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3 | British new wave pop group formed in 1981 by Lynval Golding, Terry Hall and Neville Staple, who had broken away from Music/TheSpecials over CreativeDifferences. They released only two albums, a [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled debut album]] (1982) and ''Waiting'' (1983), before splitting up in 1983. |
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5 | !!The tropers have taken over the asylum: |
6 | * AlbumIntroTrack: Both albums have them. |
7 | ** ''The Fun Boy Three'' has "Sanctuary", 1:22 of the Fun Boys and Music/{{Bananarama}} doing OminousLatinChanting. |
8 | ** ''Waiting'' has the instrumental "Murder She Said", by way of introducing and showcasing their new backing band. |
9 | * AntiLoveSong: "The Tunnel Of Love". |
10 | * CoverVersion: |
11 | ** "It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)", a jazz standard dating from the 1930s. |
12 | ** "Summertime" from Theatre/PorgyAndBess. |
13 | ** "Murder She Said" is a cover of the theme from the 1950s ''Literature/MissMarple'' films. |
14 | ** "Our Lips Are Sealed" is often thought to be one, but it was co-written by Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin, so while Music/TheGoGos got their version out a lot sooner, both bands co-own it. |
15 | * CrapsackWorld: "The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum" makes a case for the real world being this. |
16 | * DirtyCop: In "The Farmyard Connection", the cannabis farm is raided by a "policeman on the fiddle" who confiscates the weed, not for evidence but so that ''he'' can sell it on. |
17 | * FadingIntoTheNextSong: ''Waiting'' has its instrumental opener "Murder She Said" transition directly into "The More I See (The Less I Believe)". Bonus points for the MoodWhiplash. |
18 | * FakeOutOpening: "Murder She Said" is a pretty, jolly, ornate instrumental. The rest of the album is back to their miserable old selves. |
19 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: They did a version of "Our Lips Are Sealed" in Urdu, for no particular reason. |
20 | * LuckyCharmsTitle: The 7" BSide of "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" is a dub version of the A side listed simply as "?". The only words in the track are "question mark". On 12" it's listed more fully as "The More I See (The Less I Believe) Part Two (?)". |
21 | * MoodWhiplash: ''Waiting'' opens with the sprightly instrumental "Murder She Said", which segues straight into "The More I See (The Less I Believe)", a song about UsefulNotes/TheTroubles which is dark even by their standards. |
22 | * NewSoundAlbum: ''Waiting'', which had a full backing group and generally moved away from the minimalism of their debut. |
23 | * OminousLatinChanting: "Sanctuary", the AlbumIntroTrack on ''The Fun Boy Three''. |
24 | * PerpetualFrowner: Hall was particularly known for it (and had been since his first appearances with Music/TheSpecials) but all of them were pretty much this. |
25 | * ProtestSong: Their whole discography is more or less this, but "The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum" and "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" stand out. |
26 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to Terry Hall, "Well Fancy That!" is based on his experiences being kidnapped by his teacher, who turned out to be part of a pedophile ring who sexually abused him for four days, at the age of 12. |
27 | * RearrangeTheSong: |
28 | ** The single version of "The Telephone Always Rings" has a horn section added, making it sound closer to the style of their former group Music/TheSpecials. |
29 | ** "Funrama 2" on the self-titled album is previous B Side "The Funrama Theme" with cornet player Dick Cuthell improvising over the top. |
30 | * RockstarSong: "The Telephone Always Rings". |
31 | * SarcasticTitle: The name, The Fun Boy Three. |
32 | * SelfTitledAlbum: Their debut. |
33 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Hung around the cynical end. |
34 | * ShirtlessScene: Neville goes shirtless on the sleeve photo for "Summertime". |
35 | * SpecialGuest: Music/{{Bananarama}} on several tracks on ''The Fun Boy Three''. The favour was returned when the Fun Boys themselves appeared as special guests on Bananarama's cover of "Really Saying Something". |
36 | * StepUpToTheMicrophone: |
37 | ** Drummer June Miles-Kingston performs what amounts to a dual lead vocal with Hall on "Our Lips Are Sealed". |
38 | ** Backing vocalist Ingrid Schroeder sings lead on "Our Lips Are Sealed (Urdu version)". |
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