Colin Newman - Not To
1982 Housekeeping
Colin Newman
Not To
Genre: New Wave
2.75 out of 5
Requisite 80s Cover: an ugly version of “Blue Jay Way”. Blech.
In the early 80s two groups has as much influence as others would on the prevailing sound of the day: Joy Division and Gary Numan. Their listeners and acolytes created as many records as those who said they started a band after hearing Sex Pistols for the first time.
I add Wire to that list but I never cared for them, so it’s hard for me to etch them into that lineup. And Newman feels like he picked up the baton from Joy and Gary and not from his own group, for which these songs were originally intended. But Joy Division had self-destructive sexiness at their forefront and Numan had that robotic disaffection working for him.
And both of those groups songs are more attractive, even when they are trying to repel you, than Colin’s.
Somewhere in the middle Colin fancies himself a garage poet and I can’t help but feel like he would have fit in well with the Velvets.
As on A to Z, I like this more than Wire, but, sorry, Colin, I shan’t be returning to your world.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7gr3eJg9WYylqyPr75N8Rm?si=hjxFhOeZRKC1HzsKGkLbQA&dl_branch=1
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