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Move To Move

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Kon Kan is such a great cd. I cant belive why a group like this never became as popular as depeche mode. There are so many great song, but the song that stands out the most is "i never promised you a rose garden." Once you hear this song you are going to blasted away and wonder why such a great song never got the radio attention. This is one of the most danceable 80s cds ever! So buy , it wont let you down.

This is an 80s work of art. My favorite song is the cover of I Beg Your Pardon. I also the like Kon Kan's follow up album, Syntonic. However I cannot find it on CD anywhere. It should definitely be reissued. It's just as good as Move to Move.

I can think of two groups that might be called pillage rock/pop. One was the Time Lords, a.k.a. KLF, who shamelessly and irreverently sampled artists. The other was Kon Kan, whose approach was more proto-industrial pop/techno like Depeche Mode, Xymox, or the Smiths, with some songs sampled. I first heard a song of theirs at a record store in 1990, where it was an instore play,...and after being intrigued by the sampling of Nancy Sinatra, forgot about it for nearly ten years.

Depeche Mode sounding synths, then Expose-type keyboards set the standard for "Arts' In D Minor/Harry Houdini" Other times, I'm reminded of some weird fast-paced instrumental Harold Faltermeyer might do. When Kevin Wynne sings here, it does draw comparisons to Dave Gahan, Morrissey, or other such artists. When the female singers sing "I wanna be...just like Harry Houdini", it's done to the melody of Blondie's "The Tide Is High" where Debbie sang "I wanna be...the one who looks just like that." There is a 12" remix included as a bonus track.

"Bite The Bullet" is another industrial techno exercise, while the title track is sung by Barry Harris, who has a slightly deeper register that is more like Dave Gahan than Wynne. There is a strings-enhanced melody that reminds me of Johnny Hates Jazz's "Shattered Dreams.

"I Can't Answer That" has a funky bass synth and Expose-type synth with the R&B-style ladies singing the lyrics, the melody having a hard beat like Sting's "We'll Be Together."

"I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden)" is the most upbeat number here and starts out in a Depeche Mode manner. The parentheses indicates a sample of Lynn Anderson's song of the same name. The dancing keyboard instrumental really enhances the song. This too has a remix bonus track.

Barry Harris's last lead vocal here is for "Am I In Love", but given the mid-paced tempo of the song, he sounds more like Morton Haarkit of a-ha, and he sings the title in a dreamy questioning way.

"Glue And Fire is more of the same, while "It Doesn't Matter" incorporates a sax. And now, the song I heard at a record store in Las Cruces, which made me go "wha...?" I asked who it was and I got the reply. It was "Puss N Boots/These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" Initially, the guitar for Led Zeppelin's "Good Times/Bad Times", then scratching, and then the banshee-like wailing from Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" After some lyrcs, a Nancy Sinatra sample comes, followed by a variation of "Tequila" instrumental, and etc. And then comes a rap by BX Style Bob of the Rhyme Syndicate. Crazy "magpie music," as Inspector Morse said of techno that sampled other music.

Innovative, upbeat, and not boring, coming more alive with "I Beg Your Pardon" and "Puss N Boots." Another interesting novelty of the late 80's, a direction that might've been taken if Depeche Mode or Xymox has decided to go the sampling route.

Hi there. No, I have not had the pleasure of listening to move to move, but I have had the pleasure of purchasing Syntonic, used, from the web. I am sure that several of you probably hate me for this, but you don't know what a struggle it's been, getting a hold of this CD! I remember back in the late '80s, I had a friend who turned me on to Kon Kan's music, namely, the song "Liberty", or, for the uninitiated, the first track off of Syntonic. All I remembered about it, was that It went something like :"Let me tell the story, the way it used to be..." and the chorus went: "Break these chains in the name of..Liberty! " Aw, man, I cannot explain the exceeding-joy that I experienced, when I saw it sitting in my mailbox, when I got back from work a few days ago. I have been listening to it nonstop-since. Especially, "Liberty". I agree with those of you who said that Syntonic shoud definitely be reissued. As a fan of Depeche Mode, Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys, etc. and last but not least: Kon Kan, I have got to admit, that Kon Kan's music, can hang with the best of the '80s-crowd, and that Move to Move will be my next purchase!

If you enjoy the 80's music like I do, this is a must have. Kon Kan delivers synth-pop like it should be from the era that made some of us who we are today. Kon Kan has a unique sound that stands out from other synth-pop bands. Great dance songs are: "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)", "Bite the Bullet", "Glue & Fire", "I Can't Answer That", "Arts' in D Minor/Harry Houdini". There are also great slow love songs that happen to be my favorates; "Move to Move", and "Am I in Love".

This entire CD is just a great experience, but the remix of "I Beg Your Pardon" brought back soooooooooo many memories for me. It is the only song that has ever just made me stop what I am doing when I am at a club and head to the dance floor. I had lost track of it over the years and recently heard it being played on a "One Hit Wonders Wednesday All Eighties" and I just got all pumped up listening to it. Thank God I found it - that song just brings back the most amazing sensations! If you like the synth heavy, and I do mean HEAVY, 80's music, you will love this CD, no doubt about it.

I have a dirty secret. I'm a major fan of 80's techno-pop but never listened to Kon Kan until recently. The Move to move is fantastic, what more can i say, I wish the bands of today could have learned something from their 80's predesesors. Buy Kon Kan Move to Move, the lyrics are unique and the sound of the key board put them is incredible. If you like this band chech out Alpha Ville, similar in ways..

Before he teamed up with Chris Cox to form the DJ team Thunderpuss, Barry Harris was the frontman of the Canadian act Kon Kan. In 1989, they had a Top 20 hit "I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)," which appears on the CD "Move to Move," a dance album full of tunes so catchy and hook-loaded, you forget how shallow the material sometimes is. Energetic beats, Roland-like synths, and danceable grooves abound. It doesn't suggest much in the way of originality when you sample (no, STEAL) the hook off Deborah Harry's "The Tide is High" on one of your songs, but this album overall succeeds in its mission: to create fun-dumb, mindless pop. There are better dance records than "Move to Move," but there are also twice as many that are worse.

I have known Kon Kan's work in the Philippines. Kon Kan never made it big to the U.S. but it was in Asia. If you get a chance to listen to this CD, I guarantee that if you're a synthesizer, 80s loving freak like me..you will totally love it!

This is a cool CD. I am a big fan of the song "IBeg Your Pardon", and "Puss N Boots", I pretty much grew up with that stuff. However, i thought there would be another song on this album, I'm not sure of the title but it kinda goes, "Oh,OH,Oh, Oh Baby, DO you wanna dance with me?, Oh, Oh, Oh,Oh, baby, Dance the night ? ", Anyways it is probably on the other Kon Kan CD. Other than that the whole CD is pretty catchy, definately 80's dance pop stuff. If you wanna break out the flashback vault, you should definately have this in your CD collection.