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Post by Libra on Feb 7, 2006 12:24:26 GMT -5
One-hit wonder. Spent 4 weeks at #5 in the summer of 1989 (R&R), and hit #3 on the Billboard chart. Interestingly, this was about the same time that Madonna was spending her four weeks at #3 with "Express Yourself". (That fell 3-14 on L&R's last week at #5.)
The way this is sung is so much like Michael Hutchence on INXS's "Need You Tonight" and "Devil Inside" that, quite frankly, it's eerie.
Yeah, I like it.
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Post by Hervard on Feb 7, 2006 12:45:33 GMT -5
One-hit wonder. Spent 4 weeks at #5 in the summer of 1989 (R&R), and hit #3 on the Billboard chart. Interestingly, this was about the same time that Madonna was spending her four weeks at #3 with "Express Yourself". (That fell 3-14 on L&R's last week at #5.) This was also around the same time another song spent a month at its peak in the Top Ten. That would be "Lay Your Hands On Me" by Bon Jovi. It spent four weeks at number five - in fact, I believe that it was the same four weeks as "So Alive", since both songs had gigantic upward movement on the chart. "So Alive" moved from 32 to 17 which, any other time, would be the biggest mover, but "Lay Your Hands On Me" beat them by one spot, moving 36-20. I was thinking that there would probably be a big battle for the top spot between these two songs but, in fact, neither of them came close to hitting number one. But they did spend an unusually long time (by 1989 standards, anyway) at their peak positions. IMO, the song is mediochre. It's one of those songs that misleads you at the beginning, since the opening chords are way different from the rest of the song. |
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Post by Libra on Feb 7, 2006 13:00:48 GMT -5
This was also around the same time another song spent a month at its peak in the Top Ten. That would be "Lay Your Hands On Me" by Bon Jovi. It spent four weeks at number five - in fact, I believe that it was the same four weeks as "So Alive", since both songs had gigantic upward movement on the chart. Hmmm. So both songs spent the same four weeks at #5? Very interesting indeed. ;) Actually, Bon Jovi spent only three weeks at #9 - the last three of L&R at 5. |
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Post by Hervard on Feb 7, 2006 16:35:01 GMT -5
Oh yeah, that's right. I believe that it was at #10 the first week of L&R at number five.
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Post by mst3k on Feb 8, 2006 0:03:16 GMT -5
Tsk, tsk... and they let you work in a library? ;) I like this song. |
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Post by tico on Feb 8, 2006 1:02:27 GMT -5
I heard the tail end of this today. Good song though.
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Post by John77 on Feb 8, 2006 2:20:29 GMT -5
I just got my new computer and am building the library as I type this... up to 700 songs already and this one needs to get in there quick!!! 1989 had so many great pop/rock songs... one of my favs for sure...
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Post by DaveZ35 on Feb 9, 2006 10:45:26 GMT -5
1989 had so many great pop/rock songs... one of my favs for sure... John, 1989 is one of my favorite years for pop music ever! This song does remind me alot of INXS. |
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Post by reception on Jan 9, 2007 15:36:42 GMT -5
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 9, 2007 15:38:29 GMT -5
damn you, reception!
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Post by jaxxalude on Jan 9, 2007 17:37:51 GMT -5
If you don't pay any mind to the lyrics, believe me when I say this is one of the best pick-up/making-out songs ever!  |
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 9, 2007 14:39:18 GMT -5
Love this track. I love the harmonic exchange between David & Daniel, the gospel of a chorus, and contrast of the understated radiance of the guitars with the simple, punchy beat. The very epitome of the radio hit thats boasts a dark underbelly beneath the sunny, good-natured artiface - the type of freak pop I've developed an appetite for over the years.
This was Love & Rockets' biggest hit.
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Post by banet2001 on Jan 9, 2007 15:15:51 GMT -5
This is a great track.
Oddly, it is really the only song in the long careers of Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Daniel Ash or anything else Bauhaus related that ever became a mainstream hit. That is really unfortunate. :(
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 9, 2007 15:18:34 GMT -5
Peter Murphy's "Cuts You Up" went to #1 on the Modern Rock Charts & charted somewhere in the 50s on the Hot 100. Daniel Ash's "This Love" went to #2 on the MR charts. But generally speaking, you are correct. L&R managed to reap some commercial rewards in their lifetime.
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Post by joker on Jan 9, 2007 15:26:03 GMT -5
This is a great track. Oddly, it is really the only song in the long careers of Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Daniel Ash or anything else Bauhaus related that ever became a mainstream hit. That is really unfortunate. :( Yeah, it's a shame really that they didn't have more hit singles. This is a great song! Loved this even as a 9 yr old kid when it was a hit, who was a few years away from ever hearing of Bauhaus. |
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Post by banet2001 on Jan 9, 2007 15:26:10 GMT -5
Yes, it is true that Peter Murphy and Daniel Ash did have a few "modern rock" hits. I was mainly pointing out that they did not have any commercial pop top forty songs aside from So Alive. Not that I think there is anything particularly special about having mainstream pop top forty songs in itself. I still remember seeing Peter Murphy live during the "Deep" tour when I was a youngster.  That seems like a million years ago.  |
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 9, 2007 15:27:58 GMT -5
I would love to go see Peter Murphy on a solo tour. I saw Bauhaus last summer, and it was terrific. There's supposedly a new Bauhaus album in the works.
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Post by cartman2002 on Jan 9, 2007 16:48:09 GMT -5
So Alive reached #3 in 1989 and it was the only top 40 pop hit in their career and it's probaly the reason the band they didn't an album til 1996
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 9, 2007 16:52:15 GMT -5
Actually, they didn't release an album until 1996 again because Ash wanted to focus on his solo stuff. The band's relations were all but imploding by the late 80s.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 20:54:35 GMT -5
Great 80's new wave song.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2012 16:25:57 GMT -5
I like this.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2013 22:45:05 GMT -5
Not among my 80s favorites, but it's good nonetheless. I'd never made the INXS connection, but I agree that it's not far from that sound.
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Post by halo19 on Apr 8, 2013 13:56:28 GMT -5
It's creepy but I feel that vibe is sort of the selling point of the song. Love the beat as well.
On the whole, I prefer the other Bauhaus cohort acts more though.
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Post by Libra on Apr 7, 2016 16:41:45 GMT -5
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ETA: Also the #1 Alternative song of 1989, which is hardly a surprise since it spent 5 weeks at #2 behind "Fascination Street" followed by 5 weeks at #1.
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Post by jenglisbe on Jan 28, 2018 9:26:50 GMT -5
I love this song. It's so sexy. Someone here mentioned an INXS parallel, which I get, but I also think it sounds like Roxette in terms of the vocals.
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