Hard-Fi "Hard to Beat " sounds like?

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I love this song but the more I listen to it, the more I hear something very familiar in the vocal line, the melody, the production - ripped directly from an early 80s track. But I just can't place it. Can anyone help?

― Mitya (mitya), Saturday, 8 October 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You

― zeus (zeus), Saturday, 8 October 2005 06:51 (twenty years ago)

jo boxers "just got lucky" covered by prefab sprout

― smudger (smudger), Saturday, 8 October 2005 10:20 (twenty years ago)

The melody always reminds me of Prefab Sprout.

― djangojones (djangojones), Saturday, 8 October 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

The vocal delivery reminds me of Joe Jackson in some places, and Damon Albarn in others.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Saturday, 8 October 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

Footsteps - Womack and Womack

― Leith Tony, Saturday, 8 October 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Wow, I didn't think it possible, but you guys are right. It really is very Prefab Sprout. Sort of like if Radio 4 doing "King Of Rock 'N' Roll." Which, sadly, would be a big improvement for Radio 4.

― hector savage, Sunday, 9 October 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

'Living For The Weekend' sounds an awful lot like Mansun.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 10 October 2005 08:26 (twenty years ago)

It always reminds me of Underworld for some reason.

― Braces Tower, Monday, 10 October 2005 08:44 (twenty years ago)

I can't actually answer the question, BUT the title track of the album ("Stars of CCTV") lifts its opening meldoy line almost directly from The Mighty Wah's "Come Back" ("Down by the streets the talking turned").

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Monday, 10 October 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

"Melody," even.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Monday, 10 October 2005 10:00 (twenty years ago)

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