Monday, January 14, 2019

The Listening Post - Fun Boy Three - Waiting

Fun Boy Three - Waiting

Just a year after he crapped all over the hopes and dreams of B-52s David Byrne got his hands on Fun Boy Three and...scored a truly fun record.
Maybe I'm just in a good mood or maybe I've been waiting for someone to have a good time in 1983 but this one hit all the right chords for me. Sometimes it sounds like Madness. Sometimes it's a 60s spy movie. And sometimes it's a mirror image of the uber pop single co-written by Terry Hall with his then girlfriend, Jane Weidlin.
Cuz this version of "Our Lips Are Sealed" is sooooo good.
February 1983
Fun Boy Three
Waiting
4 Stars
Best Tracks
Murder She Said
Tunnel of Love
Our Lips Are Sealed

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