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WXJL Tonight

by Parralox

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They used to listen to the radio...

Imagine it's 1981 and Martin Rushent and Giorgio Moroder produced Travelogue.
What could that sound like?

Parralox have produced a loving recreation of The Human League's classic 2nd album "Travelogue" using analog synths including the Roland System 100, Matrix Brute, Fairlight CMI 30A, Sequential Circuits Pro One and Jupiter 8.

Travelogue is also available as a Limited Edition 4 CD (Super Deluxe Fan Bundle)" and features 3 Bonus Limited Edition CD-Rs:

CD-R 1: Parralox - Hotter (Luminiferous Remixes) (Limited Edition)
CD-R 2: Parralox - Remix Series - DMT Berzerk 2 (Limited Edition)
CD-R 3: Parralox - Megamix 2017 (Limited Edition)

The Limited Edition CD Bundle can be purchased on conzoom records
www.conzoomrecords.com/en/store/product/view/1/104

lyrics

WXJL Tonight
Written by Philip Oakey, Ian Craig Marsh, Adrian Wright & Martyn Ware.

The way it was in the past
A long, long time ago
Before staff levels dropped
They used to listen to the radio
And listen to the DJ's talk
About the songs they didn't know
As if it really mattered

Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Once I couldn't care at all
But I can feel the ratings fall tonight

And 20 years ago
No-one seemed to care
The people must have known
The DJ's role was only there
To fill in space between the songs
That talk of love and other things
As if they didn't matter

Automatic stations came
And sent them all away
And now I'm left alone
I haven't got a word to say
And you're the one who makes the choice
To turn me on or turn me off
But now it really matters

Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Once I couldn't care at all
But I can feel the ratings fall tonight

Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight

credits

released December 3, 2021
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Dedicated to Fran Drescher

Producer, Synthesizers + Vocals - John von Ahlen
Engineer - Juan del Toro

Original version appears on "Travelogue" (Album)

Recorded at Subterrane Recording Studio, Melbourne, Australia.

Original File Information :
Name: Parralox - 221 - WXJL Tonight V6 - 2021 08 25.wav
Size: 82.40 MB
Length: 5:00
Sample Rate: 48 KHz
Sample Size: 24 bit
Bit Rate: 2,304 kbps

Management (Los Angeles) adam@campentertainment.com
Publicity (New York) len.evans@projectpublicity.com

© 2021 BMG Rights Management
℗ 2021 Subterrane Records

Official Website
www.parralox.com

Record Labels
www.conzoomrecords.com
www.subterrane.com.au

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Parralox Melbourne, Australia

If ever there was a new electronic pop band to encapsulate and emulate the legendary stylings of Depeche Mode, The Human League, Erasure, New Order, Pet Shop Boys and the spirit of Madonna in her 80s day-glo era, then Australia’s Parralox are that modern-day reincarnation. ... more

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