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The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:19 pm
by ChoonHound
We all know Neil loves to write songs about historical figures, many of which wind up as b-sides, but correct me if I’m
wrong, is this not the first ever PSB single which is primarily about a real life person who isn’t Neil?
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:23 pm
by Dog
Nice thought. I’m with Stupid being about Tony Blair is another.
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:24 pm
by Drico One
And Blair was the protagonist of I get along four years earlier.
Drico.
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:24 pm
by G_Goalden
*crosses out question to ask Chris on the podcast*
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:34 pm
by ChoonHound
Yes, I forgot about I'm with stupid. Still, this seems different. That was more political commentary than something like Jack the Lad or The resurrectionist.
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:38 pm
by Dog
ChoonHound wrote:Yes, I forgot about I'm with stupid. Still, this seems different. That was more political commentary than something like Jack the Lad or The resurrectionist.
It’s certainly the most overt.
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:57 pm
by ChoonHound
I’m here for it, as the kids say. A watershed moment at (Nearly) 70 is great.
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2024, 9:35 am
by telys
But isn't it the first cover with a photo of a real person who isn't Neil or Chris (or a collaborator, Dusty is on What have I done to deserve this?)?
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2024, 9:37 am
by tottenhammattspurs
telys wrote: Sat 06 Apr 2024, 9:35 am
But isn't it the first cover with a photo of a real person who isn't Neil or Chris (or a collaborator, Dusty is on What have I done to deserve this?)?
Nope. Agenda EP
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2024, 9:37 am
by tottenhammattspurs
telys wrote: Sat 06 Apr 2024, 9:35 am
But isn't it the first cover with a photo of a real person who isn't Neil or Chris (or a collaborator, Dusty is on What have I done to deserve this?)?
And Se a Vida Es.
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Sat 06 Apr 2024, 9:40 am
by telys
ChoonHound wrote: Fri 05 Apr 2024, 7:34 pm
Yes, I forgot about I'm with stupid. Still, this seems different. That was more political commentary than something like Jack the Lad or The resurrectionist.
I may be somewhat about Blair but it doesn't say so explicitly... the lyrics could be interpreted as being about someone else. With Dancing Star there is no other possibility, it only retells Rudolf's life story.
Auf Wiedersehen is about Zweig
Living In The Past is about Putin (there's even a video)
Casanova In Hell
But those aren't singles...
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Sun 07 Apr 2024, 8:53 pm
by Bucky Goldstein
telys wrote: Sat 06 Apr 2024, 9:35 am
But isn't it the first cover with a photo of a real person who isn't Neil or Chris (or a collaborator, Dusty is on What have I done to deserve this?)?
The special edition of The truck driver and his mate? How do we tell?
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Thu 11 Apr 2024, 4:33 am
by Patrick Bateman
Not a single by them per se but Nothing has been Proved.
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Tue 19 Nov 2024, 12:07 am
by jasonjohn
Felt it should be mentioned
Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian ballet star, dies aged 39 after falling from building
The acclaimed Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov has died aged 39.
Shklyarov died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday, a spokesperson for the Mariinsky Theatre told the news outlet Fontanka at the weekend.
...
Shklyarov condemned Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in a now-deleted Instagram post from March 2022, declaring his opposition to “all kinds of military actions.”
Rest in peace
Re: The Singular Single “Dancing Star”
Posted: Tue 19 Nov 2024, 2:39 am
by glennjridge
I think living in the past about Putin is another, though I cant remember if it was a single or a one off