You know I never found out who sang "young folks" but I always assumed it was either B&S or Pet Shop Boys by the sound of it.
But this is a unique type of one-hit wonder and I think their ought to be a name set aside for them. Maybe its just me but young folks can go along with the rest of those slightly barren feeling songs such as:
America - Horse with no Name
Geggy Tah - Whoever you are
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Dinner
Poe - Angry Johnny
I think so often with those computer generated sounds, bands aren't trying to sound personal. And then when you have this robotic sound coupled with sentimentality, it creates some odd void.
I don't know, to me in some odd way I feel its like Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, where you have this monster questioning what he is. Soulless, with no ability to feel affection, and trying to reconcile everything he's going through...I don't know that sounds crazy.
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