Comments on: Future World Orchestra: Desire (1982) http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1331422 Mujokan Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1331422 Glad you liked 'em! The Human League one is quite ahead of its time. Glad you liked ‘em! The Human League one is quite ahead of its time.

]]> By: Alex Rudnick http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1331359 Alex Rudnick Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1331359 Holy cow, these are great. Thanks for the links! :) Holy cow, these are great. Thanks for the links! :)

]]> By: Thomas Zaraat http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1331319 Thomas Zaraat Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1331319 That's exactly what caused me to spend an hour looking at ancient synths. That’s exactly what caused me to spend an hour looking at ancient synths.

]]> By: anderalert http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1331280 anderalert Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1331280 "Daddy's doing that thing where he's laughing until he cries."  15 seconds ago “Daddy’s doing that thing where he’s laughing until he cries.” 
15 seconds ago

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1331020 Guest Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1331020 Wow, it's an Easy Listening album by Sparks! I also like how there isn't an audio cable or power cable in sight. Wow, it’s an Easy Listening album by Sparks! I also like how there isn’t an audio cable or power cable in sight.

]]> By: geeklinks http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330931 geeklinks Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330931 Its like Kraftwerk wannabes gone usa top 40 pop rock. Its like Kraftwerk wannabes gone usa top 40 pop rock.

]]> By: wingo shackleford http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330895 wingo shackleford Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330895 Quite amazing how the one dude is able to sing double backup vocals. Quite amazing how the one dude is able to sing double backup vocals.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330788 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330788 More like lip-not-synching in this case. More like lip-not-synching in this case.

]]> By: immovableobject http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330721 immovableobject Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330721 OMD, they're not! OMD, they’re not!

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330686 millie fink Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330686 Dear BoingBoing, Enough with your obsessive pasturbation! Onward to the future! Oh, wait. Dear BoingBoing,

Enough with your obsessive pasturbation! Onward to the future!

Oh, wait.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330677 millie fink Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330677 molestaches. Snirk! molestaches. Snirk!

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330671 millie fink Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330671 Right?! They don't even bother to get anywhere near the mics. Right?! They don’t even bother to get anywhere near the mics.

]]> By: hacky http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330653 hacky Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330653 Anyone else notice their clothes were slightly different?   Somehow I find that strangest of all. Anyone else notice their clothes were slightly different?   Somehow I find that strangest of all.

]]> By: Brian Rook http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330575 Brian Rook Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330575 reposted... damnit reposted… damnit

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330566 LightningRose Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330566 Justifiably obscure. Justifiably obscure.

]]> By: Morgan LaVigne http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330544 Morgan LaVigne Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330544 I was just thinking this morning "Boy I wish I could be creepily leered at by guys with molestaches and valley girl jumpsuits.."  Thanks BoingBoing! I was just thinking this morning “Boy I wish I could be creepily leered at by guys with molestaches and valley girl jumpsuits..”  Thanks BoingBoing!

]]> By: mzed http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330542 mzed Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330542 Keep it smooth. http://www.yachtrock.com/ Keep it smooth.

http://www.yachtrock.com/

]]> By: Sean Whelan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330530 Sean Whelan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330530 Mustaches? Check. Synths? Check. Dr. Who costumes? Check. Mustaches? Check.
Synths? Check.
Dr. Who costumes? Check.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330471 irksome Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330471 Now if they'd only added a ukulele... Now if they’d only added a ukulele…

]]> By: Chad Lake http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330470 Chad Lake Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330470 This is why I never am able to post on BoingBoing (or Reddit, or any other site for that matter).  As soon as they hit the bridge I thought, "Zoinks! That's where Donald Fagan got his sound from!", then rushed to post. Only to find that I am hours and hours late. I am way too slow for the Internet. This is why I never am able to post on BoingBoing (or Reddit, or any other site for that matter).  As soon as they hit the bridge I thought, “Zoinks! That’s where Donald Fagan got his sound from!”, then rushed to post. Only to find that I am hours and hours late.

I am way too slow for the Internet.

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330468 Mujokan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330468 The best of this genre is dark, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK-4X1YpIUA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu6MDdxBork http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JF25k0Rm0k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoTmCvx3H7I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6f593X6rv8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjUyVDkS2w0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myzrnWbyz1s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HfGu2dUX-0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkj4p3rI17s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJviPGmyKs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tw8CDB3u8 Edit, I screwed up some links. The best of this genre is dark, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK-4X1YpIUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu6MDdxBork
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JF25k0Rm0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoTmCvx3H7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6f593X6rv8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjUyVDkS2w0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myzrnWbyz1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HfGu2dUX-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkj4p3rI17s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJviPGmyKs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tw8CDB3u8

Edit, I screwed up some links.

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330441 Mujokan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330441 Well yes, it's for the look of the thing, like Sweet Dreams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Well yes, it’s for the look of the thing, like Sweet Dreams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330438 Mujokan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330438 Also made me think of Hall and Oates. Also made me think of Hall and Oates.

]]> By: dwasifar karalahishipoor http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330431 dwasifar karalahishipoor Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330431 Dreadful. Dreadful.

]]> By: Rich F. (Korg USA) http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330429 Rich F. (Korg USA) Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330429 I found it bizarre as well. Sure, PS-3300 looks cool, but they sound much better when they're plugged in. :) I found it bizarre as well. Sure, PS-3300 looks cool, but they sound much better when they’re plugged in. :)

]]> By: Matthew http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330420 Matthew Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330420 "No good reason?"  Come on, haven't you ever met a video producer?  Their producer most certainly said during the shoot, "Haven't you got something with more knobs and dials on it?  Come, on you're the Future World Orchestra!" “No good reason?”  Come on, haven’t you ever met a video producer?  Their producer most certainly said during the shoot, “Haven’t you got something with more knobs and dials on it?  Come, on you’re the Future World Orchestra!”

]]> By: Matthew http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330417 Matthew Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330417 I don't want to be rude, but they didn't really look like they were "burning with desire" for anything other than a nap. I don’t want to be rude, but they didn’t really look like they were “burning with desire” for anything other than a nap.

]]> By: . http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330413 . Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330413 Yeah.. I kept waiting for the drop, but it never happened. I feel cheated.... Or maybe that's what Optimus Prime sounded like before his truck-nutz dropped. Yeah.. I kept waiting for the drop, but it never happened. I feel cheated….
Or maybe that’s what Optimus Prime sounded like before his truck-nutz dropped.

]]> By: Cicada Mania http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330412 Cicada Mania Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330412 Quintron and Miss Pussycat are far better than this Tim and Eric skit. Quintron and Miss Pussycat are far better than this Tim and Eric skit.

]]> By: Graham Freeman http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/future-world-orchestra-desire.html#comment-1330397 Graham Freeman Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140944#comment-1330397 Where's the drop? Where's the WUBs and the DUBs? Where’s the drop? Where’s the WUBs and the DUBs?

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