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DavidG wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 6:39 pm Hello, here is my wish list

Will-o-the-wisp
For your own good
Radiophonic
Always
Give it a go
Inside a dream
Disappointed (I know it was an 'Electronic' single but I need it!)
In his imagination
I want a dog
My October symphony
King's Cross
Nervously
Young offender
I get excited
Dreaming of the Queen
Sad robot world
After the event
Angelic thug
Forever in love

Encores:
Pandemonium
One thing leads to another
Decide

Playlist Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5tFoC ... 268ec24c52

Great news. Gutted though - actually created myself a playlist on Spotify a couple of years ago called, yup, PSB Obscure. Should've copyrighted the damn thing

Lleonard Pler wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 12:12 pm

jasonjohn wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 3:35 am We should setup a bet for the opening track

My money is on Winner.

We all feel better in the dark. I mean, the title alone is the best fit for a show called Obscure. And it's a fan favourite B-side.

Chris on opening vocals? Now that would be obscure, but actually very cool if they kept the lights low for the first minute until the hectic first verse.

Reading through these setlist proposals and I’m taking a beat to realise (again) how fortunate we all are to follow such an amazingly talented band.

I need to hear all of these tracks again like NOW!

Time on my hands
For your own good
Sodom
Always
I want a dog (intro version)
Inside a dream
Young offender (jam and spoon)
My October symphony
In the night
Don Juan
Pandemonium
Miserablism
I didn’t get where I am today
The lost room
King’s Cross
The way it used to be
Fugitive
Some speculation
One of the crowd
After the event
Decide
One thing leads to another

Why am I dancing?
Here (PSB extended mix)
The boy who couldn’t keep his clothes on
Shameless
Two divided by zero
Your funny uncle

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dZHh ... ZBNupQGirM

I’d like a couple from closer to heaven as well. Hedonism would be a good opener

Ignore. Sorry.

Can’t think of the right order, so here they are by era

Please

- Why Don’t We Live Together?
- In The Night

Actually

- I Want To Wake Up
- Shopping
- King’s Cross
- You Know Where You Went Wrong
- Do I Have To?

Introspective

- I Get Excited (You Get Excited To)

Behaviour

- It Must Be Obvious
- This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
- My October Symphony

Very

- The Theatre
- To Speak Is A Sin
- One & One Make Five

Bilingual

- Discoteca
- It Always Comes As A Surprise
- To Step Aside
- Betrayed

Nightlife

- For Your Own Good
- Footsteps

Release

- E-Mail
- The Night I Fell In Love
- Love Is A Catastrophe
- Between Two Islands
- Always
- Sexy Northerner

Fundamental

- Fugitive
- Blue On Blue

Yes

- After The Event
- More Than A Dream
- Pandemonium
- The Way It Used To Be
- Together

Elysium

- Requiem
- A Face Like That
- A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
- In Slow Motion

Electric

- Bolshy
- The Last To Die

Super

- The Dictator Decides
- Burn

Hotspot

- Will-o-the-wisp
- Decide
- An Open Mind

Nonetheless

- Sense Of Time
- Feel
- The Secret Of Happiness
- Bullet For Narcissus
- Party In The Blitz (Superchumbo Remix)

Misc.

- The Forgotten Child
- On Social Media
- The Lost Room
- Run, Run, Run
- Something Special
- Out Of My System

1. Intro - Music for Boys
2. Will-o-the-wisp
3. This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave
4. One and One Make Five
5. Was That What It Was
6. Between Two Islands
7. Tonight Is Forever
8. It Always Comes as Surprise
9. Luna Park
10. I Want to Wake Up
11. Do I Have to
12. Young Offender (Jam & Spoon Mix)
13. Fugitive
14. Two Divided By Zero
15. Miserablism
16. Hit and Miss
17. After the Event
18. One Thing Leads to Another
19. The End of the World

20. Some Speculation
21. Kings Cross
22. The Sodom and Gomorrah Show

Dog wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 9:04 pm

retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,

OakeyDokey wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 12:18 pm

Tell me now, you don't disagree

I think Neil would disagree. Didn't they do a live performance of this in the early days which didn't go so well?

If I remember correctly, Neil likes to open with a few unchallenging tracks to get his voice right first.

Retro.

Chris: "We did it on The Tube and it didn't work."
Neil: "That's why it wasn't a single. We got a real downer. It was the worst television appearance we ever did in our entire life. It was The Euro Tube. We opened the whole show with 'West End girls' and I had to sing live, and it was fine. We then had to wait two hours, during which time I drank four pints of beer, then I had to sing 'Tonight is forever'. You have never heard anything worse in your entire life.

I wish someone posted a link to this.

Thank you Dog, as usual, you are a great contributor

To be honest, I did not find it too dreadful. He at least hits high notes well. Probably because I kept my expectations quite low... I do not know but it sounds OK. I was expecting some cringe-worthy croaks like a frog or something akin to it. Maybe I have some problems with my ears?

Speaking for myself. his collaboration with Brandon Flowers in a live performance of Always on my mind (Glastonbury, BBC?) was way worse than this as his nasal tone is in sharp contrast against Brandon's strong baritone-like voice, which underscores the shortcomings of his voice.

The video quality is astonishing, by the way, given it is from 1986.

Some cracking set lists here, as I would have expected from the "hardcore"..

Since it's not a single - SMASH is here to remind us of that - they should perform "Burning The Heather"...

Some great set lists, cant see them playing Kings Cross it was very nearly a single, has been played live lots and is therefore not really Obscure (it is probably PSBs best known none single). I would really like to hear Breathing Space, Miserabilism and I did not get where I am today. I assume Music for Boys is in as it was mentioned it has been used in promotion. I also think The Way It Used To Be will make it.