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ladytron

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 8:17 AM

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I was looking on slsk for some features tracks, and I downloaded a song called 'Floozie of the Neighbourhood'.

Now this song sounds NOTHING like The Features that I know... was there a pre-features features?!! Or is this their 'old' sound?!

Jakob Dorof

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 9:56 AM

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The old Features' sound still has identifiable Pelham vocals, and the current style albeit more whimsical than sincere. Guaranteed to be a fake.

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 10:00 AM

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About a year ago, richarddawson discovered another band called "The Features" from Austrailia. The song you mentioned could be one of theirs.

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 10:19 AM

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The old Features' sound still has identifiable Pelham vocals, and the current style albeit more whimsical than sincere. Guaranteed to be a fake.

If I shut my eyes and squint a bit, the voice could *just* be Matt's. But I also have to make myself believe it too.

Thanks TF. This must be the other band...

(Edited by ladytron at 4:19 pm on Mar. 18, 2004)

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 10:31 AM

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i think there might be yet another: a late-70s, possibly punk (?) british 'the features' (discovered on ebay...their 45s go for a lot of $)... you know i'm always searching for rare features memorabilia on ebay; maybe one day i'll be able to buy rollum's toothbrush on there.

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 10:47 AM

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yeah thats the other features. apparently they were from new zealand. the two songs i see constantly are "floozie" and "city scenes". last night i found a new one called "Oh, L!". it rules.

it's a whole culture

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 11:07 AM

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Actually "The Features" of Floozie of the Neighborhood fame is from Pittsburgh originallly and part of the NYC punk scene of the late 70's. The creepy thing is that Rory and I were researching them once and found an album online... the font they used and the layout for it looked exactly like a poster we were doing at the time. It's a pretty cool song BTW.

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 11:15 AM

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i think there might be yet another: a late-70s, possibly punk (?) british 'the features' (discovered on ebay...their 45s go for a lot of $)... you know i'm always searching for rare features memorabilia on ebay; maybe one day i'll be able to buy rollum's toothbrush on there.

This must be it! It was extremely punk, which made me wonder!! They didn't sound Australian... you can usually tell from the accent

Interesting about City Scenes... that could pass as the features :/

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Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 6:21 PM

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maybe one day i'll be able to buy rollum's toothbrush on there.

or sell

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Posted Friday, March 19, 2004 at 12:50 AM

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Incidentally, the "original" Features were: Pelham, Dabbs, Don Sergio, Jason Taylor, and Mr. Yaw.