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Living in a Box - Gatecrashing (1989)
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All right, show of hands — how many of you have ever wondered what an album of Rick Astley B-sides would sound like?
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5 months ago
Somehow I got it into my easily-fooled ears as a kid that Pete was singing "Livin' in a Box - it's a put-on." Yes, that seems absurd once you know the song title, but I was 10 maybe. In any event, it stuck. By high school I had figured out that it must be about homelessness, a Ronald Reagan Hates Poor People, Stand Down Margaret, kind of vibe...
That is my Living in a Box story.
(I'm glad to contribute to this entry by ensuring that it *continues* to contain almost no material about the actual crappy band covered.)
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5 months ago
(does anyone get that obscure reference?)
(am I just talking to myself in a box...talking in a cardboard box?)
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5 months ago
Living in a Box
"Living in a Box"
Living in a Box
Chrysalis Records
I told my brother that I wanted a band to name itself, its single, and its album after its own label so the credits could be:
Broken Records
"Broken Records"
Broken Records
Broken Records
Yep, I had wonderful dreams at the age of 11.
5 months ago
Nevertheless, I am a proud owner of a Best of Living in a Box CD, and about half the tracks reside on my iPod. I'll posit "So the Story Goes" as the most interesting track from the first record; it's top-gear 80s balladry. Bobby Womack supposedly sings on it, but I don't hear him. I like 'Gatecrashing' from record #2, but even the band seems to realize it was headed to the cut out bins.
Richard Darbyshire--who seems to have had a decent career out of the Box (heh)--is, according to his website, leading weekly songwriting workshops in London.
5 months ago
Curtis Mayfield appeared on the Blow Monkeys' 1987 album. I wonder if both Womack and he got calls from the Blow Monkeys and Living in a Box at the same time and flipped a coin to decide who would appear on which album.
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5 months ago
Anonymous,
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4 months ago