Sparks - Goofing Off

[zippelgad]

Again ----- just Brilliant!

[awakelikean0wl]

IM A GOOF TOO.

hoots

[Gusdocs1]

great song from the best band that walked this earth

[TangerineLightning]

I didn't think any Sparks lovers existed anymore. Then, as I was stopped at a red light, the guy in the car next to me was listening to this song. I got his attention by flailing my arms out the window like an idiot... and he probably doesn't even know why...

[reallyfullofmyself]

@TangerineLightning ...poor sod...now all he can think about at night before he falls asleep at night is a Tangerine Lightning and he probably doesn't know why!! You have DESTROYED the mans life!!! ;)..... ;9

[zippelgad]

@TangerineLightning

Even if I am as I am mainly Black Metal fan, the Sparks is still my favorite band since 1976 (I am 51) :).

[fatpizzaman]

I think it's a great album - very poppy and radio friendly, although the lyrics aren't them at their most creative.

[Narcissisticnobody]

That's brilliant :-)

[TheDixtroy]

Hatalmas zene.. annak ellenére, hogy az albumon két csatak buzi pillog ránk.

[reallyfullofmyself]

@TheDixtroy ...mulla oli vähä vastaavanlainen fiilis joskus..mut se meni kyllä ohi sit aikoinaan..

[spittinonbugs]

<3 tiny mustaches. too bad girls this day and age don't appreciate :(

[FairySkruff]

hahaha i like this and the moroder producer beat the clock :oD the bbc4 synth history was epic, so much good music!

[notahemi]

Why do I picture a bunch of Jewish folks dancing in this song?

[fatpizzaman]

@notahemi Sparks are Jews, so I guess they did it out of patriotism. :)

[reallyfullofmyself]

@notahemi ....hhmm..you are definately keeping us in a guessing game aren't u? WHY do you picture that?...lets see.. tick one of the possible many answers.. 1:- You are a Jew? .. 2:- U are an ANTI Jew?.. 3: U LOVE Jews?..4:- U Hate Jews? ..5;- U are a RACIST!?.. 6; U are an ARTIST, and that's why u can PICTURE things?..7;- U are a DANCER, PIC-TURING a coreography? ..8;- SOME OTHER FORMULA AND SOLUTION AS TO WHY U -picture...a BUNCH of JEWS?..DANCING to THIS song?? We would LOVE to know why??

[TheGEEman60]

@notahemi Rhoda's wedding was still a TV milestone

[Hollandia777]

@notahemi ur shot fuckin' told!

[agenthoneywell]

Man, Ron looked freaking scary with the long hair.

[falconing101]

@agenthoneywell he always looks scary

[2ndSTARMAN]

Where's the intro? This must be the single?

[hocuspocusbyfocusyea]

Yeah, a very underrated Sparks album

[haj1909]

I'm probably one of the five people left in the world who LOVE this record, "Introducing...". Even the brothers themselves seem to loath it....

[SwedeProof]

Is it true what you say, haj1909, that the brother's Mael do not like this? It's such an ultra-cool Sparks song.

[haj1909]

Yes, according to a Record Collector interview a while back they expressed some displeasure with it. But this was the first Sparks record I ever heard, the one that turned me onto the band. Of course it's not as good as "Kimono" or "Propaganda", but still it's got a special place in my heart...and clearly some other people's as well :-)

[SwedeProof]

I really appreciate this information, haj, because I love hearing anything and everything about the Mael Brothers, as I am a rabid Sparks fan. Propaganda hooked me, especially "Don't Leave Me Alone With Her," although I didn't discover it until many years after its release at a garage sale (the album was in mint condition!). "Goofing Off" is such a nifty song.

[Sparksaty]

@haj1909 you are not alone

[reallyfullofmyself]

@Sparksaty ...we are ALOOOONE...ALWAYS alooooone... forever and EVER moooore...aloooone...

[reallyfullofmyself]

@haj1909 well..then i'm one of the five...so i reckon it means we should have a gathering then!! we can start a new spieces...with SPARKS on our skin instead of being a specific colour...

[SwedeProof]

Brilliant! I'd love to play this song while waiting on the unemployment line.

[sianegallozzi]

Bravo! The sparks!

[raelnine]

Yeah...Wannit on my ipod...but i'd be goofin' off!¬

[raelnine]

Don't sit down on your ass.....Spread it around....But wash it first! :)

[luvumo2day]

bonzo was here goofing off sparks rock,hold on i got to land this ,what never mind 10 4 , all clear,rockonbonzo76!!!!!!!

[SKANDALROCK]

helo from rok'n'roly ukraine nice tracks

[Spartacus217]

Oy Vey!

[lamborghiniguy69]

this is an unbeilivabley good song

[beatlebijou]

:) I just received "Introducing" in the post today. One of my favourite records in my LP collection. Awesome song - where is that clip from, the little animated piece with Ron being all cute and such?

[hocuspocusbyfocusyea]

The clip is from an early gig they did when they were still known as 'halfnelson'

[beatlebijou]

I figured as much, I wonder if there's a way to see the whole gig? That would be something else. :) They must have been really young during the Halfnelson days.

[PamK36]

The clip is on here under Sparks- Wonder Girl

[lucazade]

Lol, On The End Clip, He Looks Like Noel Fielding.

[misspandora89]

This song is fucking rad.

[hkj333]

I loved Sparks from the moment that I heard "This town aint big enough for the both of us" way back when (on american bandstand??). Now, I've turned my 9 y/o daughter on to them. We heard this song on a local college radio statio the other night and loved it. We had no idea it as Sparks!

[hocuspocusbyfocusyea]

nope dinky and the gang stayed over in engalnd whilst the mael brothers went back to amaerica to record 'big beat' and 'introducing sparks'

[neondave]

is Dinky & the gange playin' on this track ??

[StupermundiTheGreat]

Dinky who had a very noisy neighbor.

A real problem that didn't go away.

One of the reasons he is no longer with us.

BRILLIANT DRUMMER!

[Annsla]

Why is that? I am a new Sparks fan, and I keep hearing about Dinky and some neighbor (Euformism?), but I can't find anything on the net. (Which of course is the main source for anything nowadays.) Is it a detail from a real story, or a crude in-joke?

[ghiote]

the piano is just great.

[Sparks127]

What a great guitar solo!!!

Love this track

[Volker400]

Only This:

GREEEAAAT!!! :))

Yours Volker

[MissJenny4sparks]

Thanks so much for puting this up. Its one of the songs I dont have - and after seeing the vids of it live in islington, Ive been after the track!

Cheers