Endless years of false rewards lie wrecked in this subversion

[sovay]

I had a miserable night. spatch played Ian Dury to cheer me up, starting with "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" and eventually getting "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards" stuck in my head; it worked. I am also pleased to have discovered Oppenheimer Analysis, because I had no idea there ever existed a British synthpop duo in the '80's whose frontman performed in character as J. Robert Oppenheimer. New Mexico (1982) is essentially a concept album on the expected themes (and some others) and it's great. I suspect many people, myself included, do not associate "danceable" with the Manhattan Project and the Cold War.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Is this the frontman, in this picture? He looks a tiny bit like Tim Eriksen.

[thawrecka]

I'm only sad I didn't learn about this band when my father was alive, because he would have loved me to tell him about a dance act with an Oppenheimer theme. (We had a framed print of all but a few of the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project on our living room wall when I was growing up.)

[dhampyresa]

a British synthpop duo in the '80's whose frontman performed in character as J. Robert Oppenheimer

AMAZING.

[gwynnega]

I love Ian Dury, especially "Mischief."

a British synthpop duo in the '80's whose frontman performed in character as J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Oh wow, that is brilliant.

[drwex]

I always think of "Reasons to be Cheerful" in the same vein as "88 Lines About 44 Women" and "People Who Died" as kind of specifically poetic songs, though I agree many songs' lyrics can be read or sung as poetry. It's also part of my love for Leonard Cohen's compositions, and sometimes people like Lou Reed (though his stuff relies on guitar a lot more, hrm). And of course "Pepper", though I also love the guitar bits in that one.

I feel like there's a playlist in here somewhere.

[brigdh]

Oh, wow, those songs are absolutely delightful! :D