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....We all feel better in the dark....the lyrics.....what was Chris thinking....."and I'm feeling really horny..." makes me cringe.
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Each to their own, but no way! I love that track. My top 3 most embarrassing PSB songs:

1. Winner
2. Winner
3. Winner
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Pod wrote: Sat 28 Jul 2018, 12:04 am Each to their own, but no way! I love that track. My top 3 most embarrassing PSB songs:

1. Winner
2. Winner
3. Winner
1. Winner
2. Winner
3. Winner
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#4 Post by York Minster »

1. Winner Video
2. "me lah-mo neil"
3. Winner Video


we all feel better in the dark would be on the top of the dope axx songs list.
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That Canibus turned into a television evangelist"
Plus he raps with his regular voice [BOOSH! BOOSH!]
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#5 Post by chrissyboy »

New York City Boy. I would never play this to anyone. Just horrendously embarrassing. Why they seem to consider this as a live staple is beyond me.

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#6 Post by NikacP0kac »

I would pick the songs that I hate most, so:
1. Hold On
2. Metamorphosis
3. struggling to think of a third one..
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#7 Post by SynthMan Wales »

It has to be their version of In Private with Elton John.

I like the original song and the song itself, but this latter day effort sounds like a cheap in-joke or an attempt at self-parody, which is not funny for those who are not in it.

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#8 Post by ArtHist »

As "New York City Boy" is a staple on these type of lists, I'd instead suggest the following;

1. Absolutely Fabulous
2. If Love Were All- Neil's voice comes across as too thin and it's all a bit luvvie.
3. The Night I Fell in Love- the lyrics are just cringe

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#9 Post by SynthMan Wales »

ArtHist wrote: Sat 28 Jul 2018, 8:36 am As "New York City Boy" is a staple on these type of lists, I'd instead suggest the following;

1. Absolutely Fabulous
2. If Love Were All- Neil's voice comes across as too thin and it's all a bit luvvie.
3. The Night I Fell in Love- the lyrics are just cringe
Is Absolutely Fabulous officially a PSB track? I guess Disco 2 makes it canon, but I think we can disregard it (the mixes were good though)

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#10 Post by Markpro »

1. Winner
2. New York City Boy
3. Hold On


But Winner is a clear, eh ...Winner.
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#11 Post by raggatwin »

Go West, cheesy and overplayed...New York City Boy was gay disco done properly
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#12 Post by Marie loves PSB »

alig wrote: Fri 27 Jul 2018, 11:45 pm ....We all feel better in the dark....the lyrics.....what was Chris thinking....."and I'm feeling really horny..." makes me cringe.
lol... :lol: We don't mind it and have a good laugh at it when it is played. I agree with some of you about "Hold on". I'm not keen on it also The Former Enfant Terrible. :down:

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#13 Post by alig »

Nightlife- the song. Thank goodness they never put it on an album. The arrangement is tinny. Neil's voice sounds so.....simpering and thin.
Like a Bee Gees rip-off.
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#14 Post by chrissyboy »

So my first choice was New York City Boy. Incredibly embarrassing. What makes them want to play this in a live set alongside some great songs is beyond me.

My second choice would be Hold On. Listened to it a couple of times when the album was released. Never again. Doesn’t feature on my Elysian tracklist. There is literally nothing I like about it.

Third choice, The Night I Fell in Love. So naff and embarrassing.

I would never play these songs to a non fan.

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#15 Post by Danimal »

At their best PSB are sublime. However, there are big chunks of their career that make me proud to be an Erasure fan. I couldn't limit myself to only three songs. Just for starters:
1. The whole Liza Minelli project
2. All of the "Closer to Heaven" musical
3. If Love Were All
4. The night I fell in love
3. Give it a go
4. Hold on
5. New York City boy
6. Boy strange
And that's just the top of the cringeworthy, roll-up the car windows list. It seems after very early on in their career for every "Electric" there's a "Results."

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