If you live in the UK purchase or stream the album MAD! by Sparks by end of Thursday to help them get their best chart
placement possible.


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On 28 May 2025 at 06:02p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

If you live in the UK purchase or stream the album MAD! by Sparks by end of Thursday to help them get their best chart
placement possible.

Are they still around? That's news to me.

"Amy Pond, there's something you better understand about me 'cause it's
important, and one day your life may depend upon it. I am definitely a Mad
Man with a Blue Box."
.oO Madman with a Blue Box BBS Oo.oO madmanbbs.ddns.net Oo.

... I don't want to go!

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Sorry just seen this, however streaming right now :)

It's good, I'll get it listened to in the car tomorrow as need to go to B&Q and Halfords, well it is Saturday!!

Cheers, Dundarach, Hull, U.K.

... Top secret! Burn before reading!

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Hello Utopian Galt!

** On Wednesday 28.05.25 - 18:02, Utopian Galt wrote to All:

If you live in the UK purchase or stream the album MAD! by
Sparks by end of Thursday to help them get their best
chart placement possible.

I don't think I've ever heard of them here (North America).

Not particularly crazy about their stuff, but the song "Just a
Little Bit of Light Banter" sounded fun.

The group/duo sound a lot like another band I'm thinking of.



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BY: Gryphon (21:1/101)

|11G|09> |10Are they still around? That's news to me.|07
Yes and they got a number 2 album for their 2025 release MAD!

I wish I was there for a few more days during my holiday then I could have helped them chart there.



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|11O|09> |10I don't think I've ever heard of them here (North America).|07 |11O|09> |07
|11O|09> |10Not particularly crazy about their stuff, but the song "Just a |07 |11O|09> |10Little Bit of Light Banter" sounded fun.|07
|11O|09> |07
|11O|09> |10The group/duo sound a lot like another band I'm thinking of.|07 They are from Los Angeles, but they are more big in the UK and Germany.


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Hello Utopian Galt!

** On Saturday 31.05.25 - 00:59, Utopian Galt wrote to Ogg:

..They are from Los Angeles, but they are more big in the UK and
Germany.

My first impression was that they were UK. They seem to have a
bit of a foreign accent when they sing.

Kudos to them for having endured so long - since the 70's,
apparently.


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Re: Sparks
By: Ogg to Utopian Galt on Sat May 31 2025 04:23:00

Kudos to them for having endured so long - since the 70's,
apparently.

Look at the Stones, they've been around since the '60s, and still kickin'. How, I'll never know.
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Hello Mortar M.!

** On Saturday 31.05.25 - 23:27, Mortar M. wrote to Ogg:

Re: Sparks

Kudos to them for having endured so long - since the 70's,
apparently.

Look at the Stones, they've been around since the '60s, and still
kickin'. How, I'll never know. -+- SBBSecho 3.27-Linux

True enough. They probably sold their souls to the Devil. ;)

Jethro Tull is still maintaining a fine presence. Started in
1967. The sound still remains quite signature/distinctive.

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Re: Band Longevity
By: Ogg to Mortar M. on Sun Jun 01 2025 09:21:00

Jethro Tull is still maintaining a fine presence. Started in
1967. The sound still remains quite signature/distinctive.

Agree to disagree. While Aderson owns the rights to the name, "Jethro Tull", now that he's the only remaining original member, is it really JT anymore? As for the "signature" sound, I'd say that ever sice Ian /properly/ learned how to play the flute, he sounds pretty much like any other flute player. On the up side, he's still got that great voice.
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Mortar M. wrote to Ogg <=-

Agree to disagree. While Aderson owns the rights to the name, "Jethro Tull", now that he's the only remaining original member, is it really
JT anymore?

On the Showtime series "Roadies", which covers the life of roadies
supporting a band, they hire a band to be the opening act at one of the
shows. On the day of the show, 3 bands show up all claiming to be the
band name they hired....

I was a fan of the band Queensryche. At one point, they fired the lead
singer and his wife who was running the back office. The singer quickly
hired a band and put an album out as Queensryche. The remainder of
the band filed a cease and desist, it got tied up in court, then they
settled out of court with the proviso that the singer could finish the
tour in its entirety, then play specific songs under conditions.

