[Integrated Post] Those classic orchestras that have crossed the ages in "Sing Street"

As a former bassist of the orchestra, coupled with the amazing music in the two previous music films "Once" and "Begin Again", director John Carney's musical taste has long been beyond doubt. In his latest work "Sing Street" this time, he borrowed from the hero's brother to introduce a lot of bands that were not in the limelight in the 1980s.

Duran Duran,

everyone may still remember that the male protagonist was asked about the scene of Duran Duran at the home of his all-round instrumental musician. This band formed in Birmingham, England in 1978. The name of the band is taken from Roger Vadim's best-selling science fiction novel "Barbarella". The handsome appearance and gorgeous and exquisite MTV made them the darlings of the media, and the band became an important member of the new romantic movement in the early 1980s. Speaking of, the MV of "The Model's Mystery" in "Sing Street" really has Duran Duran's style.

The band's eponymous album "Duran Duran" released in 1993 is their most outstanding album. The song styles are diverse, either satirizing the media ("Too Much Information"), or reflecting the dark side of society ("Sing of the City"). The album has sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide, and the single "Ordinary World" has not only reached the top of the charts in various countries, but also the band's best work.


The Cure

When the male protagonist’s brother explained to him the meaning of Happy-sad, he threw him a The Cure album. It is the typical style of The Cure to express sad themes with seemingly joyous music. Their works have various themes, including "Killing an Arab" inspired by Camus's novel "The Outsider", and inspired by Kafka's short story of the same name. "At Night" written by. In their songs, they reveal the darkness, pain and sorrow of people's hearts.

The band's first album "Three Imaginary Boys" and their early singles are considered part of the punk rock revolution, and in the 1980s, the band's musical themes tended to be dark and painful. After the "Pomography" album was released in 1982, the core character Robert Smith began to inject pop elements into the music, which made the band's popularity grow day by day. Robert often shows people with messy hair, pale face, smeared lipstick, and the band was translated by Polygram (Taiwan) Records as "Weirdo Choir" in the 1990s. At that time, they had become the most popular alternative rock band in the world.


Motörhead

Motörhead is also one of the bands mentioned in the movie. This band is often regarded as one of the pioneers or members of the new wave of British heavy metal from the 1970s to the 1980s. Their lyrics cover topics such as war, good and evil, abuse of power, drug abuse, and gambling, and the group name is taken from amphetamine addicts. Artist Joe Petagno created the orchestra logo composed of wild boar fangs, chains and horn nails for the album cover of the orchestra in 1977, and its variants have appeared frequently in subsequent albums.

Mototou's most successful work is undoubtedly the live album "No Sleep'Til Hammersmith", which topped the UK charts on June 27, 1981, and established Mototou's status as a top-notch band. Their live performances are even more contagious.


The Jam

also used the song of The Jam as an interlude. This rock and punk band from Surrey, England, was formed in 1972 and disbanded ten years later. In the ten years that the orchestra has been active, they have been regarded as a symbol of Mod Moss culture. Among the songs they composed, three of the songs they wrote became the champions of the British chart, namely "Going Underground", "A Town Called Police" and "Best Surrender" .

Their MV really has a sense of time.

Since
The Police

mentioned The Jam, I have to talk about The Police. From the 1970s to the 1980s, in the increasingly hustle and bustle of European and American pop music, the police band emerged with its melodic full rock style, and it was popular with fans who still cherished the memory of The Beatles. The Police is also the singer of the "Sing Street" theme song "Go Now", Adam's favorite band in the 1980s, the home of Maroon 5.

The name The Police originated from a joke that everyone made to the musician Copeland as the father of a policeman, but it was magically used. In their works, there are narrative folk songs and Jamaican music elements. Even if they returned in 1983 after disappearing a year later, they still won the Grammy Award for "Every Breathe You Take".

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Yesterday I went to the theater for the second brush, and found a lot of fish that slipped through the net. But it's hard to remember, so I can only integrate so much for the time being.

Welcome everyone to continue to complete~

(Originally published in Orange News: http://www.orangenews.hk/culture/system/2016/06/30/010036757.shtml , there are videos of each band's tracks~)

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