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platinumheart · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:16 am Post subject:

say that again

when i first heard 'born out of your mouth' on a free CD from some mag before the FW1 release i couldn't wait for more

folks are like chalk and grease or somat like that.....

back to worst song......

I'd like that Confused

i'm not so sure i do Neutral

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Crosswires · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

"Wonderland" definitely for me-as anyone who remembers my posts on the old forum will testify, I despise this song for the execrable load of cheesy 80's synth nonsense that it is (apologies to all fans of the song).

Regards,
Crosswires. Very Happy

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spidermage · Skylarking Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 924

Apology accepted - just. Smile

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Mr Tein · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject:

Rook - sounds like west life

Wrapped in grey - carbon copy of Shaking Stevens green Door

Love on a farmboys wages - a poor mans tiger feet

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Suzi · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject:

As much as me and the hubby are Black Sea fans, Travels In Nihilon drives me nuts..... and to boot, the drums at the beginning used to scare my son when he was about a year old Shocked

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Clayhanger · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject:

I've never been all that keen on 'Deliver Us From the Elements'.

AnotherSatellite · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject:

Clayhanger wrote:

I've never been all that keen on 'Deliver Us From the Elements'.

Elements? You mean it's not "elephants"?

Oh, well, then it's a stupid song. I'm with you!

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longinglook · English Settlement Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 285

Mr Tein wrote:

Rook - sounds like west life

Wrapped in grey - carbon copy of Shaking Stevens green Door

Love on a farmboys wages - a poor mans tiger feet

Your list astounds me, Mr Tein. But that's okay. I'm sure someone else will be astounded by the fact that I can't stand the singsongy beginning to the verses of "Ballet For A Rainy Day"

MXYZPTLK · Go 2 Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 35 Location: Bristol

...what's this? Bungalow? Travel's In Nihilon!? Omnibus!!? CROCODILE!?!? Pretty much all the songs cited so far are fan bleeding tastic!- what's wrong with you people!? Wink

(this is the first time i've ever used an emoticon, just in case peeps fink i'm genuinely up for fisticuffs! I'm also aware that explaining why you've used an emoticon completely goes against the whole point of using them in the first place, but i think i've managed to open a little window into my brain addled world for you all to peer in & point & stare...)

...no one so far has mentioned 'Countdown To Christmas Party Time' which is far & away the most dispensible track they've done to my ears- the very definition of b-side filler...

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Jordi · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:

"Leisure". Worst beginning of an XTC song, too slow, lazy riff, too much shouting...

lokrume04 · Go 2 Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 21 Location: Sweden

Also think that Leisure is a rather weak song. But I never skip it when I listen to ES. However when I listen to WS I always skip In another life, Standing in for Joe, My brown guitar (like the demo better), Boarded up and Wounded horse. That's a bit sad, isn't it?

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sticksman3 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

Jordi wrote:

"Leisure". Worst beginning of an XTC song, too slow, lazy riff, too much shouting...

... thereby missing the whole point of the subject of the song! Wink

I quite like it myself! It has laziness written all over it! Smile

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Omnibus · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:36 am Post subject:

Mr Tein wrote:

Wrapped in grey - carbon copy of Shaking Stevens green Door

??? What d'ya mean by carbon copy of Green door? Sorry, je ne vous comprend pas, jeune homme.

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Terra Incognita · Oranges and Lemons Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 1246

Jordi wrote:

"Leisure". Worst beginning of an XTC song, too slow, lazy riff, too much shouting...

Agree. Though I understand the principle behind the technique, I can't relate to it melodically. I always skip this song, even moreso because I can't wait to listen to It's Nearly Africa.

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Terra Incognita · Oranges and Lemons Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 1246

lokrume04 wrote:

Also think that Leisure is a rather weak song. But I never skip it when I listen to ES. However when I listen to WS I always skip In another life, Standing in for Joe, My brown guitar (like the demo better), Boarded up and Wounded horse. That's a bit sad, isn't it?

I adore all of Colin's post-Nonsuch offerings, because I completely relate to the middle-aged-couple-point-of-view lyrics. He speaks directly to my current situation and state of mind. I'll listen to In Another Life and Frivolous Tonight 20 times in a row when the mood strikes me.

This perhaps explains why I enjoy John Lennon's Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey songs more than anything else he wrote post-Beatles. Just Like Starting Over, Beautiful Boy, Woman, Watching the Wheels, Nobody Told Me, Borrowed Time are FAN-bleeding-TASTIC!

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