don't know the Photos. I'm googling and you tube-ing them now.
'irene' was there best known, lead singer wendy woo....
But most of all you like hellips (...)
From Evesham IIRC , I'm So Attractive was an excellent new wave song.
Human League came into existance and down to him
that they have lasted so long....
He is the real driving force behind
the group and its a compliment to him that they are still popular today and still filling theatres.
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The band's live performances began to gain momentum and acclaim and they were asked to support first The Rezillos then Siouxsie and the Banshees as early as September 1978.
In December, 1978 David Bowie appeared in the audience and later declared to NME that he "had seen the future of pop music."
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Looking at the LP .... Dare.... Phil is on the credits for most of the songs...
wot was he a lyrics guy or a melody guy ?
No, that was Chaka Khan.
My favorite Human League track is The Things That Dreams Are Made Of and Keep Feeling Fascination.is my second choice.
Ah right, I wasn't sure who it was.
They sang Being Boiled, Rufus & Chaka Khan sang Ain't Nobody - Liberty X did a mash-up of the 2 - the lyrics and melody of Ain't Nobody, music/sample of Being Boiled....it was called Being Nobody
The latest single:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcii6HcBWKA
indeed and tbh i thought richard x's mix (with liberty x) of these tracks was very good, as was the other hl mix he did 'finest dreams' (the finest + the things dreams are made of).
I loved that version of that song, a good bit of electropop