La Bouche - Romantic Love - 1985 - Safari
Click above for big pictures, click below to play me…
What’s Going On Here ?
It’s all a bit strange.
What’s So Strange ?
If Kraftwerk had been a poppy manufactured girl band rather than some serious besuited blokes from Germany, they would have sounded like this.
What’s So Strange About That You Snobby Sexist?
Nothing. That isn’t the strange bit.
What Is The Strange Bit Then?
After 1 minute and 45 seconds a totally different band gatecrash the record and perform a completely different song.
Really? What Does That Sound Like?
Amazulu.
What Happens Then ?
They all have a big fight for control of the song.
So Who Wins ?
It’s hard to tell, but my money’s on Amazulu.
Why ?
There were more of them.
Ou Est La Bouche ?
Ermmm…. I have no idea - I’ve looked everywhere and… I can find nothing at all. It doesn’t help that there is a completely different La Bouche here that I vaguely recognise - but I can’t remember the name of their Big Hit for the life of me, and it’s not the same people anyway so why am I bothering?
http://www.danceartistinfo.com/labouche.htm
I am going to have to open this up to the good readers. The search…. is officially on…
Money Update
Cost : 8 pence
Current Value : I am quite hopeful about this – it’s got one of those funky covers they used to do where the middle of the record makes up a bit of the sleeve (see photos) - so that might help… ermmm…. oh….. maybe not…. Well it’s more than those Faith Brothers : a nifty 2 pounds and fifty pence.
Current Profit : 20 pounds 79 pence. This is all well and good, but can anyone tell me where they are now ?
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January 2nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Blimey!
I used to own (and love) the 12″ version of this!
I was a massive Art of Noise fan at the time - basically, sampling was a big thrill, a new sound and I bought anything that was made with Emulators or Fairlights.
It was on some Saturday morning kid’s TV show where they showed it on the video vote and the panel hated it, calling it a poor man’s Art of Noise - So, I went out and bought it.
I played it to death. I remember the back of the sleeve had a little graphic showing how digital sampling worked. I also remember it said everything on the record was made by the human voice - hence the name.
Some years later when the other La Bouche appeared, my heart skipped a beat, but alas…
Thanks for posting, now if only I could find me a copy…
TXL
October 5th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
“After 1 minute and 45 seconds a totally different band gatecrash the record and perform a completely different song” LOL really
March 23rd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
i remember owning this song too on a 7 inch single, i used to play it loads but know nothing about the band at all. It was given to me by a friend. Brings back good memorys