While this was happening, the band hired a new lead singer and released
a different Queensryche album.

The singer changed his tour name to the Queensryche Farewell Tour,
seeing as he was saying goodbye to the name. Everyone thought the band
was retiring, forcing the band to release press conferences affirming
that they weren't retiring...

Now, That's Entertainment!


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On 31 May 2025 at 12:58a, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

BY: Gryphon (21:1/101)

Are they still around? That's news to me.

Yes and they got a number 2 album for their 2025 release MAD!

I wish I was there for a few more days during my holiday then I could
have helped them chart there.

Maybe it was a one hit wonder, but the only song of theirs I remember was Angst in my Pants. I remember getting that album as one of those columbia house record deals. In that same deal I got Michael Jackson's Thriller and Adam Ant's Friend or Foe, and several others that I can't remember.

I hope it doesn't show, it'll go away
It's just a passing phase, it'll go away
You can dress nautical, learn to tie knots
Take lots of Dramamine out on your yacht
But when you're all alone, and nothing bites
You'd wish you'd stayed at home with someone nice
But when you think you made it disappear
It comes again, hello, I'm here
And I've got angst in my pants
You can be smart as hell, know how to add
Know how to figure things on yellow pads
Answer so no one knows what you just said
But when you're all alone, you and your head
What's the computer say? It's mumbling now
It says "Hey Joe, " it's spelled it out
And you've got angst in your pants
You've got angst in your pants
But when you think you've made it disappear
You're sure you made it disappear
And you've still got angst in your pants
I hope it doesn't show, it'll go away
It's just a passing phase, it'll go away
I hope it doesn't show, it'll go away
Give it a hundred years, it won't go away
And I've got angst in my pants
I've got angst in my pants
I've got angst in my pants
I've got angst in my pants
(I've got angst in my pants)
I've got angst in my pants
(I've got angst in my pants)
I've got angst in my pants

"Amy Pond, there's something you better understand about me 'cause it's
important, and one day your life may depend upon it. I am definitely a Mad
Man with a Blue Box."
.oO Madman with a Blue Box BBS Oo.oO madmanbbs.ddns.net Oo.

... I don't want to go!

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BY: Gryphon (21:1/101)

|11G|09> |10Maybe it was a one hit wonder, but the only song of theirs I remember|07
|11G|09> |10was |07
|11G|09> |10Angst in my Pants. I remember getting that album as one of those|07 |11G|09> |10columbia house record deals. In that same deal I got Michael Jackson's|07
|11G|09> |10Thriller and Adam Ant's Friend or Foe, and several others that I can't|07
|11G|09> |10remember.|07
I am a fan of theirs from their 1994-present era.

There is various eras of Sparks

The beginning (their first 2 albums 1971-1972)

Their UK era (1974-1975) Their trillogy of Kimono/Propaganda and Indiscreet

Their Return to America (Big Beat and Introducing Sparks)

Their electro era Number 1 in heaven and pernament jive

Their American alternative rock era (WHOMP THAT SUCKER/ANGUST IN MY PANTS/IN OUTER SPACE) Pulling Rabits out of a hat and then music you can dance to.

Their down period of Interior Design in 1988 that led them in the wilderness until 1993

With Gratuitious Sax and Senseless Violins (they have some hits like when do i get to sing my way, now that i own the bbc, and when i kiss you i hear charlie parker playing.)

Then they did a collab album called Plagerism with famous bands that loved them like faith no more and erasure.

Then we get the 2000 era of Balls, Lil Beethoven, Hello Young Lovers and Exotic creatures of the deep...

Then they did a Swedish Radio Opera in 2012 about Imigmar Bergman.

2015 gave us the collab album with Franz Ferdnand called FFS..

2017 was Hippopatamus.

2020 gave us A Steady Drip Drip

2023 Girl is crying in her latte

then 2025 is Mad!

Over 28 albums and almost 400 songs to choose from.


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