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kennym · #61 Post by **kennym** » Wed 03 May 2006, 11:37 am

Where can i hear this?

Markpro · #62 Post by **Markpro** » Wed 03 May 2006, 11:42 am

Well i think the reason i like it more is the fact it doesn't sound like a psb written song, it's a bit different to what were used to and ...i like that

it's better than Indefinte Leave To Remain,Twentieth Century and God Willing
(Tin Hat on...ducks for cover)

Nickname · #63 Post by **Nickname** » Wed 03 May 2006, 12:53 pm

Markpro wrote:Well i think the reason i like it more is the fact it doesn't sound like a psb written song, it's a bit different to what were used to and ...i like that

it's better than Indefinte Leave To Remain,Twentieth Century and God Willing
(Tin Hat on...ducks for cover)

Agree.

#64 Post by **StevePSB** » Wed 03 May 2006, 2:16 pm

kennym wrote:Where can i hear this?

On the CD when it's released. Try that and see how you get on.

StevePSB

i probably would · Wed 03 May 2006, 2:20 pm

On the CD when it's released. Try that and see how you get on.

Quality!

Docoboy · #66 Post by **Docoboy** » Wed 03 May 2006, 4:05 pm

Can't believe how contoversial this track is. However, I think it's fantastic - almost as good as Minimal.

boyjohn · #67 Post by **boyjohn** » Wed 03 May 2006, 6:30 pm

And by the way, there is absolutely nothing wrong with how Neil sings it. Neil is quite anal about grammar, for example writing West End girls with the small g. So it's just weird to hear him singing a song with bad grammar in the lyrics. Warren's fault, not Neil's.

I think Neil will sing ungrammatical things for the sake of the song, maybe he just felt that "i don't want to feel this pain no more" sounded more sad and lonely.

And this line from excuses doesn't really seem grammatically right to me either
-- I walked into the room
-- imagine my surprise
-- you were sitting close to him
-- staring in each other's eyes

stew · #68 Post by **stew** » Wed 03 May 2006, 6:31 pm

wana hear it bad!

#69 Post by **StevePSB** » Thu 04 May 2006, 8:08 pm

i probably would wrote:
On the CD when it's released. Try that and see how you get on.
Quality!

I thank you!

StevePSB

BrilliantPSB · #70 Post by **BrilliantPSB** » Thu 04 May 2006, 8:58 pm

will_castano wrote:For godssakes- it's friggin beautiful!! Who said it was weak? Are you people never happy unless it's a stomping disco anthem?? Numb is a work of art. It's great that they applied their sound & vocal to someone else's lyric (without resorting to a cover). Adds more dimension to the album.

my words, too.

NUMB is SIMPLY one of the most emotional PSB song EVER. You can almost TOUCH the need of loneliness which Neil sings about.

boyjohn · #71 Post by **boyjohn** » Thu 04 May 2006, 9:04 pm

You can almost TOUCH the need of loneliness which Neil sings about

I can just see lonely middle aged women sitting in offices all over the country singing along to it (i'm serious)

Eldritch · #72 Post by **Eldritch** » Fri 05 May 2006, 8:39 am

boyjohn wrote: And this line from excuses doesn't really seem grammatically right to me either
-- I walked into the room
-- imagine my surprise
-- you were sitting close to him
-- staring in each other's eyes

English isn't my native language so I can't claim to be an expert, but with the possible exception of the last line ("staring inTO each other's eyes" might be more correct) I can't see anything wrong in these lines. Can anybody elaborate on this?

No Muscle Mary · #73 Post by **No Muscle Mary** » Fri 05 May 2006, 8:50 am

Being honest with you, I'm a sub-editor so I spend all day every day cleaning up grammatical errors and I see nothing wrong with those words from Excuses.

Apart perhaps from the inTO that you pointed out but that would be being really, really anal about it.

I think Excuses is excellently written, every word thought out carefully, like a poem.

kimphilby · #74 Post by **kimphilby** » Fri 05 May 2006, 9:54 am

It really seems to split opinion does 'Numb'. Q mag's review said it was more X-Factor than PSB, sitting uncomfortably on an otherwise flawless album. Popjustice rates it highly, saying it would be number1 on itunes forever, and here in the community it's a pure Marmite track, love or hate. Not heard it myself - cos I don't steal product from the boys via the internet, but am intrigued.

No Muscle Mary · #75 Post by **No Muscle Mary** » Fri 05 May 2006, 9:59 am

I've decided to rechristen it 'Dumb'