FACE TO FACE
The opening cut on the Motels’ breakthrough album, All Four One is called “Mission of Mercy”, and that might not be a nod to their earlier name, Angels of Mercy. However, the lyric “skin to skin” from Code Blue’s excellent song “Face to Face” could very well reference their original name Skin.
Meanwhile, the Code Blue EP, Code Blue was insinuating itself into the part of my cerebrum where my favorite songs are stored; after just a few plays, I was really starting to love these four songs – “Whisper/Touch”, “Face to Face”, “Hurt”, and “The Need” (all written by Dean Chamberlain). They were even starting to play inside my head, as all four of them have been doing regularly while I have been putting this post together. That is pretty rare actually: Once again, I have been reminded that I do not consciously pick the music that I love.
(September 2012)
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Including one of the founding members of the new wave band the Motels, Code Blue released a couple of albums that had only limited success; that doesn’t stop their music from being terrific, however. From YouTube, here is one of their best songs, “Face to Face”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUWxDrhTu3Q . A total of nine songs by the band is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVx5tvLCg8&index=6&list=PLmycY91Rv1ymUrfYUujetZUzifwZVVxE7 .
(September 2014)
