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Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:47:02 -0000

What if the song had a title other than "Doot Doot"? (I think of New Order song titles, which rarely included any of the words from the song itself.)

If the song had been called "Resent the Squiggle," arensb might still be searching...

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

eddy — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:49:21 -0000

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'/

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

JohnHughes — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:52:42 -0000

That sounds like the most hideously fucking painful thing I've heard this year.

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

Sheryl — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:35:39 -0000

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.rockofagesmusica...

Totally rad!

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

Rami B. — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:54:44 -0000

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?

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

flaregun — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:02:17 -0000

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!!

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

John Dier — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:18:32 -0000

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.

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

Darren — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:59:32 -0000

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.

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

JohnHughes — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:31:05 -0000

Those are the comments I love!

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

arensb — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:04:36 -0000

Thank you, thank you!

Would you believe I heard this song 25 years ago, and have been searching for it on and off since then?

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

JohnHughes — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:01:33 -0000

Here you go!

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

BenW — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:57:20 -0000

"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?

Re: Lost in the ’80s: Freur, “Doot-Doot”

WHarrisBullzEye — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:05:02 -0000

I love this track, but my favorite phase of Hyde's career is probably always going to be "Change the Weather."