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Getting the Police or the Smiths back together would be something!

Split Enz would be cool!  One Step Ahaead is one of my favorite songs of the era.
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The Police and The Smiths would be most excellent for a reunion.  Especially The Smiths, but that's about as likely as a Beatles reunion at this point.  Where has Morrissey been keeping himself these days?  I heard the latest Johnny Marr CD.  It stinks!

Oh, yeah, I LOVE "One Step Ahead."  I remember the video on MTV.  I just burned my copy of "Waiata" (aka "Corroboree") onto CD-R.  "Waiata" didn't get the critical acclaim of "Mental Notes" or "True Colours," but it has a lot of sentimental value to me, as does "Conflicting Emotions."

When is A Flock of Seagulls gonna be on VH1?

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The Police and The Smiths would be most excellent for a reunion.  Especially The Smiths, but that's about as likely as a Beatles reunion at this point.  Where has Morrissey been keeping himself these days?  I heard the latest Johnny Marr CD.  It stinks!

Oh, yeah, I LOVE "One Step Ahead."  I remember the video on MTV.  I just burned my copy of "Waiata" (aka "Corroboree") onto CD-R.  "Waiata" didn't get the critical acclaim of "Mental Notes" or "True Colours," but it has a lot of sentimental value to me, as does "Conflicting Emotions."

When is A Flock of Seagulls gonna be on VH1?
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(ie, Steve Perry with Journey or Dennis de Young with Styx)
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These would be great reunions.  Unfortunately, it probably won't happen. :-/

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Well since Duran Duran already has reunited. I would like to see Poison, Culture Club and Prince and the Revolution.
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Same here. I'd also like to see The Simths back together,too. :D

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The Police and The Smiths would be most excellent for a reunion.  Especially The Smiths, but that's about as likely as a Beatles reunion at this point.  Where has Morrissey been keeping himself these days?  I heard the latest Johnny Marr CD.  It stinks!
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I would LOVE to see The Smiths reunite, but I've heard conflicting stories of whether Morrissey and Johnny Marr are even on speaking terms! I wouldn't imagine that Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke would be since they sued him and Johnny for royalties, and I don't think Moz has paid them.

Morrissey will FINALLY be making a comeback this April with his new album, You Are The Quarry. I can't wait!! As long as it's not another Southpaw Grammar or Maladjusted, I'll be happy. But it's not supposed to be. I don't think I've heard any Johnny Marr + the Healers. Electronic (his previous project) wasn't bad, though, was it?

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How about the bands that had One-Hit Wonders? I would like to see those come back. :D


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KajaGooGoo!! With Limahl!! (OK, I realise they weren't a "one hit wonder" in the UK, but unfortunately they were in North America. They have other good songs that didn't make it this way.)

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I would LOVE to see The Smiths reunite, but I've heard conflicting stories of whether Morrissey and Johnny Marr are even on speaking terms! I wouldn't imagine that Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke would be since they sued him and Johnny for royalties, and I don't think Moz has paid them.

Morrissey will FINALLY be making a comeback this April with his new album, You Are The Quarry. I can't wait!! As long as it's not another Southpaw Grammar or Maladjusted, I'll be happy. But it's not supposed to be. I don't think I've heard any Johnny Marr + the Healers. Electronic (his previous project) wasn't bad, though, was it?

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Did the court order Moz to pay up?, or is the case in some drawn out appeals process?
I hope the new Morrissey will be another "Viva Hate" or "Your Arsenal"! :D  I agree, "Maladjusted" and "Vauxhall and I" were completely lackluster. "Southpaw Grammar" was a bit better because he was experimenting with longer song structures, but the material was not very remarkable.  "World of Morrissey" and "My Early Burglary Years" had some great songs, though.
The problem with Johnny Marr + The Healers is that it's dull-average rock.  What happened to the gift for great guitar licks he exhibited on the The Smiths songs?  Maybe he spent all his creativity before he was 30.  Happens a lot in pop music.  
Electronic was Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner.  I think Neil Tennant was involved at some point.  I found the music pleasant but forgettable.

A Kajagoogoo reunion would be a big success, but I think the lads are still arguing over petty grievances.  I read some letter Limahl wrote to his local newspaper, commenting on some of the issues.  I believe it's on one of the Kajagoogoo pages.

