Popdose: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot” | Popdose
WHarrisBullzEye
· 1 year ago
I love this track, but my favorite phase of Hyde's career is probably always going to be "Change the Weather."
BenW
· 1 year ago
"Doot Doot" was a cult favorite in the gothic/80s clubs in San Francisco in the late 90s. That's actually where I first heard it. The Bolshoi's "Away" too was another one. Any chance of a 'Lost in the 80s' about The Bolshoi?
Would you believe I heard this song 25 years ago, and have been searching for it on and off since then?
JohnHughes
· 1 year ago
Those are the comments I love!
Darren
· 1 year ago
I remember when I was writing for a college newspaper. In exchange for ad space, a local record store would give me a stack of promo albums, which I would then review. The thing was, this being the middle of "heartland rock" country, I could always tell by the stoned smirk of the guy handing me the albums that these were the ones they thought were to, ahem, "faggy" (as anything that seemed remotely "new wave" was tagged by the local mullet boys) to be worth their time.
Long story short, one such stack of vinyl contained albums by Freur and, though the minimal-ness of the tunes initially left me a tad non-plussed, I eventually came to love this album. The Passion Puppets' brilliant album "Beyond The Pale" was in the same stack and damn if they weren't stricken with the same subsequent obscurity.
John Dier
· 1 year ago
Cool posting of the video, can remember the song at the time getting played loud and often by Mark Cagney, then a late night jock on Ireland's 2FM, now breakfast TV host on Ireland's TV3. Manages to download it last year, but looking at the video was cool.
flaregun
· 1 year ago
Yup, small world - I also 1st heard the song in a record store in San Francisco over 20 yrs ago and have been on the prowl ever since. This has been my great white whale of music downloads. Many thanks!!
Rami B.
· 1 year ago
Niiiiice.
Hey, does anyone know anything about a pre-Underworld release under the name "Lemon Interrupt"? I'm having a hard time finding any information about this?
Sheryl
· 1 year ago
Hey, just to let you know, there is an ode to the ’80s on Off-Broadway starting October 1st. It’s called Rock of Ages, and it’s got the music of Journey, Styx, Bon Jovi, White Snake, and other ’80s bands in it, and you can get $26.50 tickets here: http://www.rockofagesmusical.com/rockfan/
Totally rad!
JohnHughes
· 1 year ago
That sounds like the most hideously fucking painful thing I've heard this year.
eddy
· 1 year ago
Great stuff .... their first album was pretty good, if you like Doot Doot you'll like the rest of it. Hard to fathom that they are/were Underworld, tho'/
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Would you believe I heard this song 25 years ago, and have been searching for it on and off since then?
Long story short, one such stack of vinyl contained albums by Freur and, though the minimal-ness of the tunes initially left me a tad non-plussed, I eventually came to love this album. The Passion Puppets' brilliant album "Beyond The Pale" was in the same stack and damn if they weren't stricken with the same subsequent obscurity.
Hey, does anyone know anything about a pre-Underworld release under the name "Lemon Interrupt"? I'm having a hard time finding any information about this?
Totally rad!