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    Posted: October 05 2016 at 09:10
Four acts with similar intension and flavours, imo yet distinct.

Incredible bass lines is noticable inn all four acts. Generly crisp sound and suprisimg twists and turns, fusion-friendly aspects.
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Well 2 of those bands have great bass players. I like some tracks by all of them (except Kajagoogoo as I've only ever heard "Too Shy"). "Wouldn't it be good" is a classic.

Incidentally, who remembers Ellis Beggs and Howard. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis,_Beggs_%26_Howard). They made one good album and then more or less disappeared (although apparently have a second one available featuring Mr Fripp).
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Well 2 of those bands have great bass players. I like some tracks by all of them (except Kajagoogoo as I've only ever heard "Too Shy"). "Wouldn't it be good" is a classic (and of course Mr Kershaw sings with Steve Hackett from time to time).

Incidentally, who remembers Ellis Beggs and Howard. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis,_Beggs_%26_Howard). They made one good album and then more or less disappeared (although apparently have a second one available featuring Mr Fripp).
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Tears For Fears, of course - The Hurting and Songs From The Big Chair rule all.
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Originally posted by LearsFool LearsFool wrote:

Tears For Fears, of course - The Hurting and Songs From The Big Chair rule all.

Too bloody true. Two of the greatest art pop albums of the 1980s, a decade that spawned quite a monster crop of good art pop albums.
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Kajagoogoo, hands down. These guys had so much character and impressive chops to boot, especially Nick B.
White Feathers is a classic. Too Shy is a great song, among many.
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4 extremely talented acts, but I don't consider Level 42 as new wave, rather popfunk or popfusion.
I love how Mark King and Nik Kershaw have similar voices.
 
I love all 4 four bands/acts, but Tears for Fears is more favorite.
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I really fancy Niks song Bogart, very clever, clever bass-lines by mr Kershaw himself
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Only 2 votes for the wonderful 'Goo. That's one more than I expected.
You have to listen to the extended version of Too Shy (the 'Midnight Mix' - yeah, dumb sub-title) and listen to the up-front Bass from Beggs - the first half is instrumental and Nick displays around a half-dozen techniques of playing bass - hammer-ons, slapping/popping, chords, mutes, trilling and then some. The keyboards have a lush arrangement too. Take Another View is a great track as well.

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