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KajaGooGoo!! With Limahl!! (OK, I realise they weren't a "one hit wonder" in the UK, but unfortunately they were in North America. They have other good songs that didn't make it this way.)

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I believe that Kajagoogoo is one of the bands that are reuniting..don't know if Limahl will be there though.
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I was just thinking, Kajagoogoo were as popular as Duran Duran for about half of 1983!  To this day the big K, with their one hit, is more familiar to Americans than other bands of the same time who had many more hits in the UK and elsewhere, such as Ultravox, OMD, or Aztec Camera.  Who could forget such a zany name and Limahl's crazy hair-do?  "Too Shy" was an awesome song.  It deserved to rise higher in the charts than #5, but in the summer of '83, nobody could compete with The Police, Michael Jackson, and the theme from "Flashdance"!
Anyway, "Turn Your Back On Me" should have gone Top 40 here, but it didn't.  Limahl's "Neverending Story" did quite well a couple of years later. :D

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Journey with Steve Perry would be nice, but the last I heard his voice was fried and he only had about half the range anymore.

Men at Work would be interesting.

How about A-Ha?

Trio who made the song Da Da Da
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Steve Perry also has some kind of chronic illness, it's not MS, but something like it.
Men At Work could make a fast clean up with a reunion tour.  One of their members lives in the States and is in a weird religious cult.  He was in the news five or six years ago, for what I can't remember.  
A-Ha would still draw big crowds in Europe and Latin America.  They were big, but not nearly as big, in the U.S.
Trio?  They could go on tour with Right Said Fred.

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I know I got a little veclempt when they got all of Berlin together and they were so happy and let go of all their garbage.
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What time (ET) is this program on?  I'll tune in for Romeo Void, Frankie, and Kajagoogoo (what's the Kajagoogoo line-up?), but the one I'm really psyched for is
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imho, I just can't enjoy groups reuniting. Sorry to rain on your parades, and yes, I'm a nut, but I liked the groups when they were originally happening.  Seeing them again years later just isn't the same for me, even if they sound decent. For eg. the Eagles did a concert about a year ago and though they were old fogies, sounded smooth and flawless....boring.

What I wish for are chrystal clear redigitized music and videos from every group imaginable for my tv.  Just leave the tv on in place of a stereo and have the groups doing their songs at the real time they originally did them.  that would be great for parties on 50 inch big screens.  When the artists were young, they were just more raw and powerful and better looking.  I remember a quote from John Lennon when asked if the Beatles would ever get back together again.  He said, "Who'ed want to see a bunch of 50 year old croaking Beatles?"    
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my favorites would be haircut one hundred, big country, glass tiger ,dead or alive,naked eyes,musical youth,and bow wow wow
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I would love to see Big Country reunite too. Unfortunately,
Stuart Adamson commited suicide.  :'( Big Country never broke up. They still were putting music out in the '00s.

Loved the Berlin episode. Terri Nunn looked awesome.

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Other groups I would like to see reunite would be The Fixx, The Cure, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, and the whole lineup of Reo Speedwagon ( it's about time that Kevin and Gary made up once and for all!)
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I think The Cure are still together in one form or another, aren't they? I haven't heard anything since Bloodflowers a few years ago...

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...and the whole lineup of Reo Speedwagon ( it's about time that Kevin and Gary made up once and for all!)
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REO can't reunite, they never broke up :}  They continue to play to thousands of fans night after night year after year.

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REO can't reunite, they never broke up :}  They continue to play to thousands of fans night after night year after year.
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8) 8) 8)Well the Everly brothers reunited the year i graduated from high school---that's my favorite1Cheers!
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Which original lineup? With Vince Clarke back or Alan Wilder? Alan seems to have made it perfectly clear that he wants nothing more to do with Depeche Mode (he refused to do commentary on the 101 DVD) and is quite happy working on his own little project, Recoil. I think he prefers to be more behind the scenes. Vince will never return, I doubt. Erasure are still together, and Andy Bell might throw a hissy fit. ;)

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As with Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke won't return to Yaz/Yazoo, because Erasure are still together, and Alison Moyet still has a solo career. Andy Bell might also get jealous. ;)

...But we can all dream right? Maybe for their 25th anniversary next year, Depeche Mode will reunite all five of them with Erasure and Recoil as opening acts!! That would be interesting...

