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Certain Songs #70: The Blow Monkeys – “Forbidden Fruit”

January 10, 2015 by Jim Connelly

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Album: Animal Magic
Year: 1985

It will probably not surprise anybody when I confess that I’ve never been a big fan of U.K.-based blue-eyed dude soul singers. So you’re not ever going to find anything from Spandau Ballet, Simply Red, Style Council, Sam Smith etc. in this project. I know that all of these folks can sing and stuff, but it’s just not my scene.

Then, on the other hand, there is “Forbidden Fruit,” which is one of my favorite songs from the 1980s.  "Forbidden Fruit" features all of the things I dislike about the genre: overstuffed string-filled production, too-smooth guitars, tons of backing vocalists and a lead singer who knows exactly how good he sounds and can’t get enough of it.

But that horn line. Right? Oh. My. God. That horn line, slowly unfolding out towards heaven, where Otis Redding probably heard it and thought “damn, dawg, why didn’t I come up with that?”

If it was just that horn line, dayenu, but then there is this utterly gorgeous and perfect chorus, 

Do you know what I saw today?
A man blow himself away, over youuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!

In the mid-1980s, I probably sang that in my car and/or wrote it in my journal approximately  574,365,985,854 times as I skidded myself through various crushes and relationships.

“Forbidden Fruit” music video

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: animal magic, Blow Monkeys, forbidden fruit

24 Musical Moments To Die For, Part 2

August 29, 2008 by Jim Connelly

NOTE: Because of a godsdammed bug between Flash and Firefox for Windows, I’ve had to break this up into two parts in order for the players to work for those with that particular configuration. Stupid internets.

[Read more…] about 24 Musical Moments To Die For, Part 2

Filed Under: Music, That's What I Like Tagged With: Blow Monkeys, Cat Heads, Drive-by Truckers, Guided by Voices, Individuals, Jason Isbell, John Lennon, Lloyd Cole, Miss Alans, New Order, Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Ringo Starr, Robert Pollard, Temptations, The Beatles, The Jam, Yo La Tengo

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  • Certain Songs #2581: Supertramp – “The Logical Song”
  • Certain Songs #2580: Supertramp – “Even in the Quietest Moments”
  • Certain Songs #2579: Supertramp – “Bloody Well Right”
  • Certain Songs #2578: Supergrass – “Sun Hits The Sky”

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