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The cure for that "dirty" guitar sound

WW Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes)

Pretty close. The song was first offered to Simple Minds who declined it and then to several more artists including Idol who declined it. They then went back to Simple Minds with a better offer and the rest is history. Or is it. 30 years later Idol says he was never offered the song...

TFT What do these two artists have in common in this thread besides singing the same song?

Monday Morning Blues

Might as well put in my 2 cents

Oingo Boingo 27 Oct 1989 Irvine CA The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo started out as a theater troupe in 1972 before morphing into a band led by Danny Elfman in 1979. Certainly part of the New Wave in general they found waves nobody else was riding. Known for tight rhythms, quirky lyrics...

I was watching A View To A Kill and was reminded of this odd remix of Blue Monday that uses some lines from the movie. While certainly not my favorite if you were clubbing in Europe 39 years ago it was hard to avoid for a few months. The are two versions one at 7:15 and this one at 10 minutes

Seems like somebody was surfing the internet instead of Cohibas :cool: You are correct - Robert John Lange wrote or co-wrote all the songs I listed and over 100 more.

I wasn't planning on posting the answer today....Sometimes I don't post it at all.

While that may be true it is hard to prove the subjective. My thread is absolutely factual. Another clue:

It certainly is "or something" What that something is makes it interesting.

All the songs have something in common. Getting into a car is not it.

Another hint. And another hint.