tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716854468261033292.post6765097926298647759..comments2024-02-19T14:51:00.611-06:00Comments on The CD Project: INXS - Kick (1987)Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004375650529185768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716854468261033292.post-64858344522599788122013-07-15T19:16:33.968-05:002013-07-15T19:16:33.968-05:00LOVE this album. Huge INXS fan as well and it loo...LOVE this album. Huge INXS fan as well and it looks like we both jumped on the bandwagon near simultaneously: I still have my 12" of <b>Dekadance</b>. <b>Shabooh Shoobah</b> was a constant companion at the beginning of Junior year and album closer "Don't Change" still mellows me down. (Did I just sound like Snow there?) The undeniable funk of <b>The Swing</b> was welcomed with open ears and it was all doubleplusgood when I saw Nile Rodgers name in the mix. The "Original Sin" 12" was immediately paired up with "Geisha Boys and Temple Girls" by Heaven 17 on all the mixtapes I made although listening to those two together does nothing for me today although I stll like them both.<br /><br />The release of <b>Listen Like Thieves</b> coincided with a new deck and new 6x9s for my green Bug. It is one of only three albums I ever splurged for a TDK MA-XG 90 to record on. (There is a unopened box of five of those on ebay right now - price is up to $173!!!) Saw them live on that tour and it was best concert I had ever seen until I attended the Kick tour in 1988. The show was on graduation night and was not well attended - it was almost like an intimate club instead of a cavernous convention center.<br /><br />Was blown away by "Good Times" song on <b>Lost Boys </b>soundtrack and then <b>Kick</b> came out a month after my daughter, our first child, was born and was like my favorite album for months, one of the very few I played start to finish; no skips, no random play. About a month after that concert I mwntioned above (June 1988), I was at a record convention here in town and I found this Surf music book I wanted. The guy goes to grab it for me - it was behind his table - and he knocks over a disc and picks it up. Just like you see in TV and movies, the light hit the case just right and it shimmered and glowed - Kick with an OBI strip. I asked him about it and he handed it to me and I flipped it over, saw bonus tracks and asked how much. He said some crazy number like $30. I said I'll just take book. Got to be near the end of show about two hours later, and he calls me over as I walk by on my way out and says $10. SOLD.HERChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00361888365133381438noreply@blogger.com