Music Appreciation

lastlib

(27,153 posts) Thu Nov 6, 2025, 11:13 PM Nov 6

Hey Saint Peter - Flash and the Pan

A quirky, but interesting, New Wave piece.

"Hey, Saint Peter, before you ring your bell,
I've been down in New York town,
Done my time in Hell,
Done my time in Hell.

I was never a big fan of new-wave stuff, but this one sort of tripped my trigger.

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Hey Saint Peter - Flash and the Pan (Original Post) lastlib Nov 6 OP

It's a wonderful energetic piece that is under-rated and thus hardly known. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 6 #1

I think that energy, and that staccato beat, was what I liked about it! lastlib Nov 6 #3

That was the first album i ever bought!!! Shambala Nov 6 #2

Wow, that's cool! lastlib Nov 6 #4

Always Liked That Song ProfessorGAC Nov 7 #5

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

1. It's a wonderful energetic piece that is under-rated and thus hardly known. . . . nt

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 11:21 PM

Nov 6

lastlib

(27,153 posts)

3. I think that energy, and that staccato beat, was what I liked about it!

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 11:45 PM

Nov 6

Not to mention that it kinda captured how I was feeling in the days when I first heard it.

Shambala

(237 posts)

2. That was the first album i ever bought!!!

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 11:31 PM

Nov 6

I still have it and it was the first album i played when I had my old turntable refurbished about a year ago.

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lastlib

(27,153 posts)

4. Wow, that's cool!

Reply to Shambala (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 11:49 PM

Nov 6

When I first heard it, I was in college, broke. Had neither the money nor the time to shop much for albums, so when I had spendable money, I had to be pretty selective about what I bought, and this one never quite made the cut. By the time I had the money, I couldn't easily find the album, so it was many years before I ran across it on a hits CD (which I still have).

ProfessorGAC

(75,248 posts)

5. Always Liked That Song

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:23 PM

Nov 7

Interesting arrangement & the combination of synths & real strings make it big & lush.
Very cool.

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