One Some Of Us May Have Missed - Play Dead

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Play Dead were a damn fine band in the mid to late 80s, part of the tradition of what became known as 'goth' some of our younger listeners might just have missed them so.... http://www.waste.org/~winkles/playdead/

I hope you all enjoy
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They were a classic 80s deathrock band vaguely similar to UK Decay who btw I appreciate very much.Had some very good tunes that I occasionally could catch up playing on the radio.But unfortunately are very little familiar to me as I couldn't and still can't afford any of their releases over here in Croatia.They were not as big as Sisters et al. *sigh*
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UK Decay!
Good Call, Nancy
I remember hearing them once, a very long time ago, I LIKED!

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Funnily enough I just transferred an old Play dead gig to cd yesterday . I have a few but this is a mixing desk one & it's great .
I saw them a few times in the 80's , one of the best :D
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:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

A TOTALLY CLASS ACT...

Was anyone else at the Fantasy in Brum when the guy got cut in half falling through the roof.....the gig was stopped....suprise suprise!

Is it me and Sunsets who are Dodgy Old Goffs then???

Respect mate....Play Dead!
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i never really liked play dead :(

always thought they were another one of those 3rd rate goff bands... grey rather than black, if you see what i mean. same as the lorries and dance society. a couple of half decent tunes but most of their stuff sounded tunless and very derivative...

sorry :|
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dodgy old goff and classic 80's deathrock both sound damn good to me :D

and leave the lorries alone. dammit.
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im gonna have to stand up to the lorries also

it took me 10 weeks and 40 bucks(au) to get nothing wrong/blow and ill be damned if im gonna let anyone get away with calling em a third rate gofficc band :wink: :von:
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I've just downloaded the Play Dead Peel Sessions. I rather like it in an old skool goth sort of way
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Not my cup of tea really.

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doktor wolf wrote: Is it me and Sunsets who are Dodgy Old Goffs then???
<cough> There's a few of us around :roll:
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i've seen the pic.
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I like old Skool goff too, although the Mick mercer connotations have given it a bad reputation. UK Decay were cool too!!! For Madmen Only is one of my all-time fave LPs.
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Playdead? Wasn't that a song by The Cure? :eek:


Or was it Play for today? I need a drink now :urff:
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rian wrote:Playdead? Wasn't that a song by The Cure? :eek:


Or was it Play for today? I need a drink now :urff:
maybe you're thinking of "play dead" by bjork? ;)
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Quiff Boy wrote:
rian wrote:Playdead? Wasn't that a song by The Cure? :eek:


Or was it Play for today? I need a drink now :urff:
maybe you're thinking of "play dead" by bjork? ;)
Nope. "hick"
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This Side of Heaven....enough said. :)
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"shine" & "the tenant" were play dead's only 2 memorable songs... and they both sounded like PIL anyway :roll:
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Quiff Boy wrote:
rian wrote:Playdead? Wasn't that a song by The Cure? :eek:


Or was it Play for today? I need a drink now :urff:
maybe you're thinking of "play dead" by bjork? ;)
Play to win. That was the song title. Dunno if it was The Cure though :?
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rian wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:
rian wrote:Playdead? Wasn't that a song by The Cure? :eek:


Or was it Play for today? I need a drink now :urff:
maybe you're thinking of "play dead" by bjork? ;)
Play to win. That was the song title. Dunno if it was The Cure though :?
sure it wasn't marionettes? i KNOW they did a song called "play dead"

(this could be a whole new thread - seeing how many bands have done songs called play dead! fun for all the family! or not.)
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d00mw0lf wrote:
rian wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:maybe you're thinking of "play dead" by bjork? ;)
Play to win. That was the song title. Dunno if it was The Cure though :?
sure it wasn't marionettes? i KNOW they did a song called "play dead"

(this could be a whole new thread - seeing how many bands have done songs called play dead! fun for all the family! or not.)
arrgh! not the thcreaming marrioneth? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

they were hilarious - the singer had a terrible lisp, and the guitarist who wrote all the lyrics used to go out of his way to use lots of S's in his lyrics... :twisted: :D :D :D

"like christabelle" became "like chrith-tabelle"
"screaming master" became "thcreaming mathter"
etc etc etc

p*ss funny ;)

their music wasnt bad though 8)
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you're determined to go round slagging off every band i love arntya?

arntya?

imma go cry now.
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sorry! :D :D :D

i did actually like them - quite a lot. have a couple of signed 7"s and a copy of the first album on vinyl. seen 'em a few times...

its just that they were funny 8)
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s'too late now - i'm in my nuclear underground shelter thing KNITTING.
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DerekR wrote:
doktor wolf wrote: Is it me and Sunsets who are Dodgy Old Goffs then???
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