H08 - INXS

INXS - "Merry Christmas Song" Fan-club-only single. Thanks to the huge response to my INXS posts earlier in the year, I finally had someone send me a copy of this rare song. So, thanks going out to Morgan for this one.

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REQUESTS

Here's a couple of songs that were requested. I'm putting them up here in case anyone else wants them.

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Peter Gabriel - "Out Out" From the Gremlins soundtrack.
INXS - "The One Thing" (Extended Version) From the US version of Dekadance.

Thanks to all who comment, request, and share.

INXS (#3)

INXS has become my most popular post, by far. I’ve already put up two sets of b-sides from them. Now, once again by request, here’s a third set.

Thanks to Kremmin for helping me with some of these. And thanks to everyone who’s commented on the previous posts.

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INXS - “Begotten” B-side of the “Listen Like Thieves” single.
INXS - “Black and White” (Extended Version) From the out-of-print US EP Dekadance.
INXS - “Here Comes II” Also from Dekadance (the US version). Original version is on Shabooh Shoobah. (buy)
INXS with Jenny Morris - “Jackson” (Lieber/Wheeler cover) From the Australian-only cassette version of the Dekadance EP. Interesting side note: Johnny Cash duetted on this song with Miss Piggy when he appeared on The Muppet Show. Sorry, I don't have a copy of that one.
INXS - “Do Wot You Do” From the Pretty In Pink soundtrack. (buy)
INXS - “I’m Coming (Home)” B-side of “Need You Tonight” single.
INXS - “Let It Ride” B-side of “Everything”
INXS - “Move On” B-side of the “Never Tear Us Apart” single.
INXS - “On The Rocks” B-side of “Devil Inside”.
INXS - “The Sax Thing” B-side of “To Look At You”. Not the best sound quality on this one, unfortunately.

Alright. That’s gotta be exhausting most of my collection. If there’s something I’ve missed that somebody out there still wants, drop me a line.

Also, check out Martin's INXS forum here: http://inxs.losforosgratis.com/

INXS

By request. . .Here’s some more INXS.

Most of ‘em are good quality. One of them is really really scratchy (recorded from vinyl) and one of them is really low bit rate, but it’s the best I could get.

Enjoy.

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INXS - “Space Shuttle” B-side of “The One Thing” 12” single.
INXS - “Go West” B-side of “Don’t Change” single. This is the scratchy one. Sorry, but it’s the only copy I’ve come across.
INXS - “Mechanical” B-side of “I Send a Message” single.
INXS - “The Harbour” From the “Dancing On the Jetty” single.
INXS - “I’m Over You” From the “What You Need” 12” single.
INXS - “Smoke On the Water” (live Deep Purple cover) It seems this was not the b-side of a fan-club only single, as I had thought. Now I don't know what the origin of the recording is. Doesn't matter, though. It's a good song.


Now, go buy some of their albums (listed back here)

INXS

INXS was formed in Sydney, Australia in 1977. They had a string of hits in Australia in the early eighties, and made it big world wide a few years later.

You probably know the rest of the story. They kept going fairly strong until 1997, when lead singer Michael Hutchence was found dead in his hotel room. His death was ruled a suicide, though his baby-mama, Paula Yates, hinted at it being the result of a sex act.

Soon after, Paula O.D.’d, and their only child (Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence - Yates had a way with naming her kids) was adopted by her ex-husband Bob Geldof, so she could be raised with her three half sisters (Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa, and Little Pixie Geldof). But none of that has to do with INXS.

Anyway, throughout their career, INXS released many non-album b-sides. Many of which are unusual little instrumental tracks. For my posting here, I mainly stuck to the vocal tracks (though the vocals aren’t always done by Hutchence on these).

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INXS - “Phantim of the Opera” No, that’s not a typo. B-side of “The One Thing”.
INXS - “Long In Tooth” B-side of “Don’t Change”.
INXS - “You Never Used To Cry” B-side of “To Look At You”.
INXS - “Sweat As Sin” B-side of the monster hit “What You Need”.
INXS - “Six Knots” B-side of “Listen Like Thieves”.
INXS - “Different World” Another b-side of “Listen Like Thieves”.

INXS Discography (Michael Hutchence years):

INXS, 1980
Underneath The Colours, 1981
Shabooh Shoobah, 1982 (buy)
The Swing, 1984 (buy)
Listen Like Thieves, 1985 (buy)
KICK, 1987 (buy)
X, 1990 (buy)
Welcome To Wherever You Are, 1992 (buy)
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, 1993
Elegantly Wasted, 1997

INXS continues with new lead singer, the oddly named reality TV star J.D. Fortune. Many of us fans wish they could have made a go of it with temporary lead singer Terence Trent D’Arby, but life goes on.