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Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Frankie Goes To Hollywood
over 2 years ago
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    Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Universal)
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    The World Is My Oyster / Snatch Of Fury (Stay)

.Relax (Body Double)..Frankie Goes to Hollywood (FGTH) was one of the most controversial and commercially successful UK new wave acts of the early 1980s. The group's debut single "Relax" was famously banned by the BBC while at number six in the charts, and subsequently topped the UK singles chart for five consecutive weeks, going on to enjoy prolonged chart success throughout 1984 and ultimatel...

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liverpool bands (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
over 2 years ago
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26th part of my ongoing look at the music that made liverpool great.liverpool bands have produced some of the best music ever,every week i’m going to post a song/video from a group or singer from liverpool some popular and some not so popularthis week it’s Frankie Goes To Hollywood Liverpool's Frankie Goes to Hollywood formed in 1980, comprising ex-Big in Japan vocalist Holly Johnson, vocalist

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6 Degrees of Music-Map Separation
over 2 years ago

I returned to "music-map":http://www.music-map.com/ the other day, for the first time in about a year (I had misplaced the original bookmark - duh). As a musical experiment I started playing about with concept of "Six Degrees Of Separation":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation on the site. Clicking on the closest musical link to the one before. Ended up with this musical journ...

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friday random ten, 1984 edition
over 2 years ago

1. Lou Reed, "I Love You, Suzanne." Lou has made some interesting music in the last 20+ years, but the deterioration in his vocals means we will probably never again hear a decent pop song from Lou Reed. Despite his greatness as a rock poet of darkness, Lou Reed is also capable of pop brilliance. On this track, you get his always-exquisite rhythm guitar work, perfect drumming from Fred Maher, and

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Video Capture #4: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
over 2 years ago

*Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Two Tribes (1984)*What more can be said about this landmark electro ultra-gay synth-pop group than has already been said? Their first two singles went to the top of the charts while their first two accompanying videos were promptly banned all over Europe. Sounds like a good pop group to me.Lasting only shy of three years as a bonafide band, but leaving marks in the s...

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Side Projects-The Dave After Tomorrow
over 3 years ago

Ok, ok, ok....so the real reason I'm writing this is to plug the next edition of my favorite radio show, The Dave After Tomorrow, on Atlanta's 92.9 Dave FM. It's gonna be all about soloists or band member's side projects.....think Ben Gibbard with Deathcab For Cutie AND The Postal Service....or Stevie Nicks with a solo AND Fleetwood Mac. It should be interesting to hear some unexpected artist...

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood To Release Greatest Hits Collection
about 1 month ago

Remember them? Eighties pop icons Frankie Goes To Hollywood are one of the most notable pop groups of the '80s who didn't shy away from a little stir and controversy. Remember that gutsy American video for "Relax" by director Bernard...

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Music Video Premiere: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (2009 Lockout Remix)
18 days ago

Music Video Premiere: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (2009 Lockout Remix)I still remember this track from “Zoolander”

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Sample This! Relax With Reveeen
over 2 years ago

You ever hear something and just wish you were a master turntabalist or producer. Here is a little bit of audio from the blog Heino und Jerry im Über Space (you can d/l it there) that is just screaming for one of you skilled Mog-sicians to put into a piece of music. Let me know if you use it and post the results. Flood , you still out there?

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EQTV Video Premiere - It's The New Video For "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood...
26 days ago

  Well, we told you it was coming and here it is...Holly Johnson - frontman of Frankie Goes To Hollywood has re-visioned and remixed his own iconic song from the 80's - "Relax" and today sees the video premiere for the new single which has party-goers dancing and sweating the night away on Kensington RoofGardens to the legendary iconic tune.  And it wouldn't quite be "Relax" unless there was a.

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EQTV Video Premiere & Exclusive Pix - "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
26 days ago

Well, we told you it was coming and here it is...Holly Johnson - frontman of Frankie Goes To Hollywood has re-visioned and remixed his own iconic song from the 80's - "Relax" and today sees the video premiere for the new single which has party-goers dancing and sweating the night away on Kensington RoofGardens to the legendary iconic tune. And it wouldn't quite be "Relax" unless there was a...

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