Her name is Cathy and yes that's Michael and that's about all I know. The b-side coming up next Long in Tooth is a great song I think and would've fit on the album.
Spy of Love is really good, with its angular guitar breakouts on top of that deep bass and the catchy chorus. It sounds diffferent from what's come before. And Soul Mistake definitely looks forward to the controlled explosiveness of Kick; I can hear the seeds of Devil Inside here. But it stands well on its own. These are two very good tracks.
?? Is “shabooh shoobah” an onomatopoeia for one of the bass lines? I don’t know the origin of this album title. Do tell please.
Like with the first two tracks, Andrew has this Caribbean / New Wave-ish sound developing, but it's accentuated in Spy Of Love. And Jon's nuanced percussion parts play right into this. This combination is absolutely brilliant and totally enhances the song. And it's another track without much guitar interplay but yet it works so well. For anyone interested, as far as I know, the original releases on vinyl, cassette & CD, include eight more seconds than the 2011 Universal remastered CD, with part of one of the verses repeated during the fade out... Soul Mistake might be my favourite song from SS. Everything just pops! Tim's staccato/legato hybrid verse guitar riff sets the stage before the bridge, and then things shift and stretch out into two perfectly-executed staccato/legato hybrid lead guitar riffs, during the bridge and when the chorus hits, while Michael's singing compliments them and then they meet without hesitation. This is simply one of the best pop/rock songs EVER written. In fact, it's one of my top 5 favourite songs from ANY era. It definitely should've been a single. Too bad INXS stopped playing it after the Kick/Calling All Nations tour. Absolutely perfect!
Well I googled it myself and here’s what I got from a posting on Facebook: “So where does the phrase ‘Shabooh Shoobah’ come from? It came about in the early stages of recording the track ‘Spy Of Love’ which was written by Michael Hutchence & Tim Farriss. Tim began singing the phrase as a rhythmic chant as the band played. Even once Michael had written lyrics, the phrase stuck in the bands minds and it became the album title. “They had all these really strict rules about their music. They were very determined to be different from all the four-on-the-floor pub rock bands, and they’d always be saying things like ‘We don’t do guitar solos’ – (Producer Mark Opitz)” Never stop learning,
Ok, i'm glad to comment about INXS, as this is my entry point into the band. I heard 'the one thing' on a local AOR (album oriented rock) station, and it immediately got my attention, this was in 1983 in the US, so we got it much later than other countries. the thing that cemented it as being a classic, and my favorite song from them, (with 'dont change' as being second). was the great remix of it. which they also played on the radio. i thought maybe it was the album version, becuase i really didn't know about remixes at that time. ******************** NOTE : To collectors by the way, i still don't have this song on many of the formats, as its hard to find the australian 12 inch, and other releases. i saw that the wikipedia listing says there is a CD-single, but i checked on discogs, so i think that it doesn't exist, unless there was a boxset or re-release of it. so if anyone knows, and where it's from please post it, because i sure can't find out anything about it. ============================================= which leads to the next thing. the impact of the one thing remix was huge, it was on the 'dekadance' US EP, which i got right away, and played to death. also on the radio, it was probably one of the first 12 inch remixes i have ever heard and bought, along with Duran Duran - union of the snake, and also Planet P- Why me (which i bought much later), but taped off the radio. i'm not sure, but would i have become a music collector if i hadn't heard or bought it, i might have about 3000+ cd singles, and 12 inches now. so maybe i can blame INXS for getting me into the dance remixes, ha ha. anyways, i didn't have the 12 inch mix on cd until i bought this compilation: ------- Various - Retro:Active3 (Rare & Remixed) Various – Retro:Active3 (Rare & Remixed) Label: Hi-Bias Records – HIB-10262 Series: Retro:Active – 3 Format: CD, Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered Country: Canada Released: 04 Jan 2005 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: New Wave, Pop Rock, Synth-pop Tracklist 4 –INXS The One Thing (Extended Mix) 6:08 to this day, i still don't think they've released the extended mix on one of their cd's. later -1
i didn't originally warm up to this song at first. it has an unusual structure, and sequence that i didn't like. but in the end its a good song, and fits in well with the album. its a much darker song that most of the other ones on the album too. and this is why i like the 12 inch versions, this was on DEKADANCE also, the vinyl, (not the original cassette version). and it transforms the song into a better and different version, that i listened to a lot more than the original. later -1
i love this song, and i do think it could have been a great single, but it does take awhile to get started, and then it slows down again. its a really cool intro, that builds, but yes a remix would have been very cool. i wish there was more remixes from this album, and that dekadance was really 10 tracks instead of 4. this is one of my favorite songs from them, but there are so many from this album, its hard to tell them all apart. they do sound different and have different feels to them, but this is definitely a song that has the 'inxs' stamp on it thats unique to them. i don't know if any of their other songs even have this sound to it. another highlight from this album. later -1
There are so many great songs on this album, and they all flow together so well. i've listened to these songs so many times, i don't even pay attention to the song names. although 'soul' is used in the song. they lyrics are great, and there's a driving beat to it, and there are so many killer guitar hooks, and vocals turns. another brilliant song for this album. they must have paid attention to the tracklisting and the order in which they wanted the songs to go in. so far side 1 is very upbeat, and everything works together great. later -1
"The One Thing" is where I came in to knowing INXS. I was 9 and living in Florida when it was released as a single. It started getting major airplay and I was hooked right away, even to the point to where I started playing live with the synth parts on the radio with my violin (I was classically trained as a violinist at the time and my music teacher "frowned" on me playing anything Rock, so I would play along to records outside of lessons). Then I saw the music video when it was on MTV and became even more drawn in to the band. My first reaction to seeing Michael in the video was that he reminded me of a young Mick Jagger and I was intrigued enough at that point to go out and buy Shabooh Shoobah on vinyl.
