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Book Of Love are a synth pop group formed in Philadelphia in 1984 by art school students Ted Ottaviano, Susan Ottaviano, Jade Lee, and Lauren Roselli. (Although Ted & Susan share the same last name they are not related to each another.)
They had several big club/dance hits throughout the 80’s and early 90’s, including “I Touch Roses”, “Boy”, “You Make Me Feel So Good”, “Modigliani”, “Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls”, “Lullaby”, “Witchcraft”, “Alice Everyday”, and “Boy Pop.” Their single “Sunny Day” appeared in the film “Silence of the Lambs”, which group member Lauren Roselli also appears in.
A best-of collection (“I Touch Roses: The Best of Book Of Love”) was released in 2003 with a few new songs, and a new Peter Rauhofer remix of “Boy” that hit the dance charts.
Ted and Lauren have released music recently with their new project called The Myrmidons. Ted has also done production work for NYC-based duo Dangerous Muse.
They had several big club/dance hits throughout the 80’s and early 90’s, including “I Touch Roses”, “Boy”, “You Make Me Feel So Good”, “Modigliani”, “Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls”, “Lullaby”, “Witchcraft”, “Alice Everyday”, and “Boy Pop.” Their single “Sunny Day” appeared in the film “Silence of the Lambs”, which group member Lauren Roselli also appears in.
A best-of collection (“I Touch Roses: The Best of Book Of Love”) was released in 2003 with a few new songs, and a new Peter Rauhofer remix of “Boy” that hit the dance charts.
Ted and Lauren have released music recently with their new project called The Myrmidons. Ted has also done production work for NYC-based duo Dangerous Muse.
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TheDustinRose wrote:
I <3 Book of Love
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doctorjmo wrote:
i was soooooooooooooooo young!!
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Jayme26 wrote:
I love this album!
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ReadWatchHear wrote:
I WANNA BE WHERE THE BOYS ARE - BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED. My chain of discovery is probably not as epic as some, but noteworthy: "Clap (See the Stars) by The Myrmidons was featured on Grey's Anatomy a month or so ago. After finally hunting that down, I explored the rest of the Myrmidon discography (which I wish was more expansive!). I'm just now moving onto Book of Love as of 3:00 AM this morning. Needless to say, I am fortunate that my poor taste in television has led me to this fantastic art rock band. Ah, clouds with silver linings!
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nuuuk wrote:
Here's a video collage I put together from the concert in NYC. http://vimeo.com/6796635
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pagliacciclown wrote:
Fantastic show last night! Well worth my trip from Chicago... Even with all the technical difficulties they had, it was still an amazing set and they sounded perfect and seemed very happy to be there! Got one of Susan's roses... I am gleaming! Here is what they played: Enchantra (intro) / Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes) / Still Angry / Happy Day / Die Matrosen / Lost Souls / You Make Me Feel So Good / I Touch Roses / Boy // Tubular Bells / Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls. Here's for more shows... if not, I couldn't be a happier boy than I am that I got to experience this one. :)
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calebesque wrote:
Every album they released was a treasure.
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YesMother wrote:
Nice music.
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Lesscities wrote:
got the 12" vinyl of I touch roses...Absolute great stuff!
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accidentcauser wrote:
I wanna be where the boys are but i'm not allowed.
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JTaylors1stgirl wrote:
~ I'm not a boy ~
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tikilab wrote:
I am a witch and a queen
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supertruper wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/group/superMARIUSZtruper+i+znajomi
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miskhievous wrote:
oh how I adore this band
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Ferris_Bueller wrote:
White Lies
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HPH wrote:
This band is cute.
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ftresierra wrote:
lovely american band...
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HaloModeD wrote:
...And 'Yellow Sky.'
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HaloModeD wrote:
'Enchanted' is my favorite.
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strangelove88 wrote:
so underrated. love them.
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amandaladkins, RadioNine, Its_My_life333 and 1 other person added Book of Love to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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Polsck tagged Book of Love with american, electronic, synthpop and one other tag. Sunday morning
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cretinbob, happyheathen63, darq-xtin and 16 other people added Book of Love to their libraries. Friday evening
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motionmedia tagged Book of Love with book of love, synth pop, 80s and 2 other tags. last month
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pagliacciclown wrote about Book of Love – Boy in Whiskey Wednesday @ Risque Cafe - 01/27/10. last month
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pagliacciclown wrote about Book of Love – Boy in Whiskey Wednesday @ Risque Cafe - 01/27/10. last month
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pagliacciclown wrote about Book of Love – Tubular Bells in Black Planet @ Fiesta Cantina - 01/20/10. last month
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