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Re: Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

80sGirl — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:41:32 -0000

I'm a new fan of LIAB too young to care back in 1987 about anything as I was only just born. Great funky band very underrated as well. Better than Rick bloody Astley that's for sure and the singer Richard Darbyshire was both vocally talented AND hot! Sad that he wasn't given enough credit or decent songs.

Re: Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

GBP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:49:05 -0000

Richard Darbyshire is a great singer!

Re: Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:40:03 -0000

It's sad that someone with as unique a voice and impressive a vocal presence as Richard Darbyshire, lead vocalist of Living in a Box, never gained the accolades he deserved, mainly becuase he still hasn't yet sung a song worthy of his talent.

Anonymous,
USA

Re: Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

rwcass — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:19:02 -0000

I think Bobby Womack shows up in the "Living in a Box" video for about two seconds. Almost every shot in the video lasts two seconds at the most, though, so if you don't see him I don't blame you.

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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CarlosRamirez — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:14:41 -0000

I heard a recent interview with Ray where he talks about the whole Huey Lewis debacle. Great trivia tidbit!

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Dr. House — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:32:24 -0000

"Blow the House Down" = a reminder of when the word "house" briefly bubbled up to teen buzzword status a la "radical" "extreme" "max".

Re: Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

The Flyin Hawaiian UK — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:50:06 -0000

Stock Aitken Watermen would have helped these guys a lot--their choruses were stiffer than a Klitschko jab.

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.

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rwcass — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:42:52 -0000

I still like the song "Living in a Box," and I liked that when the video appeared on MTV the credits looked like this:

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.

Re: Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

mojo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:57:02 -0000

Wasn't it the Ray Parker Jr money that was dirty, as opposed to the Huey Lewis money?

(does anyone get that obscure reference?)

(am I just talking to myself in a box...talking in a cardboard box?)

Re: Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

Spence — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:25:14 -0000

Aw come on.... Room In Your Heart brings back fond memories - I'm sure it was a fairly big-ish hit over here. Singer Richard Darbyshire had a constant stream of releases in the bargain bins for a good few years after the band's commercial peak.