Metamatic Forums John Foxx John Foxx Young Man -- the love for it

Once in awhile, a song grabs me and doesn't let me go -- such as Young Man. Though initially a b-side, I love the song's feeling. Any other fans here love this song?

Regards,

Blue P

No, I'm afraid I don't like it at all!

What was he thinking?!
It's kind of like Talking Heads/Lindsey Buckingham gone wrong.

I might go as far as saying it's my least favourite Foxx track - certainly my most skipped. Maybe it's one of those tracks that you either like immediately or don't.

I love it! Acoustic psychedelia that sounds like summer.

My least favourite Foxx track is This Side Of Paradise. An awful vocal by John.

I like This Side..., but the guitars, drums, and vocals are just to the extreme compared with the rest of In Mysterious Ways. Don't know if it was put on as an after thought with John thinking, you know the whole cd is too soft -- let me quickly write a rocker. Still, it has its moments. The xtra track on the reissue "Hiding in Plain Sight" is its twin in my opinion.

Blue P

I also love 'Young Man'. It took me by surprise when I first heard it because, to me, it seemed so different from John's usual stuff. Am I the only one here who sings along with the "Shoop shoop, ooh la la la" part???



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I try to forget about that - it's worse than the plaza-la-la-la!!

I agree with you. I think its a very different kind of song - was it recorded especially for this B-side? Out of context with his 'usual' stuff because, at the time of the first Endlessly, I don't think there was a project on the go. At least not one that we are familiar with. All the stuff for the Golden Section was scrapped and re-recorded the following year, so perhaps this is a legacy of that, if not a left over idea from earlier.

I disagree too. I don't 'love' the vocal, but in the context of what was going on and John's self-confessed lack of commitment to the IMW album, this song is a refreshing blast.
I wonder if it comes out of his sessions with Anne Clark because the stuff on Pressure Point sis in this style?
Bit of a rock out, and" what the hell" moment
And why not

what?? one of the best imho.

I like the upbeat nature of This Side of Paradise and the synths. That little riff is nice too. If anything this track is the one I go back to on the album.

Sorry, but I just don't like TSOP. Too in your face for me.
I too like the 'Shoop shoop ooh la la la' bit & the haunting 'ooh wee ooh ooh' bit that sounds like a choir boy singing. Both bits are perfect within the overall concept of the song.

Young Man sounds care-free & romantic. I love Annexe too.

What a divide! Good that we can agree to disagree etc.

I only listened to In Mysterious Ways for the first time in over a decade a few weeks back.

Hearing it again made me think that;

it wasn't as bad as I remember it, but thatThis Side of Paradise was a lot worse than I had remembered it!

I've always liked Young Man - it has a very 'playful' nature/charm to it. I've always thought it must of come out of The Garden sessions just like This Jungle which was on the b-side to Europe After The Rain but like Young Man appeared as an album track on the limited cassette release of The Golden Section.

I've always thought that - not based on any evidence - but just because when Foxx says he went to Europe and "...thawed in a big way" - it's these more warmer, lighter tracks (Young Man, A Kind of Wave, Miles Away that I think of.

Gazza

I love them both!

He seldom makes those silly sounds other singers make so its a refreshing change to hear them when he does.

Its one of my favourite songs on IMW. Its not in the same mould as the others, but its theme does match the others.

What about the de-de-de-de on She Robot?