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This Boston group was still teenagers in 1983. Many years after the group's heyday, I mentioned in an online forum that this now-lost hit used to be played on WCLU. Somebody insisted that no top 40 station outside New England would have ever played this record. But now, ARSA has some old WCLU surveys, and one of these surveys begs to differ.
The record is still known for its innovative production elements that inspired a generation of music. For instance, at 39 seconds in, there's this sigh of refreshment, like that sound you make after you take a big gulp of a cold beverage. It was the same sound we made when we went to the drinking fountain in high school and wanted to disturb some classes.
Another example is at 2:44. We hear some element that sounds like it's either vocals imitating an instrument, or an instrument imitating vocals. For years, whenever something gets spilled or something valuable gets destroyed, the fanfare from the Sesame Street segments where the baker falls down the steps has played in my head. The sound from "Candy Girl" is sort of like that. It actually sounds like it's laughing at someone because of some misfortune. Think if Charlie Brown's teacher laughed at somebody because they split their pants.
You're gonna lose control!
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