I am in love with "I've Got Plans" from the whole set.
People here sometimes criticise some fans who remain stuck in 80s. Sometimes I am stuck, too. I cannot ignore it..They never topped the first three albums and will probably never.
The following Youtube comment describes what I feel in the most precise and sincere way. It is about "I've Got Plans":
"Quintessentially PSB. Back in the golden times when with those soundscapes they had the whole wide world in their hands. No one else, possibly nothing else like them. They are still going strong nowadays, but a tune like this - "the sound of those old machines", anyone? - sets the magic of an era with a sort of scientific thoroughness, and it transfixes me with an unfathomable nostalgia."
PSBForTheMasses wrote: Tue 02 Jul 2024, 5:27 pm
People here sometimes criticise some fans who remain
"Quintessentially PSB. Back in the golden times when with those soundscapes they had the whole wide world in their hands. No one else, possibly nothing else like them. They are still going strong nowadays, but a tune like this - "the sound of those old machines", anyone? - sets the magic of an era with a sort of scientific thoroughness, and it transfixes me with an unfathomable nostalgia."
Yep, nailed it. Been listening to some old PSB today and it's just as exciting and fresh now as it's ever been. The tracks on Nonetheless are nothing like them ( yes, even Dancing Star)
For me, another "later" song that captures that exiting atmosphere is Hit and Miss...You feel "how majestic, how special, how unique they were" as soon as the first note strikes.
I agree - I've got plans (involving you) is astonishingly good. It's thrilling and teeters on the tightrope of love and anticipation . It's why I fell in love with PSB in the first place and is a better track than any of Nonetheless (which I do like), but this early era has a sort of grit and atmosphere that is missing from newer tracks.
And that synth in the coda, it's just blissfully evocative of catching the late train home... .
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