Frankie Goes to Hollywood
 

Should they be remembered as one hit wonders or a band that got forgotten and deserves more acclaim and had a bigger career like Depeche Mode?

Maybe they were pioneers by being openly gay in the 80's when it was not accepted.

I wanted to download some of their songs on Itunes but you have to buy the full album so I just got the CD at Amazon.

I was young and had no idea what they were talking about with "Relax" and why it was so controversial :lol:

I saw the video for that and wow that was crazy.

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The Village People were openly gay and way more successful almost a decade earlier and their music is far more lasting. Frankie is a one hit wonder, nothing more.

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Mostly agree with Decker but two hit wonder. Two Tribes was also a big hit.

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I stand corrected. Two hit wonder. And Two Tribes is a pretty good song.

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"Welcome to the Pleasuredome" bangs as a whole album. I still listen to it.

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If you like that, you should watch the whole movie that the music video was taken from: Brian DePalma's Body Double. It's an '80s classic.

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Welcome To The Pleasuredome is great pretty much all the way thru. It doesn’t sound like any other album from that era or that scene.

Liverpool was hit and miss.

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3 hits... The Power of Love did decently on the charts.

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Don't put them in the same class since Frankie Goes to Hollywood is a way better band overall

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Back when I was a kid in the 80s, I always thought “Relax” was a fun up tempo club song.

It didn’t hit me until I was much older the song was about gay sex and they literally use the word C** in the lyrics :lol:

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For starters, they were an actual band...

I remember a local radio station playing several albums starting at midnight on NYE. I recorded this one, Purple Rain and Heartbeat City. Was blown away by Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, both the album as a whole and the song.

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is that the only video for the song? I just watched it and can't remember most of it which is unusual as I always liked the song and would have watched this on MTV- seem to recall lasers and a live preformace for this song.

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Yeah, the "Christmas-time" video for that one was a big hit with the religious side of my extended family.

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Welcome to the Pleasuredome is a favorite of mine. I wish it would get airplay but it's way too long for radio and I'd hate it if they chopped it.

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I think there's at least 3

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Absolutely love Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The 80's were great times. His music was transcending.

Laser beam me! :banana:

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Powerman 5000 did a cover of this like 20 years ago.

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Memory is funny thing...I thought this was a HUGE seller in the US (Welcome to the Pleasuredome that is). Wikipedia tells me the album only went Gold. I am shocked. Certainly a good world wide one however.
I seem to recall really enjoying it as well.

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I'm surprised that that album did not hit platinum back in the day too. That song and the 'Frankie Says Relax" shirts were everywhere for a decade it seemed.

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Not all those shirts fit right, though. :D

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