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As with Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke won't return to Yaz/Yazoo, because Erasure are still together, and Alison Moyet still has a solo career. Andy Bell might also get jealous. ;)

...But we can all dream right? Maybe for their 25th anniversary next year, Depeche Mode will reunite all five of them with Erasure and Recoil as opening acts!! That would be interesting...

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Alison Moyet has (present tense) a solo career?  I haven't heard anything from her in a stretch!  I liked some of her solo songs a lot, but not as much as Yazoo.  I prefer Yazoo.  They changed the name to avoid conflict in America.  There was another group using the name at the time.  They took the name from the legendary and most excellent roots blues label "Yazoo Records," which was named after the Yazoo River in Mississippi, where there is alos Yazoo City.
My favorite Erasure record is still "Wonderland," because it's the most Yazoo-like.  As their career prgressed, Andy Bell's persona overtook all the music.  They found their niche market and milked it for all they could.  Still, I liked "The Circus" almost as much as "Wonderland."  The other two Erasure albums I really liked were "I Say I Say I Say" (produced by Martyn Ware!), and the self-titled album, featuring the wonderful ballad, "Rock Me Gently."
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I saw the Klymaxx reunion last night.That one lady was wrong in trademarking the name and bringing in new singers to sing those songs.The originals will always RULE.
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I think The Cure are still together in one form or another, aren't they? I haven't heard anything since Bloodflowers a few years ago...

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They were on a concert tour for a program called "Trilogy" which was where they played all the songs from Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers in one long show. It's available on DVD.

They're also playing Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on May 2 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. I also understand they're working on a new album.

Since every Cure album for the past 20 years has been followed by some comment by Robert that it will be their 'last album' I've learned to ignore him when he says that and simply await the new one!  :o

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I wonder how Don Everly liked having Axl Rose for a son-in-law in the late 80's? ;D :D

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??? ???Well it was brief at least,and no kids either.Cheers!

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??? ???Well it was brief at least,and no kids either.Cheers!
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Hey Bird Dog!  Axl Rose was Don Everly's son-in-law?  The juxtaposition is too funny!  Who is Don Everly's daughter?
The difference between Axl and Don is one had a hit song banned in Boston, one didn't.  Guess which one did.

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Hey Bird Dog!  Axl Rose was Don Everly's son-in-law?  The juxtaposition is too funny!  Who is Don Everly's daughter?
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Axl Rose was very briefly married to Don Everly's daughter Erin in the late 80's; he wrote the song "Sweet Child O Mine" for her.  As for who had a hit song banned in Boston, I'm going to guess it was Axl, although that might be the too obvious choice.End Quote

The Everly Brothers hit "Wake Up Little Suzie"* was banned in Boston in 1957.  In an egregious case of censorship, the Boston bluenoses objected to the implications of an unwed teenage couple spending the night together.  The lyrics about a panicked teenage couple who innocently fell asleep at the drive-in, and woke up to find themselves without an alibi.  To wit, "What are gonna tell your mama, what are we gonna tell your pa, what are we gonna tell our friends when they say 'ooh la la!'"  That's why I found it ironic that Don Everly's daughter  married the lascivious Axl Rose.
*written by Bedleux & Felix Bryant, also covered by Simon & Garfunkel.

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Did you mean "Limahl"?

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In case you missed it, Kajagoogoo did reunite on the VH1 show Monday night.  Limahl was indeed there.  They buried the hatchet and the whole band seemed to enjoy themselves.  Limahl's voice sounded good, but a little deeper than it did 20 years ago.  Overall, it was a pretty cool thing.

Now if they could just get Prince & The Revolution back together...
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Saw Kajagoogoo reunited, couldn't even listen to them, was too busy studying Amal as if he were a lab rat. No offence to anyone who likes them, but imo, a little makeover work for Amal would have gone a long way.
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Saw Kajagoogoo reunited, couldn't even listen to them, was too busy studying Amal as if he were a lab rat. No offence to anyone who likes them, but imo, a little makeover work for Amal would have gone a long way.
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I would like to see Tears For Fears get back together
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Tears For Fears have reunited.

Check www.arista.com and look for their new song "Closest Thing To Heaven". Their new album "Everyone Loves A Happy Ending" is coming out in April.

