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Mdme_Quagmire Fan-in-Training
Joined: 25 Jan 2023 Posts: 23 Location: Upstate NY USA
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:54 am Post subject: Songs you "hated" at first, but now YOU LOVE!!! |
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There are a bunch of Sparks tunes, when I first heard them I was either repulsed or just not into it. And now I feel exactly the opposite!! Has this happened to other fans?
Some examples (for me):
When you're a French Director
Stravinsky's only hit
Baby Baby can I invade your country
Giddy Giddy
How do I get to Carnegie Hall
the Seduction of Ingmar Bergman
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Certain songs just grow on you! or they are just so bizarre, you just have to hear them several times before you can really "get" them, right? any other songs this happened to for you? any other theories why this happens? _________________ borderline attractive from afar |
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bryan_davey Sub-Deity
Joined: 11 Jan 2003 Posts: 1430 Location: west wales, miles from real life!!
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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lets get funky..... |
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Spyke Sparks Guru
Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 2379 Location: Brum, UK
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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It took me a few listens to appreciate the songs on Balls. _________________ "but we can hear what others can't hear..." |
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Toughest Girl In Town Sparks Guru
Joined: 15 Feb 2022 Posts: 4347
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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I admit I struggled a bit when I first heard GS&SV, but now I just couldn't do without! This took a little bit longer to really appreciate it, but now I definitely do. |
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Ron = Geniuus Groupie
Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 100
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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Bon Voyage... Only the live performance though |
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waterloosunset Sparks Guru
Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Posts: 1909 Location: amongst the New England trees
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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At first, I thought that Equator was unfit for consumption, but now I love it. _________________ better drop the requirement that everything be great |
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Mdme_Quagmire Fan-in-Training
Joined: 25 Jan 2023 Posts: 23 Location: Upstate NY USA
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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I feel like the reason this happens is that Sparks tunes can go in so many strange ways that our brains, at first listen, are not really prepared to go there. then those paths get worn. and then they become very sweet paths. also, sometimes i don't like songs on the album so much but then i hear them live, and i like them much better- even the album version- afterwards. _________________ borderline attractive from afar |
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Oscar Power Groupie
Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 418
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Johan9034 Newbie
Joined: 01 Mar 2023 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:15 am Post subject: Songs you "hated" at first, but now YOU LOVE!!! |
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I started out hating Bon Voyage - but after a while I started to love it - and now I can't help it, but I sing along when I hear it every time
Best regards
Johan from Prosolar |
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Toughest Girl In Town Sparks Guru
Joined: 15 Feb 2022 Posts: 4347
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Is it? I've always thought it was about David & Goliath's biblical story ("The Earth is shaking, so am I", "My name is David, he don't care")... thanks for sharing :) |
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waterloosunset Sparks Guru
Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Posts: 1909 Location: amongst the New England trees
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Toughest Girl In Town wrote: |
Is it? I've always thought it was about David & Goliath's biblical story ("The Earth is shaking, so am I", "My name is David, he don't care")... thanks for sharing :) |
I truly believe it is David and Goliath, humorously. _________________ better drop the requirement that everything be great |
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Toughest Girl In Town Sparks Guru
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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waterloosunset wrote: | I truly believe it is David and Goliath, humorously. |
And it wouldn't be the first time they do that... which is probably why we do believe that.
For example, "Bon Voyage" is obviously about Noah's ark, and "Something For The Girl With Everything" is probably about the Virgin Mary... So I wouldn't be surprised at another Bible-inspired song. |
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Oscar Power Groupie
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think Ron or Russell have ever explicitly confirmed that it's about the Big Boy from the Big Boy restaurants, but I prefer to think that because it makes me like the song more. :) |
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Oscar Power Groupie
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Similarly, I like to think of "Bon Voyage" as a metaphor for a single person watching their friends pair off and get married. |
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Toughest Girl In Town Sparks Guru
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Good one! And it could be both actually, with Ron you never know :)
That's the great thing about clever writing, we all have our own interpretation of it since it's so rich and meaningful. |
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Alex Robertson Sparks Guru
Joined: 11 Jan 2002 Posts: 40514 Location: Crawley,West Sussex
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Toughest Girl In Town wrote: | "Something For The Girl With Everything" is probably about the Virgin Mary... So I wouldn't be surprised at another Bible-inspired song. |
Something For The Girl With Everything is about a blackmailing girl and attempts to buy her silence. |
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Toughest Girl In Town Sparks Guru
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Alex Robertson wrote: | Something For The Girl With Everything is about a blackmailing girl and attempts to buy her silence. |
It clearly is, and that girl being the Virgin Mary would be such an amusing twist.
I'm still intrigued about those "3 wise men" and "imported gifts"... could it just be random? |
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waterloosunset Sparks Guru
Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Posts: 1909 Location: amongst the New England trees
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Alex Robertson wrote: | Something For The Girl With Everything is about a blackmailing girl and attempts to buy her silence. |
Um, most decidedly yes. _________________ better drop the requirement that everything be great |
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Angus_Desire Sub-Deity
Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Posts: 757 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:24 am Post subject: |
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1) Nothing Is Sacred
2) Whippings And Apologies
3) Fill 'er Up
4) Throw Her Away And Get A New One
5) White Women
6) Stereo
7) Instant Weight Loss _________________ 'You'll be in the future if you don't do nothing foolish' - Ron Mael
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highersynth Sparkologist
Joined: 23 Jun 2023 Posts: 510 Location: Devon, UK
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Oscar wrote: | Similarly, I like to think of "Bon Voyage" as a metaphor for a single person watching their friends pair off and get married. |
Out of the blue the other day it made me think (admittedly rather grimly) of people trying to escape the Holocaust. (“Imitate…[x4] they still know it’s you”) |
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