Correction Of The Day

From the Village Voice:

Correction: An earlier version of this article misidentified John Phillips as the former Executive Director of the Human League. Phillips was the Executive Director of the League of Human Voters.

They're only human. Rim-shot.

#1 Twenty-Five Years Ago Today

An uncharacteristic blemish on their discography. Corn!

The Great British Synth Documentary

It took me half the day to watch this fantastic 2009 documentary because it kept sending me spinning off into Wikipedia and YouTube holes. It's a bit strange that so many of the records that I thought was randomly picking out of the import 45s bin turned out to be such groundbreaking and influential tracks. And most of them I purchased unheard, usually basing my decision on the label, the producer, and most often - the hairstyle. I missed my calling.

Human League - Never Let Me Go

Auto-tune from my beloved Human League? Noooooooo.

Atomic Tom - Don't You Want Me

When did Topher Grace get so hawt? By the way, the original Don't You Want Me came out thirty freakin' years ago. Now help Paw-Paw to his rocker.

Human League - Night People

I posted one of the remixes a few days ago, this is the production video. None of the band members appear, possibly due to their ages, which is a shame. Good clip, though.

Human League - Night People

Their first new single in a decade and this remix is by legendary French disco star Cerrone! Night People will be available on iTunes this Tuesday and the full-length Credo, their ninth studio album, comes out in March.

80's Flashback

The Human League, Love Action (I Believe In Love), 1981. The second single from its landmark breakthrough album Dare, Love Action topped out at #3 on the UK pop chart, but saw no such success in the U.S. where the band would remain virtually unknown until Dare's fourth single almost two years later brought the band global success with Don't You Want Me. Love Action's line "this is Phil talking" is a reference to Iggy Pop's "Jesus, this is Iggy talking," as the band had toured as his opening act. The single's subtitle is directly lifted from Lou Reed's I Believe In Love. Reed is further referenced when Phil Oakey sings, "I believe what the old man said." To date, the Human League has had 17 Top 40 hits in the UK, six in the U.S., where they last charted with 1995's Tell Me When.