“Relentless” & the KLF

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Re: “Relentless” & the KLF

#46 Post by Danimal »

To me, “Music for boys” is PSB wearing their love for The KLF on their sleeves as it’s done in the “Stadium House” style.

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Greetings,
Axonthenet wrote: Mon 29 Mar 2021, 4:54 am We can just imagine what could be happened... maybe Forever in love is the single they were thinking about... wasn’t it planned as a single in 1992? I have to check the Very reissue booklet.
No. "Forever (In Love)" was intended to be the b-side of the cancelled 1992 Mark Stent produced Go West single.

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Eleven wrote: Tue 30 Mar 2021, 4:56 am All I can think of now is The KLF Justified and Ancient with Neil on vocals being the xmas number 1 december 1991
https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/s ... 1222/7501/

I love to look these charts, you can see there was really great songs no matter their position

And also Discography doing much much better than it did
https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/a ... 1110/7502/

Look at those albums, you cant get much better than that
Yep, 1991 was a hell of a time to release an album/compilation... the competition was immense. Queen, GNR, Simply Red, Tina, U2 and several others were at their pinnacle and released legendary stuff... and the thing is, we realised it at the time that those albums were masterpieces (2hymns of the future" as Brian Eno said about the plans for U2's No Line on The Horizon album). PSB being up there should makes us appreciate Discography even more. Let's not be sad/disappointed over lack of immense chart success after 1991/1993 but instead revel in that Discography is one for the ages.
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retrofuturist wrote: Mon 04 Sep 2023, 9:36 am No. "Forever (In Love)" was intended to be the b-side of the cancelled 1992 Mark Stent produced Go West single.
"Select magazine’s strapline claimed that the Boys had decided to 'bottle it in Xmas single race' to avoid any sense that they were reacting to the success of Abba-esque."

Of course, the original 92 mix was VERY Erasure-esque:
https://www.stevepafford.com/psbdiscovery2/

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Danimal wrote: Sat 02 Sep 2023, 1:32 pm To me, “Music for boys” is PSB wearing their love for The KLF on their sleeves as it’s done in the “Stadium House” style.

Really? Thats an italo house number in my opinion.

As for the klf...never understood their popularity..the mendelsohn dub is best mix of that track from my perspective..
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#51 Post by telys »

Nina wrote: Mon 04 Sep 2023, 12:20 pm
retrofuturist wrote: Mon 04 Sep 2023, 9:36 am No. "Forever (In Love)" was intended to be the b-side of the cancelled 1992 Mark Stent produced Go West single.
"Select magazine’s strapline claimed that the Boys had decided to 'bottle it in Xmas single race' to avoid any sense that they were reacting to the success of Abba-esque."

Of course, the original 92 mix was VERY Erasure-esque:
https://www.stevepafford.com/psbdiscovery2/
That article was mostly a load of bull...
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telys wrote: Mon 04 Sep 2023, 8:00 pm
Nina wrote: Mon 04 Sep 2023, 12:20 pm
retrofuturist wrote: Mon 04 Sep 2023, 9:36 am No. "Forever (In Love)" was intended to be the b-side of the cancelled 1992 Mark Stent produced Go West single.
"Select magazine’s strapline claimed that the Boys had decided to 'bottle it in Xmas single race' to avoid any sense that they were reacting to the success of Abba-esque."

Of course, the original 92 mix was VERY Erasure-esque:
https://www.stevepafford.com/psbdiscovery2/
That article was mostly a load of bull...
Only because it didn't mention your beloved Opportunities every few seconds. Or asked the question 'What did they see in Dusty?' - comedy gold that one.

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#53 Post by Dog »

Just digging this old thread back up because I’m sure I’ve read recently Neil saying that when he went to Trancentral to re-record his So hard vocals, that Bill and Jimmy asked him to take a copy of their single Kylie Said To Jason to try and get it signed by both Kylie and Jason. Can anyone remember where I might have read it or heard this?
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#54 Post by g_m »

Twas in the recent Annually, p48 in the 6 Music diary. They play the Morales remix of So Hard and digress on to The KLF.

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g_m wrote:Twas in the recent Annually, p48 in the 6 Music diary. They play the Morales remix of So Hard and digress on to The KLF.
Brilliant, thank you… I’d flicked through but forgotten that feature. Appreciated.
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