From the least fashionable music blog on the net... a load of elegant, diaphonous, off-the-shoulder sartorial tosh.
10. Campag Velocet - Bon Chic Bon Genre
Remember Campag Velocet? The NME tried to convince us they were in fashion back in 1999.
They weren't.
9. We Smoke Fags - Passion For Fashion
Gets in on the strength of the band name alone. Much better name than Campag Velocet.
8. Eels - Fashion Awards
E pops down to the fashion show, and if he doesn't win an award for best hair, well...
We'll blow off our heads in despair7. The Frank & Walters - Fashion Crisis Hits New York
The very definition of "lost classic".
Well, fashion it moves on and on6. Madonna - Vogue
While the things we've bought
Have been hardly worn
I still like my old three-piece suite but
It's in the shed and I've got no seat
Oh no no
Around this time, Madonna started to believe her own hype. She made some very bad decisions in the 90s and was never the same again. Still, it's a great pop song... so good, Lady Gaga couldn't help but rip it off.
5. The National - Fashion Coat
As with most songs by The National, I don't have clue one what it's about. Good though.
4. Flight of the Conchords - Fashion Is Danger
Bret & Jemaine bring us a (timely) warning about fashion from the 80s...
P-P-P-P-President Reagan3. Suede - She's In Fashion
Th-Th-Th-Thatcher
Jazzercise
L-L-L-Lipgloss
It's good to have Suede back, and sounding as fashionable as they did when they recorded this.
2. David Bowie - Fashion
Dave takes the piss.
Fashion! Turn to the left1. The Kinks - Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Fashion! Turn to the right
Oooh, fashion!
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Beep-beep
Beep-beep
Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends,
One week he's in polka-dots, the next week he's in stripes.
His world is built 'round discoteques and parties.
In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be,
I know, it could almost have been written about me.
Not likely. Still, at least I'm not a dedicated swallower of fascism... as Billy famously paraphrased Ray.
Darling! You look marvelous! What are you wearing?
Great post, and hard to argue with your choices. Glad to see the Kinks pip Bowie, great though his song is. I'd have had The Frank and Walters at three because... well, just because!
ReplyDeleteThat's allowed. I use the very same criteria every post.
DeleteThe Family - High Fashion. One of Prince's better off-shoot bands.
ReplyDeleteReally? That's a new one on me.
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