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Goldfrapp's Genre
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Whickwithy said:

    Trying to define Goldfrapp from a single song is like trying to define the universe from a single grain of sand.





    And you sir, have missed a career as a philosopher (assuming you are not, actually, a philosopher).
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down hunterhunter
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    I'd say you definitely have to do two songs at a minimum...like Lovely Head (or even Deer Stop) with Strict Machine or Clowns with Ooh La La or Annabel with Alive and then explain that the rest of the catalogue falls all over the spectrum between those types of extremes.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down The_CarpathianThe_Carpathian
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    rewak said:

    Chimera Pop



    Chimera is a very underused word. Nicely done for giving it an outing!
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down LowLow
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    I just consider them to be "Goldfrapp".

  • Vote Up0Vote Down TVC15TVC15
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    Hairy Trees-Head First-Train- but that misses their 80's synth pop side. I like the Chimera Pop desription.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    Urban_Tribesman said:

    And you sir, have missed a career as a philosopher (assuming you are not, actually, a philosopher).



    Hahaha!  Not by trade, just by nature.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
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    Well said Whickwithy I guess that's exactly where I was coming from when I posed the question.

    Following the Brighton gig I tweeted "Great gig thanks, the soundtrack to the last decade or more - scary" retweeted by Angie and favourited by Lisa - which was nice.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    Appy61 said:

     the soundtrack to the last decade or more



    Nice!
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down MadgeMadge
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    Hiya; newbie to forum so hellooo. Been fan since Lovelyhead, somewhat obsessed since Seventh Tree. Gotta say Utopia sums up Goldfrapp for me, electro mystical hypnotic pop, makes me want to twirl round & round & round til I fall over.
    Ps thanx to Keith for hooking me up to the forum
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
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    Hi Madge and welcome - only been here a week myself and it's interesting to hook up with fellow Frappers. Been a fan since 2004 following an intro from Urban Tribesman (UT) first gig was support to Duran Duran in Birmingham followed by an exotic gig at the Razzmatazz in Barcelona - the band ran out of prepared songs and did strict machine twice! Oh how things have changed. Good choice of track but, as is proven by this thread, non of us can absolutely identify the definitive track without referring to the complete back catalogue.

    PS try not to fall over too much you might get hurt!
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
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    Nice choice Jeronimooo
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
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    Just read Goldfrapp described as Folktronica WTF?
    What if the Hokey Cokey is what it's all about?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    I think across the first 5 albums on Wiki, I counted 17 different genre classifications; hence why this question is so difficult to answer. One of them for Head First was 'Italo disco'? Who makes these up?
    My favourite is Electroclash !
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down LuDuxLuDux
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    FM
    Wiki:Ambient
    RYM: Trip Hop, Downtempo, Dream Pop
    Discogs: Leftfield, Future Jazz, Downtempo

    BC
    Wiki:Electroclash, Synthpop, trip hop
    RYM: Electropop, Synth Pop
    Discogs: Leftfield, Electro, Downtempo, Synth-pop

    Sn
    Wiki: Electroclash, synthpop, glam rock, trip hop
    RYM: Electropop, Synth Pop
    Discogs: Electroclash, Synth-pop, Downtempo

    7T
    Wiki: Folktronica, trip hop, ambient, downtempo, dream pop
    RYM: Dream Pop, Ambient Pop
    Discogs: Downtempo

    HF
    Wiki:Synth pop, Italo disco
    RYM: Synth Pop, Electropop
    Discogs: Electro, Synth-pop, Disco

    ToU
    Wiki: - (they gave up)
    RYM: Chamber Pop, Art Pop
    Discogs: Downtempo, Indie Pop, Synth-pop
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    I'm gonna create a new genre.... Esoteric Orchestral Thought Pop. (wth is "pop" anyway?!)
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