Monday, April 17, 2017

"I Live" by The Fixx

The Fixx began as a guitar-based new wave band in the early 80s and ended as a straight-up rock outfit through the 90s. The England band actually released a comeback album in 2012 called "Beautiful Friction."

The Fixx crept into the charts with modest hits like "Stand Or Fall" (#76 in 1982) and "Saved By Zero" (#20 in 1983), but their big breakthrough was "One Thing Leads To Another" (#4). Additional top 40 hits for the band in the 80s followed with "The Sign Of Fire" (#32), "Are We Ourselves?" (#15), and "Secret Separation" (#19).

The Fixx had some additional cuts that should have done better, like the rocking "Driven Out" and "How Much Is Enough," which went to #55 and #35, respectively. "A Letter To Both Sides" is an obscure track from the hit movie Fletch that should have charted, too. In more music movie trivia news, band members Cy Curnin and Jamie West-Oram played on the soundtrack to the 80s cult classic, Better Off Dead.

One of my favorite deep cuts that I thought would be a terrific single was "I Live", from their debut record, "Shuttered Room."

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