Zoot Woman "Living in a Magazine"
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I'm not going to assume that everyone here has heard this song, even though it received a healthy amount of club play earlier in the decade. Simply put, Zoot Woman hasn't reached a tipping point in terms of popularity (they aren't even playing in the U.S. this summer) and most people who have heard of Stuart Price probably know of him from his work with Madonna rather than his own stellar discography. As far as this discography is concerned, his remixes are probably more likely to be referenced, particularly the Grammy Award-winning mix of No Doubt's cover of "It's My Life."
Let's get to the point, though, five years after the fact, I still listen to Living in a Magazine on a regular basis and this title track remains a personal favorite. In fact, I would go on the record as saying this is one of my top picks for releases during the course of this decade. People like to refer to Zoot Woman as an "electro Hall & Oates," but that could probably be said about a host of bands. At the very least, it could refer to plenty of groups who follow what my friend Paul the ex-GGBW calls "The Hall & Oates School of Songwriting," wherein there are only three discernible lines in the song (example: "I can't go for that/Oh, oh, oh/No can do"). I think I picked up more than three lines in just the chorus of "Living in a Magazine" ("Advertise to lonely eyes/Living in a magazine/And no disguise you wear can hide/Living in a magazine"). Like Phoenix, Tahiti 80 and Aluminum Group, Zoot Woman walks softly but carries a big tune. Used copies are available at Amazon.com. If you're a vinyl junkie and in L.A., check Amoeba because I always see copies there.