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Foreplay are the bomb!

Formed in 2002 on the spur of the fucking moment to open for The Sex, Foreplay was a conceptual art-rock band inspired exclusively by Victorian narrative pornography.  At their now legendary first show in an apartment in Northeast Washington D.C., Foreplay played their 12-minute set on the couch, while The Sex, who were headlining the show, were setting up to play in the master bedroom. Foreplay's unique delivery and charismatic onstage presence captivated the audience so much that The Sex simply stormed the stage and played right there in the living room, for fear that Foreplay would steal their thunder.

Foreplay consists of multi-instrumentalist Jack Shepherd on Glockenspiel and Triangle, and Patrick B. B. ("the extra 'B' is for "Bargains") Resing on Toy Piano. Their music is characterized by extended "noise-rock" jam sessions accompanied by readings from "The Pearl," a truly enlightening compendium of narrative pornography published in 1879.

Foreplay are best known for their 12-minute conceptual piece "They Do it in the Fashion of Dogs" and the bawdy drinking song "The Olde Dildo." They have no known albums to date, but rumors of a master tape containing "The Olde Dildo" and "Fashion of Dogs" have kept fans talking for years. Featuring ex members of The 86ers, The Muffmen, Neyborhood Threat, and the French rap trio The Damage Brothers, Foreplay went on to form Glenn Hoddle's Revenge. The rest was history.

Foreplay lyrics

Fashion of Dogs

They do it in the fashion of dogs,
doobie do
They do it in the fashion of horses,
doobie do
They do it in the fashion of dogs,
doobie do

So I came directly!
So I came directly!

Damage Brothers lyrics!

Jack and Pat from Foreplay got their start in a little-known but extremely well-loved French rap trio called the Damage Brothers, featuring John Pat Leary from Neyborhood Threat. Their biggest hit was a bumpin' Go-Go infused track called La Plaque d'immatriculation. Here it is, with a rough translation. Note the seamless use of the pluperfect subjunctive:

    La Plaque d'immatriculation                                            The license plate
    C'est le chose le plus cool de tous le nation              It's the coolest thing in the country
    Si vous aviez un imagination,                                         If you had an imagination
    Vous comprendriez ma passion!                                     You'd understand my passion!

    Ma prof m'a dit, "ecrit un redaction"                            My teacher told me, "write an essay"
    mais moi, j'en ai mar, j'ai dit, "vas t'en!"                  but me, I was sick of it, I said, "fuck you!"
    Elle a dit qu'elle croit que je suis fous                        She said that she thought I was crazy
    mais moi, j'ai dit "TOUT EST FOUTU!"                        But me, I said "EVERYTHING'S FUCKED UP!"

That shit is bangin!