INXS was one of those few bands at the intersection of a lot of circles on the “musical taste Venn diagram”. New wave and alternative without being labeled as “sell-outs”. They rocked HARD but could also write dance songs and turn them into club hits via remixes. In college, they seemed to me to be one of a very few bands that most people would say “yeah, they’re cool” about. I think we are seeing that with some of these comments about the Shabooh Shoobah album tracks and singles.
Excellent point. Despite the fact I'm skipping ahead, I'd like add that once certain rock artists start introducing more danceable elements like funk into their music, like INXS did more prominently one year later with The Swing, it tends to divide or turn off a large portion of their fanbase for obvious reasons. Though, in INXS' case, even though funk rock, for the most part, became the basic foundation of their music from this point forward, they were still consistently stylistically diverse. And without seemingly caring or worrying about losing fans in the process - which of course didn't really start happening for them overall until after X finished its run in 1991. In other words, INXS were fearless. I know I'll expound on this later in this thread, but I think it is important to point out...
dance was just a 12 inch, with 1 mix on it of black and white. (so it was just the 12 inch for that) the other dekadance, only had 6+1 (jackson) songs from the swing, so i'm not even sure why they called it that, and they weren't mixes either. the novelty was just getting different covers to make up a picture. later -1
Hopefully we will get the info on the various versions when we get to them. I will try and make sure I get them all.
Here Comes We heard the alternate b-side already, and this is the version that made the album obviously. This is a cool track, but it is one of the songs on here that took a few more listens to sink in, or breakthrough, if you like. We have a bit of an atmospheric thing, a bit of a whistle. A kick and a guitar arpeggio come in, and the song launches itself off. Here comes the rationalization Here comes the song I know There's a change of weather coming There's a change in me and you I found some questions to the answers The dancing flames of romances Freedom is intoxicating It's a lizard in your hand Don't you worry about the future I need some in my plan Here comes my kamikaze Here comes God's top ten Nothing to be done to stop it Nothing to get in its way Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Andrew Charles Farriss / Michael Hutchence Here Comes II lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group We have a nice steady beat and the vocal is phrased nicely over the top. As the chorus comes in we get a cool melody come in, and the double time vocals work really well to draw the listener in. The phrasing of the vocal here is really what draws me into the first half of the song. The music is really well put together, and the groove is excellent, but it almost feels, at times, that the music and the vocals are clashing a little. I think that is why I enjoyed the remix so much. I'm not knocking the song, I like the song, but I'm kind of trying to dig through that, to some degree. I really like the arrangement of the guitar, the choppy, part rhythm, part riff styling is excellent. The rhythm section is right on the money again, and the little keyboard flourish at the end of the chorus vocal is excellent. The instrumental section with the nice little lead is a really nice touch and I think it lifts the song up quite a bit. It almost seems like there isn't enough difference between the musical arrangement of the chorus and the verse here, but that doesn't make it right or wrong. Look I do really like this song, but so far it would be a slightly lesser song than those prior, and I guess in hunting for why that is, I see these minor little bits and pieces that could well be the contributors to that. So this ends up being a pretty good album track, but not up to the level of the first four tracks for me.
Here Comes 4/5. Just slightly below the first four, but by no means a bad song. Love how it builds. Good transfer of energy track.
Ironic to see this since I just picked up the GH brand new as part of a 3 for $15 deal at the former record shop in the mall (they basically now have four cardboard dumps of CDS and a ton of merch associated with anything but music). I picked it up because I had been thinking about "What You Need" recently. After a first spin this might be "All I Need." I'd never checked out their albums back in the day and based on my first spin of the GH I don't think I will. Hey. To each their own.
Here Comes races along, but to my ears it’s not a standout track. It doesn’t have a great melody and feels a little generic overall. Not bad but not a favorite.
