Parade (blast from the past)

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Hi Nigel, great track. I'm just loving this retro stuff and this is a prime example of the era. Like you I used a Marshall for a time before moving to Fender and there's nothing that purrs like a Marshall stack. Purfect...........Willie

[Tony W]

Sometimes I'm floored with the stuff I missed. I was ridiculously active last January, though not so much lately.

This is so very 80's, and everything that was great about them.

[Ted]

I missed this one too. Definitely a period piece!

I'll have to upload on of my older pieces, also recorded in a "real" studio.

[hardlock]

Nice work!  Really speaks for the era!

[fenderbender]

bringin on back the good times 
great recording from the glorious past --
very very pro sounding
ahhh if only ---
but your a happier man now Im sure

[Gu Djin]

Musically I sort of missed the eighties, you know work, traveling and more work etc..  (I missed a lot of the nineties as well)  So basically they're a new experience for me when I hear them. 

Can't say it's the most melodic thing I've heard from you, but it has a tight sound and is more than just listenable, in fact quite enjoyable.

Leigh

[Kenneth]

This is huge , right in there with what they used to play on the radio. My wife is going to love this, she loves this 80's sound. I appreciate it more now than I used to, but still listen in short spells.

In the 80's I stayed away from this sound and went on to the Rush, Bon Jovi, AC DC, Coney Hatch, Kick Axe, you know,...hard rock / metal type bands. Looking back, I have to shake my head... I mean what kind of song is " Heavy Metal Shuffle" anyways! lol  

Your guitar work reminds me of some of the stuff Edge was doing back then too.

As time moves on, I really appreciate some of the 80's music more than I did, it's a sort of time machine.
This really captures the time period, you guys were good! Well done, thanks for the listen.
Leigh, I recommend you try to catch up on what you missed out on, there's some amazing stuff back there!

[tom r]

The guitar and the vocals on the chorus is very Killing Joke (were they and influence?) Acvtually the bass is also KJ Great

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[Ferryman_1957]

Thanks guys, and Tom you guessed it, KJ were a huge influence, as were Bauhaus and early Simple Minds. Ken, you also got the Edge influence - Boy is my favourite U2 album of all time and Edge's sound and playing on that album were a huge influence. I used to use the Memory Man for my echo effect (just like the edge).

And if you want an amusing story about me and U2, check this thread:

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=9901.0

Cheers,

Nigel