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Chrispsb wrote:I wonder why you like most of the latest DM songs then...
Do I ?
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#17 Post by Chrispsb »

I thought so.
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Ghost within this house wrote:So do you think Fundamental (with FIVE ballads!!) will satisfy you?
Depends if it's electro or not ...
Don't like that guitar sound of 'Release'.
5 ballads ... hear, hear! Seems I missed
something, then ...
I didn't know 'Fundamental' 's out now!

However, I 'll let you know after having
had a listen whether if it'll have satisfied
me or not ...
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Of course it´s a matter of a personal taste, but i find liking of only up-tempo music extremely boring and poor...
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#20 Post by Ghost within this house »

Pani wrote:
Ghost within this house wrote:So do you think Fundamental (with FIVE ballads!!) will satisfy you?
Depends if it's electro or not ...
Don't like that guitar sound of 'Release'.
5 ballads ... hear, hear! Seems I missed
something, then ...
I didn't know 'Fundamental' 's out now!

However, I 'll let you know after having
had a listen whether if it'll have satisfied
me or not ...
how's about electro + guitars??

It's not out, but I'm choosing to indulge myself by reading the reviews :wink:
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Ghost within this house wrote:
Pani wrote:
Ghost within this house wrote:So do you think Fundamental (with FIVE ballads!!) will satisfy you?
Depends if it's electro or not ...
Don't like that guitar sound of 'Release'.
5 ballads ... hear, hear! Seems I missed
something, then ...
I didn't know 'Fundamental' 's out now!

However, I 'll let you know after having
had a listen whether if it'll have satisfied
me or not ...
how's about electro + guitars??
That'd be OK by me ... :wink:
Ghost within this house wrote:It's not out, but I'm choosing to indulge myself by reading the reviews :wink:
I know and I noticed what you meant...
I just don't read them, I prefer waiting
patiently and judging by myself.
I don't want to 'know' about the album
even before it is released and before I
have had the opportunity to listen to it
with my own ears. :wink:
I don't trust other person's opinions 2
much, you know ... (see BB, some like
it).
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#22 Post by GalataPSB »

Pani wrote: I don't want to 'know' about the album
even before it is released. :wink:
:lol:
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#23 Post by Janet Street-Porter »

Birthday boy reminds me of It couldn't happen here. I think it's the best song on Release.
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#24 Post by Vicki »

I love 'Birthday boy'. My fave Release song after 'Love is a catastrophe' and 'Home and dry'. VERY beautiful.

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#25 Post by Chrispsb »

Agrred. Quite an amazing song. :)
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#26 Post by One of the crowd »

Janet Street-Porter wrote:Birthday boy reminds me of It couldn't happen here. I think it's the best song on Release.
Birthday Boy reminds me of "Close Cover" by Chris Winter.
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#27 Post by Naughty Zoot »

Monty-- wrote: What the heck is Birthday Boy about?!!
It's about 6:25.

Other than that ... it's an extremely pretentious song on Release and, oddly enough, a prelude to Fundamental :pray:
I like it here ~~ wherever it is ...
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#28 Post by psb-freak »

I absolutely adiore those live versions of Birthday Boy. They´re so wonderful.
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#29 Post by will_castano »

Is it really 6.23? I never noticed how long it was - I always wanted it to continue. BB is one of my favourite PSB songs. Incredibly sad on first listen, then you realise the points of reference & it almost moves you to tears. Three levels of meaning in those deceptively simple lyrics - brilliant. And hardly pretentious. The whole album is their least pretentious which is why so many pretentious fans didnt like it.
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#30 Post by Vicki »

psb-freak wrote:I absolutely adiore those live versions of Birthday Boy. They´re so wonderful.
Yeah, the Radio 2 one particularly
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