• Sergio@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Those crazy detectives kinda freaked me out when I was a kid. Sure they were funny but there was something creepily surreal about them. Can you imagine how they view the world? Everything probably looks like AI slop to them.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialMEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Funny, I first heard these guys’ names in a totally different context, before ever seeing the detectives. There used to be a successful British pop band in the early-mid 80’s named the Thomson Twins, and I didn’t start reading the albums until '85-86.

    This was their biggest hit:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvzVTRK1nOY

    Personally, I think it’s one of the scarcer songs from that era that still holds up pretty well today. It’s also a lot of fun to sing as karaoke!

    • Sergio@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      oh yeah Thompson Twins had a bunch of hits: Doctor Doctor, Lay Your Hands, King for a Day, Love On Your Side, Lies… I had to look up a couple of those songs to make sure it was really them, but I can totally remember how they go. There was a lot of good New Wave back then.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialMEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        There was a lot of good New Wave back then.

        Totally. Flock of Seagulls and OMD were a couple others. There was an energy and innovation to that stuff that I really enjoyed at times, even though in retrospect it might be considered ‘fluff’ or less serious / edgy. Same with the Bee Gees and some of the Disco-era stuff.

        To me a good song is a good song, however its trappings.