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Slapp Happy – A Little Something
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Hamburg, Germany (1972 – 1975)
Their early sound was a quirky, cabaret-inflected pop-rock with witty, literate lyrics from Blegvad. Their first two albums featured members of Faust in the backing band, although the second was later re-recorded with session musicians for Virgin records.
By 1975, they had been interleaved with the British avant-rock group Henry Cow, a union that produced two important works: a theatrical, Kurt Weill-esque set of songs entitled Desperate Straights and a much more daunting and avant-garde set entitled In Praise Of Learning.
That would be the end of the Slapp Happy story, but the band have had fitful reunions ever since, sometimes just for the odd single, but often for major projects (the 1991 television opera Camera and the 1998 studio album Ça Va, for example).
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Acnalbasac Noom
7,704 listeners8 tracks
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Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights
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Casablanca Moon
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Sort Of
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LaxATivvz
Dagmar is the best female rock singer that has ever existed [5]
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combost
My favourite "CA VA"
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tidawilson
Dagmar is the best female rock singer that has ever existed [4] fuck yeah?
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Kjetsaa
Dagmar is the best female rock singer that has ever existed [3] Of course.
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Banoony
dagmar is the best female rock singer that has ever existed [2]
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Victormene
this band is fucking awesome, dagmar is the best female rock singer that has ever existed.
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TullDerGraff
DRINKIN' CUPSA COFFEE AND THE OCCASIONAL BEEAH
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Banoony
but acnalbasac noom/casablanca moon and desperate straights sure are masterpieces
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Banoony
nah they're not my favourite band
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Banoony
i didn't even notice
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Banoony
so i guess these guys are my favourite band huh
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Banoony
i just wanna say that desperate straights is the greatest album of all time
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ChatTypeman
I'm starting with Sort Of... and enjoying the shit out of it. Looks like I'm in for a treat checking out their subsequent albums.
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faustandkluster
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Sosen
am i like the only person who thinks Casablanca Moon > Acnalbasac Noom? [2]
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Akayz7
wow.. never heard pop music like this. It's awesome.
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mewithothers
I've been listening to 'Dawn' every day for a couple of months now. It's my ringtone. I can't get it out of my head. Jesus Christ.
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Banoony
am i like the only person who thinks Casablanca Moon > Acnalbasac Noom?
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Lobotomy77
Wasn't expecting this to be so good
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arlaqin
o and they're brilliant with and -especially- without faust: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTtKAn_0RdU
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