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How to pick up girls? LEARN TO DANCE. How to pick up girls? LEARN TO DANCE.

By Matthew Rutledge on 09.17.2009

Bobby Orlando is three things: a homo­phobe, a miso­gyn­ist, and a great one-trick pony. His songs all sound the same, but his trick is an amaz­ing one — it is an insist­ent, fun, driv­ing synth beat that ties the line between disco and techno while never, never forget­ting that pop is the name of […]

Posted in Disco, Music | Tagged bobby O, bobby orlando, dance, Disco, italo disco, Mixtape, MP3, Music, synthpop | Leave a response

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Cardiocleptomanie

By Matthew Rutledge on 07.02.2009

Pas De Deux — Cardiocleptomanie

Posted in Auld Wave Syne | Tagged cold wave, flexipop, french, new wave, obscuro, post-punk, synthpop | Leave a response

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The most obscure pop standard

By Matthew Rutledge on 06.22.2009

The most obscure pop stand­ard of the 80’s must be John Paul Young’s “Soldier of Fortune”. I say pop stand­ard because it exhib­its every element of “popness” that should have ostens­ibly brought about an adult contem­por­ary hit for Mr. Young. It contains a very memor­able and addict­ive obbligato with a par-four synthes­izer on […]

Posted in Australia | Tagged 1983, adult contemporary, Australia, john paul young, Music, musicrit, synthpop | Leave a response

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