tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post7002931927497057729..comments2024-02-13T18:35:53.549+00:00Comments on The Same Mistakes: The Human League - The Dare! DemosSecond Chameleonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583016108451656557noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-74029306979354760532016-03-14T14:50:25.228+00:002016-03-14T14:50:25.228+00:00Hi Crash the Driver - I largely agree with you. Pe...Hi Crash the Driver - I largely agree with you. Personally I wouldn't credit Callis or Burden - the second was an unknown quantity and it is not known how much experience he really had. With regard to Callis, I always thought he was overrated. He seems to regarded as above criticism and the most talented but if he was the most talented and had so much songwriting experience why didn't he have hits before or after the league? That proves that he was just in the right place at the right time where Dare was concerned. I don't deny he was a good guitarist although it is noteworthy that Susan mentioned that he couldn't play keyboards well and had to be given simple parts. As for Rushent, a huge influence admittedly but in order for him to add finishing touches and beef up tunes the foundations of the house had to be built first. <br />I would give Adrian a lot of credit as he was there helping Philip and as the first was friendly with Jo Callis even in 1978 I think it's very likely he had musical ability. It is hard not to think that he did not know some guitar for example.<br />There is the argument that Phil and Adrian could not play instruments but this is not true. They surely would have picked a lot up from Ware and Marsh along the way. And interestingly Travelogue is the league's first successful album when Adrian joins in the songwriting( #16) and it's noteworthy that Boys and Girls is the highest chart position post split. So while it is true that a lot of Callis's songs were released, pretty much any song on Dare would have made a hit and as I have just illustrated in the above paragraph, much of the groundwork had been laid for the chart success which had eluded Mk1. So I would put Adrian as responsible for the success of Dare to a big extenteimearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612812219610157290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-73323972819479956492012-02-20T16:43:18.299+00:002012-02-20T16:43:18.299+00:00epic.cant wait to play this.thanks.epic.cant wait to play this.thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-17088021871956871512012-01-08T23:14:25.891+00:002012-01-08T23:14:25.891+00:00Thanks.
Interesting post. Look forward to hearin...Thanks.<br /><br />Interesting post. Look forward to hearing this. I loved Human League at the time but I remember my grandmother wasn't impressed: "Is that a man or a woman? You can't tell! This isn't proper music!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-5586610395162595402011-12-07T20:18:47.880+00:002011-12-07T20:18:47.880+00:00Amazing. Can't wait to play this. Thanks! Just...Amazing. Can't wait to play this. Thanks! Just goes to show. I only went to google to search Dare 2012 to see if we are getting a much talked about new version and got led here. NeilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-35513554176918679652011-02-08T16:14:01.086+00:002011-02-08T16:14:01.086+00:00Fantastic ! Never knew these existed ! More power ...Fantastic ! Never knew these existed ! More power to your blog elbowJonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217485349414224818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-7620422012116626692011-02-03T14:34:47.859+00:002011-02-03T14:34:47.859+00:00THANK YOU FOR THE NEW LINKS...!THANK YOU FOR THE NEW LINKS...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-77336976911205837242011-02-02T11:10:55.840+00:002011-02-02T11:10:55.840+00:00This is without doubt, the best blog on the web. F...This is without doubt, the best blog on the web. Fair, constructive and informative with personal taste in music... <br /><br />And as for 'The Making of Dare', personally I still prefer the album version :) as these tapes are interesting merely to jump and skip across, but besides being rough sketches, there isn't really much there to expect from. <br /><br />Still, interesting to hear where one of the 80s pop masterpieces came from. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-13950964896079185842011-01-31T21:12:24.699+00:002011-01-31T21:12:24.699+00:00Truly excellent. Thank you so much for uploading ...Truly excellent. Thank you so much for uploading this.Irk The Puristshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617703600027431810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-40107180227755884932011-01-22T17:01:12.787+00:002011-01-22T17:01:12.787+00:00Hi!!! Here from the Going Underground blog, and th...Hi!!! Here from the Going Underground blog, and the original "compiler" of the "Making of Dare" 2CDR... Really pleased that your fantastic blog -one of my favourites- have enjoyed the work and spread the demos message...<br />All the best.helmuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701556974582885985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-92023799914203411652011-01-14T00:07:51.785+00:002011-01-14T00:07:51.785+00:00Fixed . . . again!Fixed . . . again!Crash The Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04913230135510730705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-81330927809133099622011-01-13T21:21:43.747+00:002011-01-13T21:21:43.747+00:00Could someone put CD2 up and post the link, please...Could someone put CD2 up and post the link, please!!!!valle björnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-52761498846690758212011-01-13T21:07:09.370+00:002011-01-13T21:07:09.370+00:00Link to CD2 is not working :-(Link to CD2 is not working :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-38626975795107066612011-01-13T02:08:29.348+00:002011-01-13T02:08:29.348+00:00this is excellent! thank you very much!this is excellent! thank you very much!Vlad Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10276093588040634500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-46344467043778979482011-01-13T01:39:50.394+00:002011-01-13T01:39:50.394+00:00Thanks! Appreciate your work!Thanks! Appreciate your work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-81758030162802627292011-01-13T01:26:07.918+00:002011-01-13T01:26:07.918+00:00Sorry for the wonky zip file, everyone. The links ...Sorry for the wonky zip file, everyone. The links are fixed and they should unzip fine. I've also double checked the track listing and it is identical to the one that had been posted at electronicallyyours.blogspot.com.Crash The Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04913230135510730705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-54924289303631191052011-01-13T01:24:10.963+00:002011-01-13T01:24:10.963+00:00I can't unzip either. I tried re-labelling as ...I can't unzip either. I tried re-labelling as "ace", as suggested above, and that did not work either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-10349877250798223932011-01-12T19:54:10.980+00:002011-01-12T19:54:10.980+00:00Ok it was Ace format on those files :-) Thank you ...Ok it was Ace format on those files :-) Thank you very much for this! The track list is not the same as the backside of this CD. <br /><br />http://electronicallyyours.blogspot.com/2009/09/human-league-making-of-dare.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788123342768961434.post-40648641765135573152011-01-12T18:34:55.345+00:002011-01-12T18:34:55.345+00:00I can't extract the files. I'm on OSX and ...I can't extract the files. I'm on OSX and have tried keka, 7zX and the Unarchiver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com