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Originally Posted by Marie Monday
Lack of melody is not a feature of post punk. It is often a feature of Gang of Four, at least when it comes to the vocals (the guitars are sharp and clear and can be melodic I think). But like Bat said they still have plenty of hooks, in the case of Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time it's mostly the incredible dynamic between percussion, guitar and vocals. It's full of really powerful memorable moments, especially the bit around 0:35 lives in my mind rent free. And this just happens to be my favourite, but other GoF songs are even catchier.
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Curious, it was in my mind, but doing a bit of googling, post-punk bands include the Talking heads and The Cure?? Which are indeed full of melody.
Goes to show how little I know about music. :/
Anyways, different strokes re:GoF catchiness.