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#1 Post by Old Soak »

I think I'm in love... this has been on repeat all afternoon. Yes, it's slight, inconsequential, b-side material. But dear God, is it an off-kilter, highly unusual earworm crying out for a much longer remix.

What is said in the background at 2:32, anyone make it out? "Big Boy"? Sounds like Chris?
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Old Soak wrote: Mon 29 Apr 2024, 9:38 pm I think I'm in love... this has been on repeat all afternoon. Yes, it's slight, inconsequential, b-side material. But dear God, is it an off-kilter, highly unusual earworm crying out for a much longer remix.

What is said in the background at 2:32, anyone make it out? "Big Boy"? Sounds like Chris?
:lol: :lol: :lol: I feel you, mate, I'm sitting here with it on loop, reading forum posts way past my bedtime. God, it's a groove. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I can't tell what's being said but it might be a programmed voice from the bus itself. It does sound as though there are samples of bus noises scattered throughout the song as well as doors closing at the end.

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Listening again it might be "The vehicle", as in the tail end of "Stand clear of the vehicle", but really low and echoey in the mix. I agree, that sounds like electric bus samples popping up throughout, probably courtesy of Neil's phone recorder.
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It could be a part of ‘dark techno’ album that never was. Or a part of Lost EP at least.

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This is amazing, the music is superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOp47ZjfYzw

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Love it, new Fan Favourite alert!

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Old Soak wrote: Tue 30 Apr 2024, 12:07 pm.
It's a shame Smash Hits isn't still going. This would have looked great as a pull-out centre page poster with the boys standing in front of it to stick on your bedroom wall :lol:

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Fantastic track - Im sure Chris have enough material for Relentless part 2 and 3...if not more - he writes music constantly as I understood it from the interviews.

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#11 Post by le petit corbusier »

Cleaner air human-powered vehicle :shifty:
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le petit corbusier wrote: Tue 30 Apr 2024, 3:08 pm Fixed
Just wondering if this will work as my desktop background :lol:

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Vintage Youth wrote: Tue 30 Apr 2024, 3:27 pm
le petit corbusier wrote: Tue 30 Apr 2024, 3:08 pm Fixed
Just wondering if this will work as my desktop background :lol:
Hahah! I did this on my phone. I doubt the resolution is good enough
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Sorry for hijacking the thread. This is the last one!
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