šŸŽµ What are you listening to etc

Music and gigs
4763

:joy: :sunglasses:

4764

Always makes me cry.

4765

Heard this on 6 music this morningā€¦remarkableā€¦

4766

Just simple beautyā€¦

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Iā€™m a big Divine Comedy fan but I missed the release of ā€œOffice Politicsā€ last year and have only just caught up with it. Neil Hannon is a superb songwriterā€¦some poignant, some quirky, some funny. Into which category this falls, Iā€™ll leave you to decide.
For Office Workers everywhereā€¦ :lou_lol:

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Acquired taste for me, mostly on account of the overplayed National Express. but I love that song now when itā€™s not ubiquitous.

I think most of this forum is Becoming More Like Alfie (especially @saintbletch).

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4771

Strange you should say heā€™s an acquired taste because Iā€™m usually an instant like/dislike person.
The first Divine Comedy album I bought was ā€œCasanovaā€ on the strength of ā€œSomething For The Weekendā€ but couldnā€™t get my head around the style, it sounded like the soundtrack from a musical. How I hate musicals. I sent the album back and got a refund.

In the ensuing months I would hear other tracks on the radio and without exception really liked them. I had to eat ā€œhumble pieā€ and bought the album again. I really love that album. :lou_lol:

Another sinner saved.

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4773

I struggle to choose my top 5 albums of all time but one place is always occupied by In The Aeroplane Over the Sea.

Love it.

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4774

Youā€™ve described exactly the same process I went through except I never made it back into fandom. Your ā€œlike a musicalā€ point is exactly right. I can appreciate the talent and from time to time I really like a track or two but itā€™s not really for me.

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4775

Well as a reborn zealot I have to tempt you with Fin de Siecle Full Album
Chock-full of good songs not without drama but not so much of the theatricality I dislike in musicals.

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4776

Iā€™ve been doing kareoke to this because itā€™s one of the best songs ever

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4777

I really liked Kate Nashā€™s debut album. She had some success and then seemed to be a target for many people and I never really understood why. It seemed to centre around her accent which I found odd given how many male artists sang in her accent. Anyway, foundations is a good song that makes me smile. I love the line ā€œI hope Iā€™m not stuck with this oneā€

4778

And by the way, Paul Heaton was so fucking far ahead of his time fashion wise. The man dressed like a fucking Don.

Look at him here in 1987

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4779

Well done soft cell

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4780

I could listen to PD Heaton all day.

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4781

Brilliant song that. So good that even David Gray couldnā€™t fuck it up with his annoying wobbly head.

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