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[Seraphis Cain]

I had no idea up until a couple of days ago that Ricky Gervais was in a new wave group back in the 80's. And now having heard them...damn, they were actually pretty good. And holy shit, Gervais looked almost exactly like David Bowie. Check it out:

Seona Dancing - Bitter Heart
Seona Dancing - More to Lose

Sadly they didn't have too much output. But man, they were actually pretty good. Say I wanted to hear more stuff like this. What should I look for?

Also, hi David Bowie...er, I mean Ricky Gervais.

 

[Salazar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=634TC7Feku4

Can't top Brent's poetry :lol

 

[Technosteve]

doppleganger for bowie

 

[brianjones]

lol awesome

 

[Buckethead]

Gervais should you know... work out.
He'd probably look good if he did.

 

[i_am_ben]

freelove freeway is amazing.

 

[brianjones]

Gervais should you know... work out.
He'd probably look good if her did.

great contribution

 

[BertramCooper]

Good.

But this is so much better.

 

[Buckethead]

great contribution

:lol

I'm serious.

Look at uhh... what's his face... Seth Rogen.
He lost some weight and got leading roles.

Gervais can handle dramatic roles and more challenging roles. He just needs to slim up.

And yeah it came out badly but that was my roundabout way of saying he'd be attractive or whatever as an older dude if he trimmed down.

 

[Salazar]

:lol

I'm serious.

Look at uhh... what's his face... Seth Rogen.
He lost some weight and got leading roles.

Gervais can handle dramatic roles and more challenging roles. He just needs to slim up.

You're a dick. Besides, Gervais does work out. He's lost a heap of weight.

 

[Buckethead]

You're a dick. Besides, Gervais does work out. He's lost a heap of weight.

You honestly think Seth Rogen got Green Hornet purely off his ability?
Hollywood is a vain industry my friend, I don't see how that makes me a dick.

 

[brianjones]

:lol

I'm serious.

Look at uhh... what's his face... Seth Rogen.
He lost some weight and got leading roles.

Gervais can handle dramatic roles and more challenging roles. He just needs to slim up.

And yeah it came out badly but that was my roundabout way of saying he'd be attractive or whatever as an older dude if he trimmed down.

what does this have to do with the topic? who cares

 

[markot]

:lol

I'm serious.

Look at uhh... what's his face... Seth Rogen.
He lost some weight and got leading roles.

Gervais can handle dramatic roles and more challenging roles. He just needs to slim up.

And yeah it came out badly but that was my roundabout way of saying he'd be attractive or whatever as an older dude if he trimmed down.

 

[Salazar]

You honestly think Seth Rogen got Green Hornet purely off his ability?
Hollywood is a vain industry my friend, I don't see how that makes me a dick.

:lol at the idea that being in Green Hornet is an enviable role.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Sounds derivative of better bands of the day like ABC and Psychedelic Furs.

Say I wanted to hear more stuff like this. What should I look for?

Spandau Ballet
ABC
Psychedelic Furs
Human League

 

[Buckethead]

http://www.rickygervais.com/images/tsott_140910

Nice he's looking good. Didn't know that.

Anyway I dig the tunes it's a little Cure, a little Bowie, can't quite put my finger on all the influences but I like it.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Nice he's looking good. Didn't know that.

Anyway I dig the tunes it's a little Cure, a little Bowie, can't quite put my finger on all the influences but I like it.

Sounds like there's a bit of Gary Numan in there too.

 

[akachan ningen]

:lol

I'm serious.

Look at uhh... what's his face... Seth Rogen.
He lost some weight and got leading roles.

Gervais can handle dramatic roles and more challenging roles. He just needs to slim up.

And yeah it came out badly but that was my roundabout way of saying he'd be attractive or whatever as an older dude if he trimmed down.

He got leading roles when he was still fat. Hollywood isn't nearly so vain when it comes to male actors. The only reason Gervais isn't getting more hollywood movies is because his comedy isn't that popular here.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

They sound like 80's Ultravox and The The(The The is soooooo much better).

 

[ToxicAdam]

They sound like 80's Ultravox and The The(The The is soooooo much better).

Yea, I forgot about The The. They never really made it over in the States. I didn't hear their album Soul Mining until 1992, almost a decade after it's release.


Here's a song from that album called Giant. It almost reminds me of a precursor to NIN.

 

[mattiewheels]

Pfft, everbody looked like David Bowie in the 80's.

The great part about watching those videos is hearing Ricky's amazing laugh in my head, as he'd probably laugh himself silly watching them.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Seraphis, if you listen to The The and the album soul mining, the first two songs should definitely be This is the day and Uncertain Smile.

 

[-COOLIO-]

You're a dick. Besides, Gervais does work out. He's lost a heap of weight.

what he said actually sounded like a compliment to me.

look at it this way, largeness to an extent is on the whole considered to be an unattractive quality. he was simply saying that gervais would be a good looking dude if he lost the weight. basically hes seeing that he has a good face.

 

[Get'sMad]

Seraphis, if you listen to The The and the album soul mining, the first two songs should definitely be This is the day and Uncertain Smile.

was listening to this earlier tonight. actually. This is the Day is such a great song.

Dusk is probably my favorite The The album just because of Johnny Marr's incredible guitar work (and unfortunately the only good post Smiths thing he ever did ).

 

[Spire]

Good.

But this is so much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBsE4ICwivA

Those two songs are the only ones on my ipod.

 

[brianjones]

This is the Day is such a great song.

those commercials have tried their best to ruin that song for me

 

[charsace]

Yeah always surprised when I see 80s pics of him. Shouldn't be surprising since he is talented.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

those commercials have tried their best to ruin that song for me

The Target commercials nearly ruined Tenderness for me.