I've been too big an OMD fan for far to too long to hide my bias on this, but the PFurs have grown on my adult self, and I think they deserved better than a 16-seed. (But I know, I know - you're playing that cutesy movie match-up game.) As an awkward nerd for most of my school years, I aspired to be Duckish in my oddness, but I wasn't that comfortable with it until a few years after this movie. And as an adult, I fully recognize that the Duck-man suffers from a super-toxic case of entitlement where Andie is concerned.
I just hate you both for giving me this Sophie's Choice in round 1. (Actually it's much harder than that because every parent knows which dead weight they'd be willing to cut loose. They tell you they love you equally, but they lie.) This should have been a regional final matchup.
And Joe is right, I've been bugging his loser ass since the 90s about not having seen Some Kind Of Wonderful. (You could at least watch it out of respect for losing John Ashton over the weekend.
John Hughes definitely helped shine the light on several bands and a lot fewer people would have heard of Psychedelic Furs if not for this movie. Probably to a lesser extent OMD as well.
It doesn't always work, there is a band called Blue Room that had a prominent song in SKOW, the big climactic song in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (the cover of of Everytime You Go Away) and a snippet in Ferris Bueller...and yet they never even put out an album.
Back to the decision. Aaargh...did I mention how much I hate you both for this decision?!?! I don't know where to begin with what both of these songs and bands mean to me. Both of them were crucial centers of my music experience. I've definitely made out to both of these songs. Both were on many, many mix tapes I made. I've seen both of these bands multiple times, including in recent years (I'm seeing the Furs in 13 days) and both continue to put out amazing work. Side note on that - would you believe that the album the Furs put out in 2020 charted higher in the US than any of their previous records?
I'm a little suspicious of the absence of a credit for drums on the track, OMD has always had a real drummer (Malcolm Holmes, the original man behind the kit would have been with them during this era) and it is certainly real drums at their shows. And those just sound like real drums.
Anyway...shit. I can't decide on a vote here. Both are so 80s, both are two of the best from the era.
The desire to create these cute matchups (for which I am 50% responsible, not throwing Joe under the bus here) MURDERS great songs, I agree with you. And frustratingly, the next episode, one of those kinda garbage songs gets to win! It's criminal. And yet here we are. Coming in as a fan of all those OMD songs and the band's sound, I was biased heavily toward that song. But listening to the Furs more and more, it crept up more and more, and as I say in the show, became a difficult choice for me. So I can only imagine what a big Furs & OMD guy like you is going through! Apologies. PRETEND like this is the Regional Final?
I like the idea that a punk, kind of filthy song (I read that "in pink" also means "in the nude", and, as Joe said, it's about a girl that goes on too many dates 😃) resulted in a mainstream 80s movie. Factoid: Molly R asked John Hughes to write a movie for her called "Pretty in Pink" after listening to the song, so how could I not vote for the song that originated the whole thing?
Figured out what the difference in PiP versions was for me: (And it's entirely possible I'm mishearing this.) The movie version, I believe, has a sax accompanying that opening guitar riff, while the original doesn't.
I've been too big an OMD fan for far to too long to hide my bias on this, but the PFurs have grown on my adult self, and I think they deserved better than a 16-seed. (But I know, I know - you're playing that cutesy movie match-up game.) As an awkward nerd for most of my school years, I aspired to be Duckish in my oddness, but I wasn't that comfortable with it until a few years after this movie. And as an adult, I fully recognize that the Duck-man suffers from a super-toxic case of entitlement where Andie is concerned.
I've graduated from melodramatic to dramatic, so...progress? lol
But, this was an easy one for me. Plus, never saw the movie anyway. I loathe Molly Ringwald.
LOATHE? Ouch, which movie did it for you? --Keith
I just hate you both for giving me this Sophie's Choice in round 1. (Actually it's much harder than that because every parent knows which dead weight they'd be willing to cut loose. They tell you they love you equally, but they lie.) This should have been a regional final matchup.
And Joe is right, I've been bugging his loser ass since the 90s about not having seen Some Kind Of Wonderful. (You could at least watch it out of respect for losing John Ashton over the weekend.
John Hughes definitely helped shine the light on several bands and a lot fewer people would have heard of Psychedelic Furs if not for this movie. Probably to a lesser extent OMD as well.
It doesn't always work, there is a band called Blue Room that had a prominent song in SKOW, the big climactic song in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (the cover of of Everytime You Go Away) and a snippet in Ferris Bueller...and yet they never even put out an album.
Back to the decision. Aaargh...did I mention how much I hate you both for this decision?!?! I don't know where to begin with what both of these songs and bands mean to me. Both of them were crucial centers of my music experience. I've definitely made out to both of these songs. Both were on many, many mix tapes I made. I've seen both of these bands multiple times, including in recent years (I'm seeing the Furs in 13 days) and both continue to put out amazing work. Side note on that - would you believe that the album the Furs put out in 2020 charted higher in the US than any of their previous records?
I'm a little suspicious of the absence of a credit for drums on the track, OMD has always had a real drummer (Malcolm Holmes, the original man behind the kit would have been with them during this era) and it is certainly real drums at their shows. And those just sound like real drums.
Anyway...shit. I can't decide on a vote here. Both are so 80s, both are two of the best from the era.
The desire to create these cute matchups (for which I am 50% responsible, not throwing Joe under the bus here) MURDERS great songs, I agree with you. And frustratingly, the next episode, one of those kinda garbage songs gets to win! It's criminal. And yet here we are. Coming in as a fan of all those OMD songs and the band's sound, I was biased heavily toward that song. But listening to the Furs more and more, it crept up more and more, and as I say in the show, became a difficult choice for me. So I can only imagine what a big Furs & OMD guy like you is going through! Apologies. PRETEND like this is the Regional Final?
--Keith
Deni is a HUGE Billy Vera and the Beaters fan. Don’t let him bullshit you.
I like the idea that a punk, kind of filthy song (I read that "in pink" also means "in the nude", and, as Joe said, it's about a girl that goes on too many dates 😃) resulted in a mainstream 80s movie. Factoid: Molly R asked John Hughes to write a movie for her called "Pretty in Pink" after listening to the song, so how could I not vote for the song that originated the whole thing?
Now THAT is a great FACTOID! We assumed he named the film after the song because HE was a big fan--it was Molly's idea!
Pink==nude is a fun revelation, especially considering the product commercial at the end of the show was for a body spray called "Pink"!
--Keith
Figured out what the difference in PiP versions was for me: (And it's entirely possible I'm mishearing this.) The movie version, I believe, has a sax accompanying that opening guitar riff, while the original doesn't.
I think you're right. I didn't notice it at first because it's mixed much lower than the sax that hits with the riff at 3:00.