![]() It got them noticed (including Bowie, whose team chastised them for not seeking permission to release the song but also praised the single's b-side. ![]() Later, as The Associates, they made their audacious debut recording in 1979 with a version of Bowie's 'Boys Keep Swinging', a single released on a small independent label just weeks after the original had slipped out of the charts. They were initially known as The Ascorbic Ones before becoming the even less welcoming Mental Torture. The Dundee-born duo of Alan Rankine (the musician) and Billy McKenzie (the singer), first met in 1976 and swiftly struck up a musical and songwriting partnership. A reminder of that year, of those alluring Top of the Pops performances (more later), McKenzie smiling knowingly as if to say, 'no, we can't believe it either.' as they toyed with everything we thought pop music could do. The fact that is a document of the moment that the band permeated the mainstream just added to the great thrill. This lovingly assembled 40 Anniversary Deluxe Edition of 'Sulk' (featuring the remastered album, rarities, non-album singles, b-sides, Peel sessions, and a live performance), is a testament to how far ahead and apart from any competition The Associates were in 1982. And then, how sometimes I feel that it may possibly sound just like 'Sulk' by Associates. How, bewildering, intense, beautiful, fucked and fucked up and occasionally unnerving it would all be. It's one of those lines that have never been able to unhear, one that's led to imagining how that perfect pop of the famous Swedish quartet would sound if twisted and distorted through such a hallucinatory drug experience. When asked to describe the sound of the second Associates album, their delightfully quotable lead singer Billy Mackenzie cheekily opted for calling it as being like 'ABBA on acid.' 'Sulk' (40th Anniversary Special Edition)įavorite favorite favorite favorite favorite ![]() ![]() This is a testament to how far ahead and apart from any competition The Associates were in 1982
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