The new song sounds like a mix of "Mother's Talk" and "Sowing The Seeds Of Love". Don't get me wrong though, it's great.

I would love to see a tour with TFF and Duran Duran. I could then die in peace.

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I would love to see a tour with TFF and Duran Duran. I could then die in peace.


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@Absolutely Vile:   Yep, you're right.  Alan Wilder refused to participate in the interviewing process of the 101 DVD (2003).  Which honestly, I thought was strange...especially since he participated in the Singles 86/98 DVD interviews.
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But the Singles 86>98 DVD was released a few years ago. Plenty of time for Alan to change his mind about whether he wants anything more to do with Depeche Mode or not. Personally I think it's rather selfish to completely discredit 13 years of your career (not to mention the high point of it). Alan should embrace his time with Depeche Mode, not forget about it! I mean, I can understand wanting to move on, but seriously...without Depeche Mode, where would he be?

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The Everly Brothers hit "Wake Up Little Suzie"* was banned in Boston in 1957.  In an egregious case of censorship, the Boston bluenoses objected to the implications of an unwed teenage couple spending the night together.  The lyrics about a panicked teenage couple who innocently fell asleep at the drive-in, and woke up to find themselves without an alibi.  To wit, "What are gonna tell your mama, what are we gonna tell your pa, what are we gonna tell our friends when they say 'ooh la la!'"  That's why I found it ironic that Don Everly's daughter  married the lascivious Axl Rose.
*written by Bedleux & Felix Bryant, also covered by Simon & Garfunkel.

bj26 wrote:Saw Kajagoogoo reunited, couldn't even listen to them, was too busy studying Amal as if he were a lab rat. No offence to anyone who likes them, but imo, a little makeover work for Amal would have gone a long way. Did you mean "Limahl"?

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:o :oThe funny thing is that it was felice bryant who was responsible for the final version of "Wake up little suzie".Boudleaux wanted the song to have more amorous content,but his wife objected.I'd like to see his version of the song,as he wanted to write it ;) ;)Cheers!

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I'd love for The Time to reunite, but I wonder if Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis would consider that beneath them now, as they are successful producers.

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That would be great to see Commodores reunited with Walter Orange. ;D


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Here is the schedule for VH1's "Bands Reunited" episodes for anyone who's interested:
Mon Jan 19 - Berlin
Tues Jan 20 - Romeo Void
Wed Jan 21 - A Flock of Seagulls
Thurs Jan 22 - Klymaxx
Fri Jan 23 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Mon Jan 26 - Kajagoogoo
Tues Jan 27 - Extreme
Wed Jan 28 - Dramarama
Thurs Jan 29 - The Alarm
Fri Jan 30 - Squeeze
I think it's neat the way they show the whole process of actually tracking down the group members and trying to talk them into doing the reunion as well as the actual performances themselves.

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They reunited Squeeze.

Whoa... that was one cool group.  Many great tunes, although Tempted was their main big hit.

I missed the January 30th showing.  Gotta catch the rerun!

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They reunited Squeeze.

Whoa... that was one cool group.  Many great tunes, although Tempted was their main big hit.

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Just saw the show last night, NO they didn't reunite Squeeze!
All the members agreed (somewhat reluctantly) and then when it came time, they all bailed, one by one.
Obviously they have a lot of bad blood still flowing..
I was really pi**ed off that VH1 spent a half hour, getting us all pumped up for them getting together, and then just after the third commercial break, they downplay the whole thing and that it wasn't going to happen. >:(

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Just saw the show last night, NO they didn't reunite Squeeze!
All the members agreed (somewhat reluctantly) and then when it came time, they all bailed, one by one.
Obviously they have a lot of bad blood still flowing..
I was really pi**ed off that VH1 spent a half hour, getting us all pumped up for them getting together, and then just after the third commercial break, they downplay the whole thing and that it wasn't going to happen. >:(
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8)I think you just summed up what a lot of people think about VH-1's programming.cheers!

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The Smiths   :'(



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That would be so cool! :)

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I'd like to see one of the "grandaddies" of new wave bands come back together: The Talking Heads!
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They briefly reunited for the "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" ceremony, which they were inducted, about two years ago. They were great.  :D