Richard Thorncroft – You Can’t Handcuff The Wind (Truth
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| Richard Thorncroft - You Can't Handcuff The Wind |
Release Date: Sometime in the 80s
“You can’t handcuff the wind, if
you try you’re gonna fail, it’s like trying to put thunder in jail”. So goes
the chorus from this 80s beast courtesy of Richard Thorncroft (the latest
character creation of Julian Barratt as part of the new Mindhorn series) and
you can’t help but be swept away in the sheer opulent ambition of the song. On
the sound front, you’ve got lush synths, overblown lead guitar, drums played
out on drum pads and the kind of vocals that you’d expect from Boston or Duran
Duran. Visually (and the video is a visual treat), you’ve got a fine moustache,
some mullets, some great pencil mic action and the kind of blue jeans you only
got in the 80s. Stonewash, natch. The genius of this song is that if you popped
this in to an 80s disco at Butlins around 9.30pm, I’m pretty sure nobody would
bat a heavily made up eyelid. Comic and musical genius. Nice.
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