I had four years of French One, so I knew that whatever the quote was happened to be in French! The 'IT' that she said better than Russell was 'Je ne regrette rien', which is French for 'I regret nothing.'īecause of the frequent references to historical persons, places, and things in Sparks songs, I'm used to looking things up on the Internet so I understand better. Because it was Sparks and because they've done this to me before, I started researching Edith Piaf. 'Edith Piaf (Said it Better Than Me)' follows at track number three. 'The Missionary Position' keeps them both smiling. Sparks doesn't need approval from the acrobats or the avant garde in the audience. The Missionary Position!' Possibly an ode to the Bob Seger hit from years ago, 'Horizontal Bop'. 'The tried and true is good enough for me and you. The devil that you know? Maybe not quite that far. Go for what you know? (nod to the Pat Travers Band's great live LP) I'm sure it was nothing.' Then the other member of the conversation walks away. 'Something to tell you, but now I've forgotten. Have you ever had someone act like they've got something terribly important to say, they get your attention, then act like they forget what they were going to say, but it was 'Probably Nothing'.

Sparks has been, is, and will continue to be hugely popular in the UK, regardless of Q. In any event, Q gave Hippopotamus three out of five stars, which still isn't that bad – but for a magazine supposedly so tuned in to the music scene it seems to be a bit of an insult particularly for a supposedly respected music rag in the country in which the band is most famous! Makes little to no difference, I think. Q magazine is a fairly influential music magazine in the United Kingdom, though there have been some aspersions cast regarding whether the Q staff understands that it IS about the music……or is it about the money? With the exception of the UK's Q magazine, Hippopotamus has gotten a minimum of four out of five stars. The reception has been somewhat scary, to be honest. You'll feel the same way once you read a bit about the tune. How could it not be? It's typical Sparks at their sarcastic and irreverent best. The Japan bonus track is included in the review.

There are 16 tracks (the same 15 as the US release plus one bonus track) on the Japan only release, and I've done my due diligence. Of course, that means I paid $9.something for the autorip and another $25 for the Japanese import version I found. Thank heavens for Amazon's AutoRip feature or I'd be really cheesed that my physical copy of the CD is delayed for some reason with no known date that it will ship.

September 8 of this year saw Sparks release their 23rd studio album of their over-four-decade career.

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