Best middle eight

[ea39]

One of the many things that I think elevates PSB's songwriting above their peers is their ability to craft the perfect middle eight, or in layman's terms, the bit of the song that usually occurs about 2/3 of the way through and isn't the verse, chorus or the bridge in between them.

DJ culture ("Now, as a matter of pride...") comes to my mind as a particularly good one - a brilliant key change, and something incredibly elegant and autumnal about it. It really lifts the song.

It's a sin's ("Father forgive me") is probably just as epic, if not more epic, than the rest of the song. Urgent chords, Trevor Horn's kitchen sink production, and Neil's confessional booth pleas for absolution turning into indignation. Brilliant.

Any favourites?

[markus]

Does this count?

"I didn’t know what year it was
I wondered if I’d died
and found a world
where living and dead
were walking side by side"

I actually feel like everything around me stops when it reaches this part. Nobel prize in nuclear science from me.

[ea39]

Does this count?

"I didn’t know what year it was
I wondered if I’d died
and found a world
where living and dead
were walking side by side"

I actually feel like everything around me stops when it reaches this part. Nobel prize in nuclear science from me.

I suppose it's technically verse 3, but I agree it's a brilliant bit of the song. Eerie.

[misterme]

"Or is it only your imagination ?
Driving me crazy, crazy
Baby, baby, please"

[ype]

There may be other temptations in your life
Don’t want to add more complications to your life

[OakeyDokey]

I don't need any more in my life
Did you need something more in your life?

So good I wish they had doubled it up but its sung amd gone in a matter of secs.

[jasonjohn]

I'm not superstitious
Or really religious
Just to thyself be true
But now I think I'm starting to believe in fate
Because it delivered you

*queue beautiful music*

[jules]

The one in i wouldn't normally do this kind of thing is crazy,
The one in legacy where Neil speak french.

[Towa]

Great thread, I fully agree that they have nice middle eights.

The one in “Hey headmaster” (“there’s an invitation in the post…”) and the one in “To step aside” (“will I always need you?…”). Brilliant, wonderful and very psb.

[spacewalker]

You’re so extreme
I want to take you home with me
Come on, tell me one more time
I don’t mind
Baby, I don’t mind, I don’t mind

[y3potential]

One of the many things that I think elevates PSB's songwriting above their peers is their ability to craft the perfect middle eight, or in layman's terms, the bit of the song that usually occurs about 2/3 of the way through and isn't the verse, chorus or the bridge in between them.

DJ culture ("Now, as a matter of pride...") comes to my mind as a particularly good one - a brilliant key change, and something incredibly elegant and autumnal about it. It really lifts the song.

It's a sin's ("Father forgive me") is probably just as epic, if not more epic, than the rest of the song. Urgent chords, Trevor Horn's kitchen sink production, and Neil's confessional booth pleas for absolution turning into indignation. Brilliant.

Any favourites?

I don't want to be Mr Picky, but Trevor Horn didn't produce It's A Sin. A very interesting subject thread though..

[S-sense]

'I'd survive with only memories, If I could Change the way i feel, but I want more than only memories. A human touch to make them real...", wow. And more recently 'I am Always in Love, i am easily led, my life is a mess, like an unmade bed '.

[ea39]

One of the many things that I think elevates PSB's songwriting above their peers is their ability to craft the perfect middle eight, or in layman's terms, the bit of the song that usually occurs about 2/3 of the way through and isn't the verse, chorus or the bridge in between them.

DJ culture ("Now, as a matter of pride...") comes to my mind as a particularly good one - a brilliant key change, and something incredibly elegant and autumnal about it. It really lifts the song.

It's a sin's ("Father forgive me") is probably just as epic, if not more epic, than the rest of the song. Urgent chords, Trevor Horn's kitchen sink production, and Neil's confessional booth pleas for absolution turning into indignation. Brilliant.

Any favourites?

I don't want to be Mr Picky, but Trevor Horn didn't produce It's A Sin. A very interesting subject thread though..

Oh blimey, you're right! Apologies Mr Mendelsohn! Mea maxima culpa...

[y3potential]

One of the many things that I think elevates PSB's songwriting above their peers is their ability to craft the perfect middle eight, or in layman's terms, the bit of the song that usually occurs about 2/3 of the way through and isn't the verse, chorus or the bridge in between them.

DJ culture ("Now, as a matter of pride...") comes to my mind as a particularly good one - a brilliant key change, and something incredibly elegant and autumnal about it. It really lifts the song.

It's a sin's ("Father forgive me") is probably just as epic, if not more epic, than the rest of the song. Urgent chords, Trevor Horn's kitchen sink production, and Neil's confessional booth pleas for absolution turning into indignation. Brilliant.

Any favourites?

I don't want to be Mr Picky, but Trevor Horn didn't produce It's A Sin. A very interesting subject thread though..

Oh blimey, you're right! Apologies Mr Mendelsohn! Mea maxima culpa...

[nervousboy]

Our heads bowed
(The survivors)
At memorials
for other faces in the crowd
Teachers and artists
(it’s never easy)
and Saturday girls
in suits or sequins
(it’s never easy)
or twinsets and pearls