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Mp3: The Vault: The Freshies Get In The Game
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<blockquote data-quote="muzikfrk" data-source="post: 706"><p><img src="http://idolator.com/assets/resources/2007/06/iminlove.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />They weren't as MTV-notorious as the Thompson Twins, but the Manchester pop band <a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/the-freshies/" target="_blank">The Freshies</a> got in on the <a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/groove-is-in-the-.art/back-in-the-day-the-thompson-twins-were-at-the-forefront-of-multimedia-add+ons-270133.php" target="_blank">vinyl video game</a> action with <em>The Biz</em>, a music industry-themed game that allowed players to play at making it big as a band. That game was just one of many ways Freshies leader Chris Sievey tried to promote his band--he even came up with Frank Sidebottom, the band's No. 1 fan, who actually outpaced the Freshies in popularity and who's <a href="http://www.franksidebottom.co.uk/" target="_blank">still available for appearances around the UK</a>. It's a shame, because "I'm In Love With A Girl On A Certain Megastore's Check Out Desk," which appears on the game's soundtrack, is a fine pop tune that's worth at least a few extra points on <em>The Biz</em>'s "song quality" scale: </p><p><a href="http://www.idolator.com/assets/resources/mp3/freshies_megastore.mp3" target="_blank">The Freshies - I'm In Love With A Girl On A Certain Megastore's Check Out Desk</a> [<a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/" target="_blank">MP3</a>]</p><p><a href="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekplay.cgi?title=Biz%2c+The&pub=Virgin+Games+Ltd&year=1984&id=0000544&game=/games/b/BizThe.z80.zip&emu=3" target="_blank">The Biz</a> [worldofspectrum.org]</p><p><a href="http://www.thefreshies.co.uk/" target="_blank">CHRIS SIEVEY AND THE FRESHIES</a> [Official site]</p><p>Earlier: <a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/groove-is-in-the-.art/back-in-the-day-the-thompson-twins-were-at-the-forefront-of-multimedia-add+ons-270133.php" target="_blank">Back In The Day, The Thompson Twins Were At The Forefront Of Multimedia Add-Ons</a></p><p><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?a=d5uz0S" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?i=d5uz0S" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></img></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-the-freshies-get-in-the-game-270288.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muzikfrk, post: 706"] [IMG]http://idolator.com/assets/resources/2007/06/iminlove.jpg[/IMG]They weren't as MTV-notorious as the Thompson Twins, but the Manchester pop band [URL="http://idolator.com/tunes/the-freshies/"]The Freshies[/URL] got in on the [URL="http://idolator.com/tunes/groove-is-in-the-.art/back-in-the-day-the-thompson-twins-were-at-the-forefront-of-multimedia-add+ons-270133.php"]vinyl video game[/URL] action with [I]The Biz[/I], a music industry-themed game that allowed players to play at making it big as a band. That game was just one of many ways Freshies leader Chris Sievey tried to promote his band--he even came up with Frank Sidebottom, the band's No. 1 fan, who actually outpaced the Freshies in popularity and who's [URL="http://www.franksidebottom.co.uk/"]still available for appearances around the UK[/URL]. It's a shame, because "I'm In Love With A Girl On A Certain Megastore's Check Out Desk," which appears on the game's soundtrack, is a fine pop tune that's worth at least a few extra points on [I]The Biz[/I]'s "song quality" scale: [URL="http://www.idolator.com/assets/resources/mp3/freshies_megastore.mp3"]The Freshies - I'm In Love With A Girl On A Certain Megastore's Check Out Desk[/URL] [[URL="http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/"]MP3[/URL]] [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekplay.cgi?title=Biz%2c+The&pub=Virgin+Games+Ltd&year=1984&id=0000544&game=/games/b/BizThe.z80.zip&emu=3"]The Biz[/URL] [worldofspectrum.org] [URL="http://www.thefreshies.co.uk/"]CHRIS SIEVEY AND THE FRESHIES[/URL] [Official site] Earlier: [URL="http://idolator.com/tunes/groove-is-in-the-.art/back-in-the-day-the-thompson-twins-were-at-the-forefront-of-multimedia-add+ons-270133.php"]Back In The Day, The Thompson Twins Were At The Forefront Of Multimedia Add-Ons[/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?a=d5uz0S"][IMG]http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?i=d5uz0S[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [url=http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-the-freshies-get-in-the-game-270288.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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