I present this track as an homage to the incredible music of Modern English, an artist I adore. Moving forwards, using all my breath Making love to you was never second best I saw the world thrashing all around your face Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace I'll stop the world and melt with you You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time There's nothing you and I won't do I'll stop the world and melt with you (You should know better) Dream of better lives. I claim no copyright of this song and will remove upon request to. It became the band's most successful single, largely in the United States, where it was featured in the film Valley Girl and on MTV. The song, produced by Hugh Jones, was the second single from their 1982 album After the Snow. Relax your mind for a moment and journey with me back to 1982 where I melt with you. ' I Melt with You ' is a song by the British new wave band Modern English. I can't think of a better way to do so with my skillset than that of a remix. Let's embrace the "good old days" and weave it into our present. Late last year, Modern English reissued two of their classic albums, 1981’s Mesh and Lace and 1982’s After the Snow, each with new artwork from original designer Vaughan Oliver. It became the bands most successful single, largely in the United States, where it was featured in the film Valley Girl and on MTV. Modern English was supposed to spend the summer touring North America in celebration of their 40th anniversary, but that run was ultimately canceled because of COVID-19. No need to spoil the feelings of this post with our current way of life. About I Melt with You 'I Melt with You' is a song by the British new wave band Modern English. Modern English is a rock band best remembered for their iconic 1982 song 'I Melt With You' which, despite not reaching the top 40 in either the US or U.K., has appeared in various commercials and movies over the years with a popular music video that became an MTV staple. While everything was transitioning for those who were older, I was swimming in a fresh, unadulterated present. Keep in mind, these were my early years and my lens was that of a curly-headed, suburban, well-loved, nerdy little boy. Technology was emerging at a fever-pitch, Nintendo was king, music was boss, fashion was weird, movies were iconic, entertainment was everywhere, in-person relationships mattered, ugh, I miss it so much. I was young, but it just felt like the world was generally slower and happier. In my experience the 80s, and rolling into the 90s were some of the greatest years of my life. Without this movement, I would have never got to hear my all-time favorite, new-wave-influenced band, the Cure. I was too young to see or understand new wave's importance, but nevertheless, I am so happy it happened. It's a mirror of emotions and thoughts of the times the artist is living in. I love how Wikipedia reads "new wave vocalists sounded high-pitched, geeky and suburban." Music is always a reflection. And people were starting to eat it up! Think "My Sharona" by the Knack, Devo, The Talking Heads, and Blondie. Due to the genre's departure from traditions, a re-birth was taking place. The new wave movement received its momentum in the summer of '77. It embodies the 80s with its post-punk British bliss. I couldn't say the year I first heard this song, but I can say that my first listen gave way to a magic that would never go away. Modern English released their second single "I Melt With You" in 1982, two years before I entered this world. Anyone who was in high school during the '80s might recall the smell of clove cigarettes after listening to the danceable ""Blister"" while more moody pieces like ""The Lowdown"" and ""Antique Future"" beg for birthing another chapter of This Mortal Coil.We're going 80s New Wave with this month's release. Singer Robbie Grey and keyboardist turned guitar player Steven Walker are the only founding members left, but Hugh Jones, the original producer of ""I Melt With You,"" came back to mix this album - and he's since worked with Simple Minds, Echo & The Bunnymen, That Petrol Emotion and Pale Saints amongst others - so beginning with the very jangly (and very English) ""It's OK,"" Soundtrack harks back to those bygone days when the 4AD label was stylistically consistent. This time around Modern English re-explore ‘80s-flavored new wave in the spirit of ""I Melt With You"" but with witty themes, subtle hooks and thoughtful lyrics. Forward to 2010 and Soundtrack surfaces as their first studio album since 1996's Everything Is Mad. "Ever since 1982's household smash ""I Melt With You,"" Modern English has been locked in one-hit-wonder status.
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