{"id":2327,"date":"2014-06-16T21:36:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2024-02-14T20:07:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:07:12","slug":"shark-vegas-you-hurt-me-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/shark-vegas-you-hurt-me-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark Vegas- You Hurt Me 12”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s one on the synthpop side of things, a mild obscurity on the otherwise popular Factory imprint.\u00a0 Some may be familiar with this tune via the club circuit, where it enjoyed massive success in The States and Berlin, despite a relatively cool reception in the UK.<\/p>\n

Shark Vegas was a German supergroup of sorts, featuring ex-Die Unbekannten members Mark Reeder on synths\/tapes\/guitar and Alistair Gray on vocals with two other members of pop band Soif de la Vie.\u00a0 The original version of this 12” was recorded in 1984 and released on Totenkopf Records (Abw\u00e4rts, Die Toten Hosen).\u00a0 After a tour with New Order in 1984, the band decided to rerecord and remix the single with Bernard Summer in to assist on the decks (a very common practice at the time, if you consider New Order’s involvement with Section 25, Thick Pigeon\/Stanton Miranda, etc.).\u00a0 Sumner would also play guitar at the end of the track, while co-producer Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio) sang backup.\u00a0 A real family affair!\u00a0 The Factory version of the 12” (complete with an iconic message on the cover) became a dance club hit overseas.<\/p>\n

These two singles would make up the majority of Shark Vegas’ discography, though the band would contribute a handful of tracks to soundtracks and compilations, most notably the track “Pretenders of Love,” which appears on Young, Popular, and Sexy<\/em> (1987) and was reissued on the FAC.DANCE<\/em> compilation in 2011.\u00a0 I just now discovered “Love Habit<\/a>” on Youtube, and it continues to push the band’s slightly ironic sound to the extreme, with some rather of-the-time synth lines…\u00a0 If anyone has an mp3 of that one that isn’t sourced from YouTube, feel free to send it my way.\u00a0 I’m also interested in hearing “11th March”- which apparently hails from an independent film called The Party<\/em>.\u00a0 With that in mind, here’s both versions of this excellent 12” for your listening pleasure.<\/p>\n

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Shark Vegas- You Hurt Me <\/em>12” (1984)
\n1. You Hurt Me
\n2. You Hurt Me For the First Time
\n3. You Hurt Me For the Last Time<\/p>\n

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Shark Vegas- You Hurt Me<\/em> 12” (1986)
\n1. You Hurt Me
\n2. You Hurt Me Version
\n3. But Now Your Flesh Lies Rotting In Hell<\/p>\n

*download both here<\/a>*<\/p>\n

…and here’s some rare footage of the band performing the track in Berlin in the mid-1980s!\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n