#philip oakey

[eightiesfan]

Electric Dreams (Dir. Steve Barron - 1984)

[nervoussystemmusicreverence]

The Human League - Human

Music Video

Artist

The Human League

Composer

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Lyricist

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Produced

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Credit

The Human League - Ian Burden - Joanne Catherall - Philip Oakey - Jim Russell - Susan Ann Sulley - Philip Adrian Wright Additional musicians - Paul Rabiger - Keyboard parts, arrangement

Released

September 8 1986

Streaming

[instantdureve]

Unused footage from The Human League's Don't You Want Me. From BBC's Synth Britannia documentary.

[cybershubunkin]

Philip Oakey - The Human League

[sunset-supergirl]

Happy birthday Philip Oakey

[getthatball]

The Human League - Human

Because this classic from 1⃣9⃣8⃣6⃣ was unlike anything The Human League had released and the collaboration with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis resulted in this haunting ballad. #Human

[mitjalovse]

The platters that transcend their periods are not really the bandwagon chasers, they set the pace. Yes, these pioneering records have their own set of weirdness, they're not that dilluted and Dare by The Human League shows that succinctly. Sure, we all talk about their biggest hits from the album, yet the disc contains many dark ditties, because they didn't escape their past as an alternative synthpop group, they merely modified that for a better acceptance in the pop context. Mind you, they didn't sell out, they cashed in to see what they could do. Of course, that is one of the reasons we still listen to Dare – this is an LP of those that were familiar with the darkness, yet they didn't let the latter intrude them from dancing. There's a funny yin and yang at play in here, I guess.

[manitat]

The Human League - The Lebanon

[brusiocostante]

Empire State Human (Remastered 2003)

[differenthead]

Volume 256

Listen to Different Head, Vol. 256: "Compassion" (Jun. 10, 2023) byDifferent Head on hearthis.at

Download

0:00:00 — "X Offender" (Single Version) by Blondie (1976)

0:02:58 — "Modern Girl" by James Freud & The Radio Stars (1980)

0:06:16 — DJ

0:10:30 — "Wide Eyed One" by A Drop in the Gray (1984)

0:14:12 — "Compassion" by P.S. Personal (1983)

0:19:23 — "Together in Electric Dreams" by Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey (1984)

0:22:37 — "セソワ" by Rajie (1984)

0:26:49 — DJ

0:31:47 — "Un Hombre de Verdad" by Alaska y Dinarama (1985)

0:35:55 — "Blow Out" (Edit) by Saeko Suzuki (1987)

0:36:54 — "O.D. (Optimistic Depression)" by Melon (1982)

0:42:40 — "Do You Like Japan?" by Melon (1982)

0:47:39 — DJ

0:50:49 — "Oui-Oui (A Canadian in Paris)" (Disco Mix) by Pulsallama (1983)

0:56:39 — "Got To Be There" by Swallow Tongue (1983)

1:00:08 — "Mãoscolorida" by Os Mulheres Negras (1988)

1:03:48 — "Afghan Farmer Driving Cattle" by The Mothmen (1981)

1:06:11 — DJ

1:10:52 — "Close Watch" by Helen Terry (1986)

[weaversweek]

43: "Louise" - The Human League

"'Louise' must have come from a film, but I don't know which one. I can see the bus station. It's in America with Greyhound buses pulling in and out. The guy's in a coffee shop." - Phil Oakey, 1984

Part of the UncoolTwo50 project, marking the best singles from 1977-99.

In 1981, The Human League had their epoch-defining hit "Don't you want me". A classic case of boy meets girl, boy tries to control girl, asks if she's not with him because they're not in love or is it because he is a complete and utter arsehole.

"Don't you want me" sold a metric squillion copies, and spawned numerous imitators and parodies. One of them was by Philip Pope, and he nailed the bitterness between the participants.

"I picked you up, I gave you one, now I can't get rid of you" "You were pissed and desperate and asked us then did we want to be in your band?" "We live together with a dog and a cat in North Ruislip" "Oh, how pathetic, me a famous pop star, living with this piece of tat!"

"Louise" came back to the same couple a few years later. Slightly older boy meets the same girl, and gets to dream that they were back together again. Not gonna happen, mate, she's moved on, met someone better, probably a nice Scottish lawyer from Pinner. Men think they can manipulate women, men find that they can't even manipulate their own feelings.

Came out in late 1984, alongside a flood of other bittersweet love songs - John Waite's "Missing you" and Jim Diamond's "I should have known better", Spandau Ballet's "Round and round". Promoted by a gorgeous black-and-white video with a canal boat, calm and stately like the song sounds.

And yes, Phil Oakey's haircut has still been eaten by the cat.

And yes, I considered the Radio Active theme, "Out to lunch" by The Client, for this #UncoolTwo50 list; rejected as just too self-indulgent. (Apparently this is a thing, much to my surprise.)

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: August 6, 1990

Lyrics:

Calling up the promised land

Johnny Seven's coming over the sea

He's taking your time

When you want to be free

Holding out a helping hand

Are you ready for a real career

Will you be so cool

When it's happening here

It don't say nothing that I haven't heard

If what I hear is true

You won't keep the law with a broken word

So what are you gonna do

Heart like a wheel

Turning away

From anything that's real

Heart like a wheel

Changing in time

Beating colder steel

Pass the message around the world

The medium is in retreat

The power is here

And packing some heat

Sell your soul to a holy war

Set the captive free

We make no promises anymore

But it isn't fooling me

Heart like a wheel

Turning away

From anything that's real

Heart like a wheel

Changing in time

Beating colder steel

Ohhhh

You can't keep the wheels turning anymore

With anger, blood, and fear

Or make any friends with an M16

When you blast your way through her

Heart like a wheel

Turning away

From anything that's real

Heart like a wheel

Changing in time

Beating colder steel

Heart like a wheel

Turning away

From anything that's real

Heart like a wheel

Changing in time

Beating colder steel

Songwriter:

Heart like a wheel

Turning away

From anything that's real

Heart like a wheel

Driving the world

Is gonna be a steal.

Jo Callis / Eugene Reynolds

SongFacts:

"Heart Like a Wheel" is a song by the British synth-pop group The Human League. It was the first single to be taken from the Human League's Romantic? album of 1990, and was written by former band member Jo Callis with Eugene Reynolds (of The Rezillos) and features vocals by Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley; with synthesizer by Neil Sutton. Recorded at Genetic Sound Studios during 1990, it was produced by Martin Rushent who was reconciled with the band after a seven-year gap.

Released in the UK in August 1990, "Heart Like a Wheel" reached number 29 in the UK, number 32 in the US, and number 64 in Australia.

[robotshowtunes]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 🤖💭⚡🐑

MAREEP game sprite from DISASTER JONES

SONG: Together In Electric Dreams (Remastered 2003) ARTISTS: Philip Oakey, Giorgio Moroder ALBUM: Together In Electric Dreams WRITERS: Phil Oakey, Giorgio Moroder LICENSES: UMG (on behalf of Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV); União Brasileira de Compositores, ARESA, LatinAutor, Abramus Digital, CMRRA, BMG Rights Management (US), LLC, ASCAP, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, MINT_BMG, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell, LatinAutorPerf, and 13 Music Rights Societies