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This is what I've downloaded from soulseeek in the past few days.
Today- One Small Day, We Came To Dance & The Thin Wall by Ultravox (I think I'm going trough an "Ultravox phase" right now and I wanted to have other songs of theirs). Favourite-One Small Day
Yesterday-
12" of Dont' Dream It's Over by Crowded House- quite good
12" of Always On My Mind- Pet Shop Boys- the best of the lot
12" of Our Lips Are Sealed- The Go-Go's- just an extention of the 7"
12" of (Keep Feeling) Fascination by The Human League- the same
12" of I Got You by Split Enz that turned out to be a... dance version of the song!!!
last Wednesday-
The Way You Dance, Vacation and Fading Fast by The Go-Go's live in 1981 (downloaded this from You Tube)- even better than the studio versions s they play with more energy here
last Monday
live versions of Dont' Dream It's Over & Better Be Home Soon by Crowded House live from Farewell To The World tour (their last concert in 1996)- not as good as studio versions. The best part is the crowd singing.

Good stuff! I don't think I've heard the extended version of "I Got You".

[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Good stuff! I don't think I've heard the extended version of "I Got You".


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Actually, I wasn't sure about the existence of it. I just tought that there should be one as it was a very sucessful song and was released during a time when 12" were very common (Or was this song released prior to the 12" explosion?). I searched for it on You Tube but couldn't find it. I thought that it could be on Soulseek so I searched there and found it. I was very happy. But when I finally heard it (I tend to download songs without listening to them first) I found out that it was dance remix not an 12" mix so I was so dissapointed that I didn't bother to listen the entire song and deleted it from my ipod.
Do any of you know if a 12" of this song really exist? I guess that if it's not on soulseek it's because it doesn't.

Passing Strangers (BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert)- It lasts for over 5 minutes and things get a bit boring very quickly with so much guitar (when I'm listening to Ultravox live I'm always looking forward a synth solo not a guitar solo)
Sleepwalk (live from Vienna-Further Listening)- Probably my least favourite Ultravox song (out of those I've heard) but, as I wrote before, I'm going trough an Ultravox phase so I had to have it, even when it's not that different from the studio version.
Reap The Wild Wind (Live At Live Aid)-Right now I'm quite obsessed with the whole Live Aid thing (and with Ultravox aswell, as it was such a memorable event that gathered musicians from different styles for a good cause.
Do They Know It's Christmas? by Live Aid- I heard it for the first time a few weeks ago but it was after hearing it again few days ago that I realised that it'sprobabaly the best song ever made as it moved me in a way that few other songs have moved me.

Do they know it's Christmas was actually by Band Aid (1984) / Band Aid 2 (1989) / Band Aid 25 (2009). You've just heard it fo rthe first time? OMFG!

[quote][i]Originally posted by Neil Kelly[/i]
<br>Do they know it's Christmas was actually by Band Aid (1984) / Band Aid 2 (1989) / Band Aid 25 (2009). You've just heard it fo rthe first time? OMFG!
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Well, it never gets played on the radio here in Uruguay, unlike We Are The World, which in my opinion it's not that good (maybe it's that I like British artists better).

Altered Images-The whole Bite album, except for Don't Talk To Me About Love, Bring Me Closer and Change Of Heart, which I already had. To be honest, I didn't get hooked. Maybe it's because most of the songs aren't catchy enough for my tastes and it doesen't have that light hearted vibe that I love so much in Pinky Blue. OK, I didn't give the album half a chance as I heard it in it's entirity just once. The songs I like the best so far are Another Lost Look and Now That You're Here.

Aztec Camera- The Bugle Sounds Again and Back On Board. I downloaded these as like Oblivious so much and, I must admit, it was a waste of time. There was such a lack of catchiness in these songs that I listened to them just twice or three times and then I quickly forgot about them.

Altered Images "Bite", I agree, isn't a great album as a whole. Like you say, it has some really good tunes on it, as well as one of my favorite Altered Images tracks : "Love To Stay". The single edit is too short - the album version is perfect.