PROPAGANDA - Duel REACTION - First time hearing

[@MikeTimbers]

The entire album is absolute gold. A Secret Wish.

[@richardvankastle359]

Claudia Brucken's voice is luscious.

[@magicmulder]

First song I ever sampled back with my Amiga 2000.

[@glenn20081965]

I love this group....

[@NathanVeenstra]

So do I 😁 I couldn’t resist getting the expanded reissue of the album even though I already had it on cd. 😉

[@glenn20081965]

@@NathanVeenstra My vinyl was stored for many years. When I retrieved it, it had warped a little which gave it a new sound altogether. 😆

[@kevcall]

Loved this back in the day a well - from what I recall they did 2 or 3 songs I liked back then (seem to remember loads of remixes as well)

[@briancorkery4083]

Late 80’s The theme to the Australian Touring Cars on Saturday mornings. Sierra Cosworth cleaning up. I looove this song still 38 years later. It was perfect 80’s with the powerful voice, killer bass line, magical orchestration … and Sierra Cosworths flying. Thank you so much for this

[@cinthialreves]

Oh i love this song ...i used to hear it a lot in the radio back in the day❤

[@1963Victory]

100 % German band, from Dusseldorf Germany

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Like you, Harri, I can remember hearing this many years ago, but I didn't really take it in properly .. Hearing it now, and with the visuals to accompany it, I like this quite a lot .. Very catchy, and a little bit mesmerising .. You can get lost in its flow .. Great pick by the requester, Nathan .. Cheers, Wayne

[@NathanVeenstra]

Thanks a lot Wayne, this is one of the reasons I choose my requests: to have people discover or rediscover music that is not known by many. Or has been overlooked or forgotten.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

@@NathanVeenstra Good idea ! 👍

[@JLSV1970]

Velhos tempos! Músicas como essa hoje não se faz mais! Boa escolha Men!

[@Andy-fb8fj]

The final of the extended version is epic

[@kylewoolsey6635]

Harry fancies blood. Must be why he has a R E D RUM? Great reaction. I love this song too. Takes me back to my teens , going to clubs and discovering new music.

[@kristeb74]

Awesome song

[@TheoZoffrok]

Fab song. Propaganda were actually German, though the sound of the record owes a lot to British producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn. Claudia Brücken has a wonderful, very distinctive voice. And they're back!

[@seriouspleasures]

Will you marry me? Because you just mentioned half of the people who made me who I am today! I'll settle for a hug...🤡

[@richardfairlamb9728]

The greatness of Trevor Horn. Everything he touched turned to gold.

[@stevem-h3562]

@@richardfairlamb9728 Horn was supposed to have produced this album, but he was too pre-occupied with Grace Jones' Slave To The Rhythm. So, the job of producing this album went to Lipson. And boy oh boy did he smash it. One of the greatest albuims of the 1980s.

[@andrewdaniel3047]

Harri, It may possibly be that you recognise the chorus because the instrumental version was used as the theme for the RAC Rally coverage by the BBC in the 1980’s. Took me ages to find it as I loved that theme. Keep up the great work 👍

[@NathanVeenstra]

I did not know this. Then again, we didn’t have access to BBC in the Netherlands in the 1980s 😉 Not did I have any interest in any rallies. 😅

[@gordonkeane9134]

I'm sure this is it.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKS8o5uEgr-UbLc

[@salesasa3560]

Try "p-machinery"

[@lucianohenrique9645]

Música linda❤❤❤

[@claudiosimoes5632]

Propaganda um ícone para a modernidade

[@rickwhear4016]

That chorus is infectious AF

[@Cynthia...]

Another good one Nathan. I’m not familiar with it but it’s nice.

[@NathanVeenstra]

I’m glad you liked it. Hope you discovered music you might listen to as of now. 😊

[@badgastein2]

The album Secret Wish was inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe - a track called Jewel precedes this track Duel…Jewel is a punk version on the album. I imagine producer Trevor Horn sneaking back into the studio - he is also a superb musician - and coming up with Duel.

[@Alex.P1]

To me her voice is a higher pitched Sade. Love this song.

[@stevem-h3562]

the album is Stephen Lipson masterpiece.

[@kathryndunn9655]

A time when new order was out

[@eggy1962]

Tell you who is good at playing the intricate keyboard parts on this…..Paul Humphreys of OMD……there is a London performance of this song years later he is playing with the band

[@matthiasgorgen8089]

Paul ist also Claudias Husband 😊

[@stevem-h3562]

Yep. It was called "This Happened", at Bush Hall in Shepherds Bush in 2012 and I was lucky enough to be there and Duel was the track they closed out the gig with. Rather embarrassingly, Humphries' Macbook Pro which was running the multitracks decided to crash during the first verse which brought the first run at it to a shuddering halt with much chortling in the audience. 2nd time through though... it was f"kin epic. It was a wonderful evening.

[@richardgoddard37]

They recently released their 2nd album as X-Propaganda, and it's very good. You should do the b side to this one "Jewel", it's the bitter side to this. Same song, different producers, different results. Their 1st album A Secret Wish was probably the best produced album in the 80s and it still sounds like the future.

[@barrylevinson8114]

3rd album

[@richardgoddard37]

@@barrylevinson8114 3 as X- Proganda now.

[@JoeJohn777]

P machinery is their best song. Used to listen to them when i was 12 back then....

[@gordonkeane9134]

There was an edit of this used by Top Gear from memory. The 45 of this excellent track in my collection

[@gordonkeane9134]

Got me on a late night search.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKS8o5uEgr-UbLc

[@Loggins1969]

You should react to "The Christians" with "Word" and other songs. Dont mind the band name, i dont, and im an atheist. Just good music!

[@trufflehund]

Anyone else thinks he looks a bit like Tracey Thorn's sister might look? Just imagine what would happen if those two very strong voices got together, that would be something very special.

[@cinthialreves]

Oh i love this song ...i used to hear it a lot in the radio back in the day❤