Fingerpoppin' Appreciation Thread

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This song is another one of those odd exercises of Bernie-style self-criticism that were rearing their ugly head around this time, although I think the reason behind its inclusion is more mundane...don't forget, said imitation slap bass shit was quite big on both sides of the pond in '84-'85, and presumably, Joe (or Bernie) desired a bit of that action...it's as if somebody said, "Well, loud guitar punk's not in style anymore, boys, we need something that the pre-teen set can groove to." That the boys expended so much energy, production-wise, on such a slight song goes a long way toward summing up CTC's failure as a record.

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Chairman Ralph wrote:This song is another one of those odd exercises of Bernie-style self-criticism that were rearing their ugly head around this time, although I think the reason behind its inclusion is more mundane...don't forget, said imitation slap bass shit was quite big on both sides of the pond in '84-'85, and presumably, Joe (or Bernie) desired a bit of that action...it's as if somebody said, "Well, loud guitar punk's not in style anymore, boys, we need something that the pre-teen set can groove to." That the boys expended so much energy, production-wise, on such a slight song goes a long way toward summing up CTC's failure as a record.
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I "love" that I have four different versions of this song:

Fingerpoppin' (Album Version)
Fingerpoppin' (AOR Mix) - No Fade In
Fingerpoppin' (AOR Mix) - Fades In
Fingerpoppin' (Live)

I am calling upon anyone out there to do a remix or mashup of any version of this song. I would literally be ecstatic if we could get a remix/mashup made up so we can have a 5-song Fingerpoppin' EP. We could force Inder to make the art.
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Flex wrote:I "love" that I have four different versions of this song:

Fingerpoppin' (Album Version)
Fingerpoppin' (AOR Mix) - No Fade In
Fingerpoppin' (AOR Mix) - Fades In
Fingerpoppin' (Live)

I am calling upon anyone out there to do a remix or mashup of any version of this song. I would literally be ecstatic if we could get a remix/mashup made up so we can have a 5-song Fingerpoppin' EP. We could force Inder to make the art.
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Hello,

Fingerpoppin' - It's Joe's attempt to stay current in the 80's. Mick tried to stay current with 80's hip-hop, Joe then decided to stay current in 80's synth-pop-new wave (Post new-wave? Now there's a pretensious cocktail party thread!). Bernie thought along similar lines or pushed Joe in that direction - dunno. Both Joe and Mick had to have some confidence questions once they parted - staying ahead of the curve is a tough task (best to say "screw the curve - I do what I do" - Joe eventually came to that conclusion, I think).

I take Fingerpoppin' in consideration of the time period - some music is classic, without time constraints - other music represents the time of creation, the fashion. Both have their place, the latter especially with people who came of age during that time (guilty as charged, Andy).

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I can do a noise version of Fingerpoppin'.
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eumaas wrote:I can do a noise version of Fingerpoppin'.
Oh god yes.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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gkbill wrote: I take Fingerpoppin' in consideration of the time period - some music is classic, without time constraints - other music represents the time of creation, the fashion. Both have their place, the latter especially with people who came of age during that time (guilty as charged, Andy).
I agree completely. Doesn't that pretty much define most people's musical taste?

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matedog wrote:The song's first and only live performance came at one of the Brixton NUM benefit shows in December 1984. The miners, subsequently, lost. 'nuff said.
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Eleventh anniversary bump!
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I really don't get all the criticism. It's a great song.



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