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Old 10-16-2017, 07:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Why a song Golden Brown didn't crack America?
I always wondered why this MASTERPIECE of the 80's was a very big hit all over Europe, but it failed to even chart in the USA.

What was a problem?


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Old 10-16-2017, 12:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Love this song.
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Old 10-16-2017, 01:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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'Cause America doesn't open its crack to just any song.
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They probably thought it was a song about scat or something...
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Beautiful song.

America in the 80's? Do you really have to ask?
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Old 10-17-2017, 07:50 AM   #6 (permalink)
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The musical arrangement makes it sound very European. Maybe that's why. Americans only like America.
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They probably thought it was racist.
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Old 10-17-2017, 02:45 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Perhaps oddly, I prefer my Stranglers with more of a punk edge to them:

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Old 10-17-2017, 04:35 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Maybe "Golden Brown" was just half-baked.
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Maybe "Golden Brown" was just half-baked.
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