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Old 09-07-2010, 21:57
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Over our heads!?! Quirkiness and in-jokes don't age well as far as writing is concerned. Neither do they touch many people as Nicky often claims is his goal - 'touch as many people as you can' he said, when someone suggested they'd sold out. I'd agree with him but the material on SATT is incredibly wide of the mark.
There seemed to be a pressing need to take every lyric on SATT seriously. Despite a quote from the Wire that they were displaying their sense of humour for the first time.

It ranged from not understanding the use of the phrase "I am just a Patsy" to the line " Oh good god, I feel like a liberal". Neither of which I find quirky (which is entirely down to point of view I suppose) or an in-joke, both of which I took to be "humorous". It is funny that Nicky was condemned for that but writing in the same vein from Richey was for the most part praised "we missed the sex revolution...".
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Old 09-07-2010, 23:20
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Sometimes good songs have crap lyrics.
'Crucifixion is the easy life' springs to mind for an otherwise great song/songs.
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Old 09-07-2010, 23:25
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There seemed to be a pressing need to take every lyric on SATT seriously. Despite a quote from the Wire that they were displaying their sense of humour for the first time.

It ranged from not understanding the use of the phrase "I am just a Patsy" to the line " Oh good god, I feel like a liberal". Neither of which I find quirky (which is entirely down to point of view I suppose) or an in-joke, both of which I took to be "humorous". It is funny that Nicky was condemned for that but writing in the same vein from Richey was for the most part praised "we missed the sex revolution...".
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Old 09-07-2010, 23:30
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Well I thought Carlito's Way was a pretty good film. I recommend it if you like Pacino, there's not much to it but it's diverting enough.
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Old 10-07-2010, 09:51
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Agreed.
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Old 10-07-2010, 09:56
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I didn't see the interview where the Wire said the lyrics on SATT weren't meant to be taken seriously, but I will never be able to forget the one where he said the album would include intelligent lyrics.
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Old 10-07-2010, 10:03
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I didn't see the interview where the Wire said the lyrics on SATT weren't meant to be taken seriously, but I will never be able to forget the one where he said the album would include intelligent lyrics.
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Old 10-07-2010, 10:24
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I didn't see the interview where the Wire said the lyrics on SATT weren't meant to be taken seriously, but I will never be able to forget the one where he said the album would include intelligent lyrics.
Thanks, for proving a point.
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To be fair to Kirby, I believe he's using humour too.
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To be fair to Kirby, I believe he's using humour too.
Yeah I was using deadpan, it's a failing of mine on tinternet.
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Old 10-07-2010, 13:09
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Tomorrow in blog-meister Robin's van in Hackney - Manics mate John Niven reads, James' music plays -roamlondon.org
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Old 10-07-2010, 13:16
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Old 10-07-2010, 13:27
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Tomorrow James is plucking around with his guitar while John Niven reads stuff in some random blog guy's van.
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Old 10-07-2010, 13:47
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I went along to this the other day, It is just the Remix that James has done being Djed by someone else, i posted the link with info on Related Mentions.

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Old 10-07-2010, 17:16
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A new song too late for the albumn called the passing show dedicated to ronnie lane xx
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