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I was listening to Discography and I realized how much I dislike Was it Worth it and DJ Culture. Was it worth it? is tied with Do I Have To as my least favourite PSB song, and I really dislike DJ Culture. Yet Miracles and Flamboyant from Popart are two of my favourite PSB songs, perhaps both are in my top 10. I'm just interested in the contrast and wondered if anyone else feels the same way. It's also interesting to me that Was it worth it? and DJ Culture were made at the end of the Behaviour era, which many consider to be their best album, and Popart's originals were made at the end of the Release era, which many consider to be their worst album. Of course that only applies if you agree with me, but I was intruiged.

Guess they used such singles to shift gears in their musical progression..

Flamboyant maybe is my PSB top 3, I think that Miracles is a really good song and I love the remix of Was It Worth It that is in Behaviour FL, but I don't like completely DJ Culture. It's hard to me understand how Was it worth it? is being the lowest PSB single in UK chart and not DJ CUlture

Not a fan of Was it worth it? either, but Do I have to is definitely one of my favourites. I find DJ Culture quite cool.
Miracles and Flamboyant indeed belong to their best tracks.

DJ Culture is a brilliant track and actually very perceptive in what it says about the zeitgeist at the time and prescient about what was to follow but it was a strange single to sell a greatest hits album because it's very understated. The chorus is gorgeous though.

Was it worth it? is the single that dare not speak its name although I will confess to a certain fondness for it. I think that I bought the cassette single on the day I had an interview for Cambridge which makes me feel somewhat wistful and bloody ancient. I think it's a very PSB way to end Discography by asking Was it worth it?

With both Discography and PopArt, they just wrote two pop songs and stuck them on there rather than strategising or waiting for an obvious smash like Go West, for instance. I'm glad Numb never made it on to PopArt because those two songs feel right and Flamboyant in particular dates from the period when they were going to write an electro album. It's very 2003.

Personally, I like both. In fact, I love both. Always have done.


StevePSB

was it worth it, love the verse parts hate the over the top sounding background vocals on what I feel is a weak chorus
DJ culture I kinda like it, but its too weird to have been any use as a single.

I LOVE both of them. There's a very special feel to them. Was it worth it moves me to tears every time I hear it, especially the remix..... I think they're much better than Flamboyant, which I find fairly dull, I much prefer Miracles.

I won't say I dislike Was it worth it? but I admit to skipping it over occasionally. I usually skip DJ Culture. However, I do quite like the acoustic version of Was it worth it?.

-paul

Danger wrote:Flamboyant maybe is my PSB top 3, I think that Miracles is a really good song and I love the remix of Was It Worth It that is in Behaviour FL, but I don't like completely DJ Culture. It's hard to me understand how Was it worth it? is being the lowest PSB single in UK chart and not DJ CUlture

I agree that Flamboyant is really one of their greatest singles ever. DJ Culture wasn't the song I liked right from the start. It came a little bit later and now I like the 12'' version of it a lot! Surprisingly it got higher than WTWT, which is pure pop song, that could do much better. Actually, PSB themselves were quite surprised on this fact.

Was it worth it?, one of my fave psb songs. DJ culture i can take or leave depending on my mood.

I have no problem with Was it worth it? or DJ C, they're good tracks... Also, Miracles and Flamboyant are good too... Although, I do prefer the single mix of Flamboyant ^^

Was it worth it? is fabulous song. Not so much into DJ Culture.

DJ Culture is one of my favourites.

Both tracks (Was it worth it? and DJ) sound better in their 12" / Extended forms. I think the problem with Was it worth it? is that it sounds a bit like a Stock/Aitken/Waterman track, which was already rather passe in 1991 or whenever it was. And DJ Culture is just weird (in a good way!)