Fun Boy Three: Our Lips Are Sealed
Consisting of members of a then defunct Specials, Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding formed Fun Boy Three in 1981. A mixture of sounds and textures, the Fun Boys spent their time recording with Fun Girls Bananarama and writing with Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's.
Though perhaps made more famous by the Go-Go's a year earlier, Fun Boy Three released their own version of the hit "Our Lips are Sealed" in 1983. On a personal level, it remains the essential version of the song with carefree vocals and laid-back instrumentation - the perfect touch for the lyrical content that the Go-Go's version lacked.
"Our Lips are Sealed" is available on both the FB3 album Waiting and various Best Of compilations.
Posted: December 30th, 2009
at 11:32am by Peroxide
Tagged with 1983, bananarama, british, fun boy three, go-go's, new wave, pop, the specials
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