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Meebabi wrote: Sun 09 Jun 2024, 11:20 pm I’d love to see a video for Bullet, but my vote was for Feel. Honestly I’d be happy with any of the tracks as a single, I absolutely love this album.

I agree with you. Any track on this album could be a single, but I would like to see "Bullet" since I imagine a humorous video.
I think it can be very fun to watch a humorous video in which the protagonist is the bodyguard...

Gabby wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 3:35 pm

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 1:57 pm

jasonjohn wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 3:17 am

I kinda wish that thread was preserved somewhere. It was fun.

Dammit! I was hoping Tricia could hit me up with an 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon'.

Beautiful girls in your city for night (Beatmasters 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon' dub)?

We're gonna need a bigger sleeve!

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 5:48 pm

Gabby wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 3:35 pm

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 1:57 pm

Dammit! I was hoping Tricia could hit me up with an 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon'.

Beautiful girls in your city for night (Beatmasters 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon' dub)?

We're gonna need a bigger sleeve!

I know N&C have a good sense of humour, but as much as I want this, I don't imagine it's something they'd contemplate doing. It's definitely tickled my funny bone though.

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 5:48 pm

Gabby wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 3:35 pm

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 1:57 pm

Dammit! I was hoping Tricia could hit me up with an 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon'.

Beautiful girls in your city for night (Beatmasters 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon' dub)?

We're gonna need a bigger sleeve!

Nah, you just need a smaller font - it only comes in 7-inch.

petshopgrrl wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 10:21 pm

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 5:48 pm

Gabby wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 3:35 pm

Beautiful girls in your city for night (Beatmasters 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon' dub)?

We're gonna need a bigger sleeve!

Nah, you just need a smaller font - it only comes in 7-inch.

Ooof! Below the belt!

I only go for 12 inches. 10 inch is my absolute minimum, but these are usually quite rare to find.

daveid wrote: Fri 21 Jun 2024, 2:50 pm ooh-matron-kenneth-williams-carry-on-camping.gif

#gifsyoucanhear

Gabby wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 8:05 pm

Vintage Youth wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 5:48 pm

Gabby wrote: Thu 20 Jun 2024, 3:35 pm Beautiful girls in your city for night (Beatmasters 'adequate man in my small market town for afternoon' dub)?

We're gonna need a bigger sleeve!

I know N&C have a good sense of humour, but as much as I want this, I don't imagine it's something they'd contemplate doing. It's definitely tickled my funny bone though.

Wait, didn't they already write these?? This could be a mashup of West End Girls and Give It A Go! Damn, the AI bots are getting smarter with their posts.

I sometimes believe the West End Girls from the song were prostitutes.

Nickname wrote: Sat 22 Jun 2024, 12:05 pm I sometimes believe the West End Girls from the song were prostitutes.

Yes, there is definitely that inference, just as the east end boys may be rent boys.

Patrick Bateman wrote: Sat 22 Jun 2024, 12:50 pm

Nickname wrote: Sat 22 Jun 2024, 12:05 pm I sometimes believe the West End Girls from the song were prostitutes.

Yes, there is definitely that inference, just as the east end boys may be rent boys.

Rubbish. It's of its time. The West End is the posh side where the pretty girls/Sloane rangers inhabited. The East End boys from the poorer side of town came over to drink and party in the clubs. Smart girls and a bit of rough/bad boys (also reference Wham!).

df118junkie wrote: Sat 22 Jun 2024, 6:22 pm
Rubbish. It's of its time. The West End is the posh side where the pretty girls/Sloane rangers inhabited. The East End boys from the poorer side of town came over to drink and party in the clubs. Smart girls and a bit of rough/bad boys (also reference Wham!).

Yes, because there were no prostitutes or rent boys in Soho in the 1980s - I suppose the Dive Bar would be packed full of those hetro working class boys looking for posh totty.

Like with most PSB songs of that era, it's coded.

Patrick Bateman wrote: Sat 22 Jun 2024, 11:01 pmLike with most PSB songs of that era, it's coded.

Okay, let's assume PSB have always lied about the meaning of this song and pretend it's coded. What are the specific lyrical clues to the code?

NotInvisible wrote: Mon 24 Jun 2024, 2:50 pm
Okay, let's assume PSB have always lied about the meaning of this song and pretend it's coded. What are the specific lyrical clues to the code?

I'm not saying they've lied about it but it's clearly not just about posh girls and working-class boys getting it on. Soho in the 1980s was pretty sleazy.

Patrick Bateman wrote: Sat 22 Jun 2024, 12:50 pm

Nickname wrote: Sat 22 Jun 2024, 12:05 pm I sometimes believe the West End Girls from the song were prostitutes.

Yes, there is definitely that inference, just as the east end boys may be rent boys.

Of course!

Faces on posters, too many choices
Those little stickers advertising sex on phone boots and walls
If, when, why, what? How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it
If so, how often?
drugs. or sex maybe
Which do you choose
A hard or soft option?
(How much do you need?)
Definitely drugs or sex.

I mean there's not much room for interpretation, it's pretty transparent what he's talking about.

Why am I dancing? is great but I don't think it has the correct structure to be a single. I think it's likely to be a radio edit of Feel, or Bullet for Narcissus. I'd be happy for either of those (Bullet could have some fantastic dance mixes).