Taking Sides: Magazine's "Back to Nature" Vs. Fad Gadget's "Back to Nature"

Haven't listened to Magazine's "Back to Nature" in a while, but I'm gonna have to go with Fad Gadget here.

Eh, I doubt this will get many answers. Feel free to use this as a Fad Gadget S&D/C or D thread. I think Magazine's been covered.

Who the heck is Fad Gadget?

frank tovey

He/they were/are on Mute. His/their '80s/only stuff/records roughly/kinda fit along with Human League, the Normal, "Nag Nag Nag" Cabaret Voltaire, second album Magazine.

I just got his/their "best-of" and I reelee like it.

...and the bassline to "King of the Flies" reminds me of the bassline to Associates' "It's Better This Way."

I spotted that Fad Gadget was the support to the Depeche Mode tour last year, did anyone see it?

The Fad Gadget gig I saw circa 'Under the flag' was brilliant, though its no surprise that he didn't tour much considering his stage antics during 'lady shave'...

Slightly prefer the Magazine song though.

As to guitars, I only saw Magazine once and HD didn't have a guitar, but he did have one on the solo 'rainy season' tour (which was great).

I just nipped over to Amazon to check if 'Jerky' is out on CD and it isn't (criminal!), however there is a listing for a Buzzkunst album available in February.

Back to Nature and Ricky's Hand are classics...

Was I the only one who thought Frank Tovey looked a little like Ian Curtis on the cover of "Fireside Favourites"?

I read that Frank Tovey died not so long ago; I had been blanching at the idea that he seemed to be making a self-parody-style "comeback", and was saddened to hear he'd passed away. I really liked him, though some of that could be because I thought of him as having a real integrity, even when he seemed a bit bratty. When I read about him doing the fake-blood and (unfortunately) real pubic-hair stage things again after so many years, especially to audiences who, by accounts, seemed to think it was GREAT now, it seemed so pathetic that I walked around in a bit of an incredulous daze for hours afterward. I guess this could fit in the "authenticity" vs. "artifice" category, or maybe it just came from an idealized version of someone I didn't know very much about.

Is the Magazine song the one that goes "we're up in the air/back down on the ground"? That's one of my favorite ones.

Yeah, it is