November, 2021: anyone still listening to this nifty little gem from 1982?

Spent the last 40 years not knowing about this album. Started with Reach the Beach. What a masterpiece this album is.

@mikeoittinen5623

Ай бұрын

Loved this album since I was 19, am 57 now. Played it on cassette from vinyl in a Sentra going uphill to Tahoe going skiing and coming downhill on an Aiwa walkman. Good times! Skiing was affordable and not crowded in those times. I made 6 bucks an hour which was ok since min wage was 3.35! Glad you discovered this LP.

The early 1980s were Golden musically.

@juanpreciado6177

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed they were.

@TheCenteroftheUniverse

2 жыл бұрын

The eighties were a side-step from the kick-ass seventies. As evidenced by Depeche Mode's influence, tech was king, but rhythm was and always will be Queen. Speaking of whom ...

Bought this album on vinyl (highly used) and still love it. Shuttered Room doesn't have a bad song on it, and I was glad to have discovered "Cameras In Paris." This should have been a Top 10 single. Great stuff.

This is like an omen 15 years before Princess Di passed away. I can't help but intertwine the two in my head with her running from the paparazzi and the lyrics.

This tune may be a bit ancient to some of you out there, but the fact is that at nearly 40 years old, it still kicks ass!!!

@ajs41

6 ай бұрын

I've always considered 1982/83 to be some of the best years ever for pop music.

How come this gem from the 80's never got any radio airtime? I can listen to this tune for hours without getting bored.

@ajs41

6 ай бұрын

Just heard this on Soma FM / Underground 80s. Wouldn't have known about it otherwise. Fantastic online radio station.

Takes me back to freshman year of high school. I wore this cassette out.

Shuttered Room was such a breath of fresh air when it came out. Such a strong debut album from my favorite band, not a bad track on it.

@johnhansen2274

Жыл бұрын

I remember when this album was released back in 1982. I was in my sophomore year in college and it completely blew me away! What really made it special was the fact that no band had made such an album back then and its tracks were an awesome and welcome relief to the music that was being played on the radio at the time. Now, 40 years later, I can truly appreciate it and enjoy it much more than ever before.

If this killer tune doesn't make you want to get up & dance (or at least tap your feet), then there's something inherently wrong with you, or you just simply don't dig '80s music.

Man I forgot how damn good this CD was. I listened the shit out of this when I was a teenager growing up and just bought it again. Can't wait to pop it in the CD player in my car!

@piliage

3 жыл бұрын

There is a live version of this on KZread from 1982 that is frighteningly, amazingly good. These guys were the real deal; excellent musicians.

@Kroder

3 жыл бұрын

@@piliage I found a whole concert from this tour on youtube and ripped it. Have it on my plex server now.

Jamie West Oram is one of the most brilliant guitarists ever.

LOVE this track, should have been a single with a video! BRILLIANT!

@johnhansen2274

2 жыл бұрын

It's November, 2021, two days before Thanksgiving: are you still listening to this awesome gem nearly 40 years old? What a great era musically were the '80s!!!

I may be 57 years young, but this nifty tune ALWAYS makes me wanna get up & boogie. It brings back memories from my second year in college & how we used to get up & boogie to it & other great tunes from that great era that the early 80's were.

I'm 61 and still love this better days

This is my fav fixx song!

@juanpreciado6177

4 жыл бұрын

What do you truly like about it? The beat? Cy Curnin's vocal range? How about ALL of it!!!

@ronburgandy5006

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanpreciado6177 It's a perfect blend of everything coming together. "Political friction is greased by detente One country can and another one can not All the movements in a metaphor Who is the sleeper found dead on the floor Take it from me There's cameras in Paris" Just brilliant writing.

these days are long gone but not forgotten

Now there's cameras everywhere...

I used to listen to the B side of this album in the summer of 83. I'd close the bars down then go home and listen to this in the middle of the night.

Pure bliss. Had this album when it was out

@juanpreciado6177

4 жыл бұрын

I NEVER even heard of this album or tune until about 8 or 9 months ago & now I listen to it almost every day. Can't believe I missed it when it first came out back in 1982. Better late than never, I suppose.

Going to see The Fixx at Granada Theatre in Dallas in a few weeks. I hope they play this.

Listened to this album a lot in junior high. Great album and great memories.

and another good Fixx song is..."almost all of them!". The best new wave era band ever and one of the best overall bands ever. This song is like maybe in their top 20...

Just found my old Fixx albums on vinyl... this is such a great album. Arty, new wavy, groovy. Great playing and great production. I love the "Home Taping is Killing Music" logo on the back cover... how oddly prophetic.

The Fixx still rules after all this time one of my favorite bands if not my absoute favorite and I had a wonderful talk with Cy Curnin a few years ago in Kent, Ohio

The best music band 👍🏼

Such a good track. I can now play the keyboard part too! VIVA LA FIXX!

This is my jam!!!

Always fall in love wirh this band again n again

Amazing album bought it when it came out. Memories !

always been my fave track from that album...........

this is an awesome song! another good one is "One Thing LeadsTo Another.

@juanpreciado6177

4 жыл бұрын

You know what makes this tune so awesome, Shea? Cy Curnin's vocal range; if you listen to it from beginning to end, he starts out soft & towards the end he's literally screaming the lyrics! AWESOME!!!

Awesome song! Love it!!

@juanpreciado6177

4 жыл бұрын

What do you like the most about this tune? I'm just curious.

@karismatica55

4 жыл бұрын

Everything. I love the sound, the sort of mysteriousness to the whole song, the lyrics. I've always loved their lyrics. Plus it makes me nostalgic to my childhood.. I think this song came out when I was 7-8...

it was in the cassette deck on the way to georgetown night clubs in about 1982-1983...

Been playing this cut for years with my band......Fixx was great in the 80's and 90's live too~~

@MyNameIsShelby

8 жыл бұрын

+William Flosi Sr. That's awesome. Do you have video of it?

@wjf1950

8 жыл бұрын

+squirrel_shampoo .....no videos but I loved seeing them live at House Of Blues years ago~

The instrumentals on this song remind me of those of the Stranglers, especially from songs on the Feline (1982) and Aurul Sculpture (1984) albums. Likewise, as others have mentioned, the instrumentals and vocals on 'Some People' (same album) can easily be mistaken for those of the Talking Heads, especially from the 'Fear of Music' (1979) and 'Remain in Light' (1980) albums.

Red Skies and Stand or Fall was played on KQAK San Francisco, Rock of the 80s....

Yes. Have on vinyl and cassette.

Best version, has the camera shutter sounds.

mine too, great tune

So happy somebody posted this, it was on a mixtape I heard years ago, but haven't heard it until now. Thanks!

you gotta love Marimba.

I see Absolutely No Reason to believe that there are not Cameras In Paris 🙂

YES FIXX RULE ,,,, not just Paris !!!

💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

What can I say. FIXX JUST SUBLIME ,,,, no other band EVER sound like them ,,,, GOOD IS THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE CENTURY

Good album-But how much do they want 4 it !! £££$$$$-2MUCH...

Between 78 and 82 rock music was in a dismal place.....a few bands were good but for the most part I hated it......then came the Fixx and the entire "new wave"of bands...thank God.

@Kazilikaya

4 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. That was the best period in 20th century musical history.

@JosephMartinez-lg4vp

Жыл бұрын

Get up

One person mistakenly came here seeking Bieber.

political-friction-is-greas'd-by-detente!...

I think The Fixx are somewhat comparable to Duran Duran, and despite Duran Duran's higher profile and popularity, The Fixx are much better songwriters. Cy Curnin is really a tremendous singer,